2 . When I was younger, I was very sporty. My dad is a runner who has greatly_______ me. My great hobby between the ages 11 and 14 was cross-country _______. However, when my family _______, my new school didn’t pay attention to_______, and had no after-school activities like football or running.

Over the next few years, I _______   exercising except during P.E. lessons at school. I was _______ that I could eat what I wanted and didn’t put on any weight. It looked like I was healthy, but in reality I was very_______.

When I started university, I decided that I would try and get fit, but by then I was worried about _______ in front of other people. _______ , this year, one of my New Year’s promises has been to try and get in shape（健身）. This __________ came after I was late for a bus, tried to run after it and was very out of __________   in less than one minute! I considered __________   running again, yet my housemate tried to practice yoga, so my New Years__________ was delayed.

Finally, one of my friends__________ a swimming pool close to my house that she had gone to a few   times. Now, I love __________, and I find doing laps in the pool very relaxing. Experts say everyone should do 30 minutes of proper __________   every day, so I’m starting with an hour three times a __________ and building up every day. I hope that I will soon start to feel the__________ of regular exercise, and will become fitter and __________ . In the long term, I know it will be very good for me, and __________ many health problems that often occur in later life.

3 . I had always been warmly praised for my shooting ability when I was in high school. But when I went to Ohio State, I discovered that everyone on the team was_________in his hometown.

To win a starting job on the team, I had figured I would have to_________the coach with my shooting ability. But it_________that the team was already full of attacking players and what it needed was someone to_________on defence(防御). Unwillingly, I decided to take that role, but didn't expect the_________was to make all the difference to me later.

One day, when we were_________for a game against the Bucks, I was called out by the coach, Milwaukee, who gave me the_________to guard our court. Though feeling a bit_________, I accepted. Throughout the game, I continued playing the role.

Then, near the end of the game, in a(an) _________to widen the gap, Milwaukee gave me a precious__________. He asked me to organize an attack. Driving up the middle of the court, I__________the ball. It was a__________three-point play and minutes later the championship was ours.

Standing there in that circle of cheering audience, I came to__________the importance of teamwork, Just as Milwaukee said, “__________teams often have one or two players who stand out; good teams have five who work together. It is amazing what can be achieved when no one cares who gets the__________.”