I have experienced some hearing loss. I might also havelost a bit of my balance, but I've always been a little clumsy,so it's hard to be certain. Fortunately, acoustic neuromasusually grow very slowly, by millimeters per year. Sometimesthey stop growing. So once or twice a year for the past fiveyears, I have lain inside an MRI tube while the magnets clatteraround me, taking pictures of my brain. So far, I have beenlucky. My neuroma has not grown.I draw lessons from my experience and one is that I findmyself with new reason to appreciate human resilience andstriving. We are all fragile and flawed, yet we can reach forthe stars and do tremendous things. That astonishingcombination of weakness and courage is a part of whatdefines the human condition. We share it. We share it withoutregard to race, national origin, religion, sexual identity orpolitical belief. We share it across all the wedges that toooften divide us.4. The word "flawed" underlined in the last paragraphcan be replaced by ___.A disabledB imperfectC incompetentD distinctiv

I have experienced some hearing loss. I might also have lost a bit of my balance, but I've always been a little clumsy, so it's hard to be certain. Fortunately, acoustic neuromas usually grow very slowly, by millimeters per year. Sometimes they stop growing. So once or twice a year for the past five years, I have lain inside an MRI tube while the magnets clatter around me, taking pictures of my brain. So far, I have been lucky. My neuroma has not grown. I draw lessons from my experience and one is that I find myself with new reason to appreciate human resilience and striving. We are all fragile and flawed, yet we can reach for the stars and do tremendous things. That astonishing combination of weakness and courage is a part of what defines the human condition. We share it. We share it without regard to race, national origin, religion, sexual identity or political belief. We share it across all the wedges that too often divide us. 4. The word "flawed" underlined in the last paragraph can be replaced by ___. A disabled B imperfect C incompetent D distinctiv