Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro gave us a big surprise this year! He became the first player to score in five consecutive (连续的) World Cups.

Christiano Ronaldo was born in Madeira. His father was a gardener and his mother worked as a cook and a cleaning lady. Christiano Ronaldo was brought up with ________ because his family lived a very poor life. But luckily having a ball around would always make him forget about anything unhappy and pay attention to becoming the best that always brought a ________ to his young face. In 1991, Christiano began to play for Andorinha, his first club.

At that time, everybody knew that he was talented, but they also said that he was very small and skinny (极瘦的). Christiano didn’t like the sound of it, but it’s ________. He was skinny and had no muscle (肌肉), so he ________ to work harder than everybody and he got bigger and faster. By the time he turned 12 years old, he already made ________ one of Madeira’s top soccer players. It was not long before he started to catch the attention of some other big Portuguese clubs, ________ them were Porto and Boavista. He eventually chose to play for Sporting Lisbon which was a team he followed while growing up. His career almost ________ before it began when he was 15 years old, as Christina discovered he had a bad heart condition that made his heart race even when he was not running or playing. Then he had a heart operation, it ________ fixed the problem. So finally, he could run, practice and devote most of his time to the thing that was most important.

 Since 2003, Cristiano Ronaldo has worked for some world-famous ________. They are Manchester United F.C., Real Madrid CF and Juventus F.C. Cristiano has made so many ________ that he is loved by fans from all over the world.

“God only knows who is trying to, who to return. God won’t always fall asleep.” Cristiano once said. So let’s keep trying and never give up!