After serving as a backup crew member for 24 years，Chinese taikonaut Deng Qingming's dream is（1）

finally

finally

（final） coming true — he is performing his first space mission onboard the Shenzhou XV spaceship along（2）

with

with

two other astronauts.
    The name of Deng，56 years old，was not known by many people until China （3）

launched

launched

（launch） the Shenzhou XIII spaceship in October last year.The story of the veteran （老兵） who relentlessly（堅韌地） pursued his space dream despite （4）

serving

serving

（serve） as a backup for years moved many.
    Born in a farming family in East China's Jiangxi province，Deng has four （5）

younger

younger

（young） brothers and sisters.As a diligent student，Deng joined the PLA Air Force in June 1984 and （6）

was assigned

was assigned

（assign） to a fighter jet regiment （團） in Jilin province in November 1987.Deng was selected with another 13 pilots in the PLA Air Force's （7）

selection

selection

（select） of astronaut candidates in 1996.
    In the following years，Deng dedicated almost all of his time to training and has spared no effort （8）

to strive

to strive

（strive） for an opportunity to fly into space.No matter （9）

how

how

difficult the road to space flight is，Deng never once thought of giving up.He was awarded（10）

the

the

title "Role Model of the Times" by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in 2018.