1 . On Sept. 17, 2022, a father and son set out to begin the first of three legs of the Ironman competition in Cambridge, Maryland. Jeff Agar, 59, and his son, Johnny Agar, 28, weren’t the ______ participants. Johnny has cerebral palsy (脑瘫), resulting in his difficulty walking and muscle weakness. Jeff would act as his arms and legs, ______ carrying the weight of his son throughout the race. To ______ as completion, competitors must complete a(n) ______ 140 miles of swimming, bicycling and running in under 17 hours.

From the day Johnny was born, Jeff and his wife refused to let their son be ______ by disability. ______ to show Johnny that he could pursue his dream of being an athlete, when he was 15 years old, they ______ him up with my Team Triumph, an organization that helps kids with ______ engage in endurance (耐力) sports.

Johnny became ______ to racing, and Jeff wanted to be a part of it. Jeff began waking up at 4 am to run while ______ Johnny in a racing chair. Every morning, he ______ himself to run increasingly longer distances.

After 16 hours, 55 minutes and 35 seconds, the father and son ______ the finish line together. As the crowd ______ and congratulated Johnny, Jeff kept a low ______ . “He didn’t want attention to his finish line moment,” says Johnny. “He wanted it to be ______ .”

2 . Greenwood has been playing ball games since five years old. She is a catcher (接球手) for UR Baseball Team, and has recently been _________ by the USA Baseball National Team Development Program.

As a college girl, her goal is to _________ to the top 20 for USA Baseball Team, which will allow her to participate in worldwide _________ like the Baseball World Cup.

Greenwood described the _________ she feels when playing baseball. For many, she may be the first _________ player they see at a high level game, so each time she _________ on the field, she admits definitely feeling high expectations, knowing that if she makes a mistake, it may influence people’s _________ on how women in baseball look like. So she _______ hard, trying to get to an advanced level.

Besides playing and training, Greenwood also travels across the country,_________ with other women in baseball, and shares her stories and experiences with them. At one of the first camps she went to, 30 girls attended, which was a ________ experience for her. Before that point, she had __________ seen girls play baseball. Now, Greenwood is __________ to see a growing number of girls __________ involved in the game and trying to walk on to the UR Baseball Team.

“It’s been cool to know that I’m having lasting __________ and greatly changing these girls’ lives for the better and showing them that they can __________ their dreams and passions.”

3 . Ida Keeling was 67, weak and sick, when her daughter Cheryl suggested a run to her. Cheryl thought that maybe what would pull her mother out from dark cloud was something that would get her _______ again.

Keeling lived a hard life when young, growing up _______ in Harlem, and doing hard work in factories during the Great Depression. She had _______ her husband early, and two of her four children died in drug-related incidents in 1978 and 1981.

Keeling had sunk into a deep _______, her health had begun to _______, and her daughters began to _______ that they soon might be losing their mother as well.

It had been decades since Keeling had done any _______, and she would later recall that first “mini-run” feeling as if it would never end. But when it did, “I just threw off all my bad _______.”

She hasn’t stopped running since, and it’s no longer as _______ as it was during that first meet. “I was just exercising then,” she says ________ regarding that first run, “and now I’m all over the world.”

When she’s not running, she must be ________. She’s in the gym three to four days a week on a ________ basis. Part of her healthy diet is occasional consumption of alcohol mixed with her coffee or water to ________ blood circulation.

She’s written a book about her ________, titled Can’t Nothing Bring Me Down: Chasing Myself in the Race Against Time. Her ________ is also suitable for everyone: “Every day is another day forward.”

4 . On my 70th birthday, I decided to participate in 70 different sports before I turned 71.I had played sports as a youngster and never stopped. So I was ________that 70 sports in one year was well within my________.My aim was not to ________ any of the sports, but to just give them a try. Try anything once, and then move on.________after my birthday, I made an attempt at paddle boarding. I tried to get on the board, then________on the board and finally fall into the water before trying all over again. A lesson learnt：perseverance________.Eventually I stood, I balanced and I paddled. A nearly________.

Then came the________to teach myself figure skating. It looked so________on You Tube. But attempting a simple spin(旋转) left me lying on the ice, feeling painful. However, Ⅰ________to give up. I said to myself if I don’t succeed ________, try, try again. In this case, I learnt some basics of figure skating, enough to perform for my wife

My family’s________was important. My wife photographed every event. My sons were always ready for a spirited game. The sports brought the whole family together.

Except some health advantages, I also realized dreams are important, regardless of how ________they might seem. As youngsters we dream of participating in the Olympics. As we ________, our hopes and dreams change, but we should never let them________.

5 . We all know that physical exercise has treatment power, but who would have ever imagined that playing ping pong could help _________ the brain?

For decades, the recording artist and activist Nenad Bach _________ the world performing with famous musicians like Bono and Luciano Pavarotti. However, everything came to a _________ stop in 2010 when Nenad was _________ to have Parkinson’s disease(帕金森病). Everything that Nenad thought was ordinary in life was _________. “Music is a passion of mine,” he said. “When I was told I had Parkinson’s, I didn’t know what it was. Five years later, I couldn’t play a single chord(和弦) on the _________.”

One day, a friend of Nenad’s asked him to play _________ with him, and Nenad said yes. The effects were _________ and positive: he woke up the next day filled with a “_________ to live”, and his physical and cognitive(认知的) issues had __________. Encouraged, he kept playing. For months, he told everyone around him about how ping pong was __________ his Parkinson’s, but his praise fell on deaf ears. __________, he took matters into his own hands and started Ping Pong Parkinson’s sessions. Once the sessions __________ momentum(势头), he created a nonprofit organization called Ping Pong Parkinson (PPP). PPP hopes to encourage people living with Parkinson’s to play ping ping for its multiple __________.

Nenad has made spreading the word about the power of ping pong as his new life goal! He hopes others will __________ the sport and see the same sort of cognitive and physical improvements he’s enjoyed.

6 . Jonathan lost his mother at an early age, so his father brought him up alone. Jonathan loved to play________and his father was always there to________Jonathan at every game. Being________sized and weaker than other teammates, Jonathan wasn’t allowed to play in the main team. Nevertheless, he continued with his practice with full________. Finally, his determination carried him through. The________decided to let him join the main team eventually.

One day during practice, the coach met him with a telegram. Sadly Jonathan read it and________to the coach, “My father died this morning. Will it be all right if I miss________today?” The coach gently said, “Take the rest of the________off, son, and you needn’t come to the game on Saturday.” On the day of the game, Jonathan’s college football team was losing badly to the other team. The coach and the players had all________hope. Suddenly, Jonathan appeared and________the coach to allow him to play this match. At first, the coach refused. However after a lot of________, the coach gave in. No sooner had Jonathan joined the team than their scores started to improve before both the teams were________.

However, the real cheer came during the crucial________seconds when he ran all the way for the________touchdown. His team members were________. They won! The coach went up to Jonathan,________was seated alone beside the field, “Kid, you were________! Tell me________did you do it? “He looked at the coach, and said,” “Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was________?” The young man forced a smile, “Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could________me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!”

7 . Tang, who retired two years ago, had taught physical education for 34 years in primary and middle schools in rural areas. Apart from_________, Tang is also well-known and seeks out many young _________ to train in Hunan's Xinning county of Shaoyang city.

For more than 30 years, athletes with disabilities are_________ by Tang, and they have won championships in many _________. Tang is also _________ as a world champion's first teacher for taking village children into the world of sports.

For him, being _________ does not mean the end, but makes him get more time to help rural children _________ their sporting dreams. Tang's _________ place for the children is in his former home, in a room _________ less than 30 square meters. Walls that have fallen into __________ show the house's age, and the rings and hemp (大麻) rope hanging from the__________ have also helped many athletes to__________ their skills.

“Get in line!” Tang asks his students to line up for their warming-up __________. “Rural children are more__________ and they enjoy running and jumping. Sometimes it is difficult to__________ them,” he comments. “_, they are really enthusiastic about sports and can __________ much difficulty.”

Tang often__________ kindergartens and elementary schools in the county to find more sports-loving and__________ talented children. He asks the children to __________ the standing long jump and the short running. For so many years, Tang has been engaged in sports teaching in village.