Direction: In the following passage, there are five blanks, each of which has been denoted by an alphabet (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). You are required to fill the blank using the word/words provided below. 

"Looking back, that’s when I began to worry about what other people thought of me and started seeing myself (A) their eyes. I stopped looking up at the stars at night. I stopped daydreaming. I tried to jam myself into moulds that other people made. Soon, I began to shut out my own voice and started to (B) to the voices of others. No one called out my name, and neither did I. My heart stopped and my eyes closed shut. So, like this, I, we, all (C) our names. We became like ghosts. There was a small voice in me that said, ‘Wake up, man, and listen to (D)!” But it took me a long time to hear music calling my name. Sometimes, I just wanted to (E). I think I was very lucky that I didn’t give it all up. Maybe I made a mistake yesterday, but yesterday’s me is still me. I am who I am today, with all my faults. Tomorrow I might be a tiny bit wiser, and that’s me, too. These faults and mistakes are what I am, making up the brightest stars in the constellation of my life. I have come to love myself for who I was, who I am, and who I hope to become."

(i) surrender

(ii) lost

(iii) yourself

(iv) quite

(v)  through

(vi) music

(vii) listen

(viii) pay attention

(ix) forgot