1 . I am convinced that even the smartest people have to work hard to achieve success, because there is no such person as a born winner. People make themselves into winners by their own _________ .

Many years ago, I took the head _________job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program. It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play against the _________ team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to _________ the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were _________ . Thinking hard about it, I came to realize that I had to change my _________ towards their ability and potential.

I started doing anything I could to help them build a little _________. Most importantly, I began to treat them like _________. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their vacations, we met every day and _________ passing and kicking the football.

Six months after suffering our defeat on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to__________. Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a __________ for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me the greatest __________ of my life!

From the experience I learnt a lot about how the attitude of the leader can __________ the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and __________ them. I helped them to see themselves __________, and they built themselves into winners. Winners are made, not born.

4 . As a writer on an adventure sports magazine, I’d always refuse to do the adventurous stuff myself. I preferred to observe others and _________ their experiences to readers. Thus, when I was challenged to _________ a mountain in aid of charity — and to write about it afterwards—I was _________.

Then it was _________ that I had a brilliant coach called Keith, who gave me knowledge about everything from building muscle groups to how to_________tiredness. It quickly became obvious that the techniques of climbing were more _________than I had imagined. Aware of the challenge, I forced myself to _________ a detailed action plan Keith made, working out _________ at the gym. My self-belief _________ alongside my muscle power, and I became confident about finishing the climb.

All too soon I was on a plane to my destination. That day, when I looked up at the mountain, I thought of __________it. But then I remembered all the__________I’d made and how upset Keith would be if I gave up — not to mention the sense of __________I’d experience myself. With a deep breath fear__________courage, I headed into the sunshine to meet the rest of the group.   

And as I am sitting here now, tapping on my laptop, I’m amazed at all the details I can recall: the burning __________and the tiredness. Could I have been better prepared? Possibly. Would I be back for another go? Thankfully not. The feeling of being excited when standing on top of the world is definitely a __________experience but one I will cherish forever.

6 . When I was 13, my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant ________ Miller King, who was the best player at our school.

Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for ________ . Just before September, Miller was hit by a car and lost his right arm I went to see him after he came back from ________ He looked very pale, but he didn’t cry. That season, I ________ all of Miller’s records while he watched the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player, ________ I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for (负有责任) Miller’s ________

One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller stuck going over a fence-which wasn’t ________ to climb if you had both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept ________ from. But despite that challenge he accepted. I helped him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally ________ on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season, but you did ________. Thank you for     ________ me.”

His words freed me from my bad ________ . I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. He was ________ ahead of me. I was right to have ________ him. From that day on, I grew ________ and a little more real.

8 . Exercise and I have never had a good relationship due to my fear of sports. From a young age, my dad ________ me into a dozen sports. I didn’t like any of them, though. When I entered University of Regina, my dad________telling me “You have to find a way to stay ________. ” or “You don’t want to get the Freshman 15, do you?” So I ________ to give swimming a shot, but I ________ managed to go to the pool twice during the fall semester. Worse still, I was ________ to convince (使相信) myself that “Yeah, that’s OK.”

The spring semester came. A friend of mine ________me one day to go to Zumba with her. All I knew about Zumba was that it was basically exercise dancing to Latin and pop songs. It didn’t sound too bad, but I couldn’t be ________.

I went, and that was it. Zumba became my cup of tea. The instructor would always say: “Don’t worry about the________. Have fun. Do your own thing.” That removed my ________about sports. I didn’t have to be ________. I didn’t even have to be good. I just needed to ________ the music and move. Zumba did ________ me from the Freshman 15, but it also did so much more. It let me make ________ with my unpleasant past with physical fitness, and enjoy staying ________.

9 . Being a parent is already a life-changing experience. However, this 40-year-old dad _____________ an astonishing transformation (变化) after a hike with his kids.

Before Jeremiah Peterson looked like a supermodel, he weighed 290 pounds. He was only _____________ to lose weight after he went on a _____________ with his family in 2017 and became aware how quickly he got _____________ from the activity.

“Instead of remembering all the good _____________ we had made on this trip, all I can remember is this one thing that kept playing in my head over and over again: I found myself running out of breath and having to take _____________ way before my 9-, 7- and 4-year-old kids,” Peterson wrote on Instagram.

The dad from Missoula, Montana then _____________ himself to get into shape.

_____________, he started by giving up drinking and _____________ a ketogenic diet (生酮食法). Every day for five months straight, he would hike for two hours and spend one more hour at the gym.

After 150 days of a strict diet and lots of ______________, Peterson lost 92 pounds. Not only that, he can now run ______________ up the hiking trail that once made him extremely exhausted (疲惫的).

Peterson now uses his story and fitness knowledge to coach and ______________ almost 100,000 social media followers — but he says that his kids are the real ______________ for his success.

“Finding your reason that is ______________ if you want to achieve success in life,” he wrote in an Instagram post. “If you don’t have a strong reason behind your ______________, you are less likely to get the results.”

10 . Several years ago I started riding a bike. At first, I thought it was only a ______ ride. But as I built up strength, my friends encouraged me to try some longer ______ . The first one to come along was a 150-mile journey, an event held every year that raises money to fight cancer.

The ride began on a Sunday morning in the Georgia countryside, and for the ______ few hours I felt wonderful. This was just the ______ I had imagined, and my spirits were ______ . But by the end of the day, I felt tired. I was sure I’d have to ______ .

As I topped the hill, the nice sunset ______ me going for a few minutes more. Then in the distance, I ______ a rider riding very slowly. I ______ that the person looked different in some way, but I couldn’t tell why. I managed to ______ . There she was, riding slowly but steadily, with a determined smile on her face-and she had only one ______ .

My focus ______ at that moment. I’d been doubting my ______ for a whole day. But now I knew—it wasn’t the body, but the ______ that would help me reach my goal.

It rained all the second day. I never saw the one-legged biker again, but I pushed on without complaining. And at the end of the day, still feeling strong, I ______ the 150th mile.