【推荐1】At the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Derek Redmond was a 400-meterrunner for the UK. The ________ started well. In the semifinals (半决赛), Derek was far ahead of his ________. But shortly before the halfway mark, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his right leg and ________. Derek struggled to his feet and began hopping (蹦) on his left foot. The crowd stood up and cheered as he hopped ________ toward the finish line.

Then a figure ________ from the crowd: Derek’s dad, Jim Redmond. Waving off officials who tried to get him off the ________, he ran up to his son and put an arm around his waist. Derek ________ and wept on his father’s shoulder. ________, father and son walked the final meters of the race. The Olympic Committee called the finish one of the most ________ moments in Olympic history. And twenty years later, they were invited to take part in the nationwide torch (火炬) relay for the 2012 Games in London.

“I saw my son having a (n) ________ and it was my duty to help”, he told CBS News in 2012. “I actually went on the track to try to stop him from ________ himself further. But he was ________ to finish the race. So I offered him a shoulder to support him.”

“He was telling me that I had nothing to ________ and that I didn’t need to do this, but I told him I was going to ________. Then he said that we would do it together,” Derek Redmond remembered at the same interview. “So we did, and I hopped over the line in ________.”

【推荐2】Dowell may never be able to drive a car, but she can sail a boat around the world. Dowell is blind and competes in the Regatta, a（n）___________ she has competed in since losing her ___________.

Each year, dozens of ___________ with disabilities participate in the event. The ___________ is to provide a space for them to compete. Athletes with various disabilities---___________ from those missing legs to those who are blind---are invited to show off their ___________." They have done very well." Regatta president, Judy said. "That you may not have a leg or you have a disease-driven issue doesn't ___________ that you are not a whole person inside." Dowell is ___________ sailing so much. She ___________ often lives on a sailboat with her guide dog. She says that it is always a ____________ to live on a boat and sailing has given her a new beginning. Being part of a team is huge for her.

Munden is one of Dowell's closest ____________. Because of an eye disease, Munden ____________ blind. She found sailing six years ago. It gave her a whole new world of freedom and self-confidence. Dowell and Munden have ____________ many competitions against sighted and non-sighted athletes. They find the sport of sailing to be equal for all participants. ____________ physical ability.

Sailing can be adapted ____________ competitors' physical abilities. For Dowell and Munden, they compete with the assistance of a sighted guide whose only job is to ____________ them if there is a barrier. For other competitors, equipment can be altered（改动）on the boat to consider an athlete's ____________ needs. This is the ____________ for Sarah, who was paralyzed（截肢）from the waist down.

"I will be sitting in a scat that keeps me in the boat when sailing," Sarah said. "Everyone out on the water has a different ability. It's about ____________ your abilities and not worrying about the abilities you don't have. The disability is just another aspect of who we are, ____________ we are sailors out on the water."

【推荐3】It was a classic night. The noisy Mexico City gradually _________. The main stadium of Olympic track and field competition was enveloped in the _________.

After he _________ making the scenes the marathon winners received the trophies (奖品) and marked the victory, Greenspan, the world famous newsreel (新闻影片) producer, found the stadium _________. It was time for him to return to the hotel for a rest. He was about to _________ when he suddenly saw a bandaged man with his right leg stained with _________ run into the stadium. This man ran _________ out of breath, but he didn’t stop. After he ran along the runway for a circle and got to the _________, he collapsed on the ground.

Greenspan guessed this was a marathon athlete. Out of _________, he went over to ask why the athlete wanted to run to the goal with such great __________.

The young man called Kowari from Tanzania replied gently, “That my __________ sent me here from more than 20,000 kilometres is __________ to let me stand on the starting line in the competition, but makes me __________ the game. I want to run to the goal, though I have __________ all other runners, but I have a clear goal like them: I will run to the goal. Though the audience won’t __________ me anymore, my motherland is __________ me from behind…”

“Tears welled up in Greenspan’s eyes. Soon, he spread the most __________ scene in the history of the Olympic Games to every corner of the world.

Life should include a dream of reaching the peak, __________ we should understand not everybody has the __________ to do it. The most important is not whether we can reach the peak but whether we have made the greatest __________—to reach the goal in the mind is a success.

【推荐1】Kobe Bryant, a super basketball star, announced that he would retire at the end of the 2015—2016 season via a letter poem. In the letter, he _______ the moment he started rolling his dad's tube socks and shooting _______ game-winning shots, indicating his deep love for basketball.

“This season is all I have left to give,” the 37-year-old wrote. “My heart can take the pounding. My mind can _______ the grind(苦差) but my _______ knows it's time to say goodbye.”

As the only son of Joe Bryant, a former NBA player, Bryant was crazy about basketball and started _______ in at 6, and his favorite team growing up was the Lakers. Bryant earned national _______ during an amazing high school career and his basketball skills would have ensured _______ to any college he chose, but he decided to go directly into the NBA. He finally made it and was _______ out of high school in 1996 and was then traded to the Lakers, for which he has played his entire career.

_______, Bryant played limited minutes, but as the season continued, he began to see some more playing time and in his second season, he began to show more of his abilities as a talented young guard. The 1998—1999 season ________ Bryant's appearance as a premier guard in the league. ________, even at an early stage of his career, sports writers were comparing his skills to those of Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson.

There are always different interpretations of Bryant, making him the most ________ figure in modern sports, a combination of hero and villain(反面人物). He received criticism for getting his ________ in the games, completely neglecting his teammates; he was suspended ________ deliberately breaking rules; he was even charged by the court with sex assault. ________, with 17 NBA All-Star selections, five NBA championships with the Lakers, two Olympic gold medals, Kobe has brought his fans ________ memories. His best days are long ________ him indeed, but the way he approaches the game as well as life is always glamorous.

We've always known, and ________ are mentally prepared, that one day Kobe Bryant will not be ________. Yet his retirement note still caught us off guard. It simply ________ when farewell words are uttered(说出) from one of the all-time greats in basketball.