1 . Not two months after my initial 5K, a friend invited me to run a half marathon. This wasn't a small three-mile_________I needed to face. Could I really run for more than 13 miles? I began to_________. I worried I would_________myself in front of my relatives coming to cheer me on. But here was my chance. So I_________and started training under the guidance of professional coaches. I didn't give up though I learned running six or seven miles was no_________.

The beginning few miles that day passed_________as I took in the sights and enjoyed the event atmosphere. At mile 5, my friend began to_________. I didn't. At mile 8, my legs started to_________because of my previous injury,     but I kept going. At mile 11, I was_________because I was still full of energy. Feeling great, I looked over to my friend that walked just now, joking, "Do you just want to run the whole marathon?" Of course, the comment earned me many__________from those around us, but it proved something to me, I'd__________much more than I thought possible.

Now having been a__________for more than three years, with several SKs and four half marathons__________. I have more evens planned for this year and the__________of a full marathon in the near future. I've run through cities, parks, and beaches. I've run in rain and snow. I've run through operations and__________. I kept going though I've wanted to__________a hundred times. I got more than I ever__________.

And now I know: I can do things that seem__________. I can always keep moving forward no matter what's going on around me or__________me, no matter who is or isn't at my side. I can run through anything as long as I push past my__________.

2 . Janela, a judge for Guinness World Records (GWR), says it was the most fun he’s had since joining the GWR organization in 2009. As a judge, Janela has traveled the globe____ record- setting events. He has dealt with everything______ the largest number of people making     sandwiches at the same time.

Each year, Janela judges between 15 and 20 __________. Of course, Janela’s job isn’t all ______ and games. “To become a Guinness World Records____, I had to receive several months of ______ and take tests,” he says. “To do well in this role, you need a real depth of _________ - from food to sports - because you can___ anything.

Then there’s the record tracking. There are more than 50,000 Guinness World Records entries in the organization’s database. Each week, more than 1,000___ are received from people ____to break an exciting record or establish a new world record category.

As the U.S. content manager for GWR, Janela works with a team of 10_____researching records, establishing rules for new records and organizing record categories.

As_____as it can be to see new world records set, the biggest_____to Janela’s job is being factual and fair.

“Sometimes it’s_____to see a person or group trying hard to break a record but not coming close,” he says. “But remaining_____is always our No. 1 goal in record keeping.”

3 . Throughout my life, I was never very athletic. I wasn’t really into________, sports or conflict. The only________I enjoyed were________things like watching TV and playing computer games.

It was during my junior year in high school that I realized I needed a________. My friends were joining the long distance running club and________me to do it also. At my school, there were no qualification________; every student was accepted.

As everyone gathered around on the first day of practice, the__________announced it was time for “warm-up”. I imagined the warm-up would be a________jog around the 400-metre track. I soon________it was a 1-km run. After completing the run, I was________! I wondered, “If that’s warm-up, what’s next?” The________workout for the day was a 5-km run, which I mostly walked. When I came home, I really considered________. However, I________ myself to keep at it and try harder.

Of course, there was no real improvement________. I always came in last during practice and the first few________. As days and weeks went on, I really tried my best. During practice, I would always keep at the________of the group; the fastest, more________runners were always ahead, while the laziest were behind. As the result of my________, warm-up became a real warm-up. The 5-km runs transformed into an________day of practice. And I was no longer last in anything we did. For a former couch potato, like me, this was a(n)________.

4 . The first basketball game was played in the late 19th century in Massachusetts, America. On a cold winter day,_______it was impossible to do much outdoor sports, Canadian Doctor James Naismith came up with the idea of a new ball game,_______he hoped people would enjoy during the long winter months.

James wrote some simple rules for the new ball game, most of_______rules are still in place today. But some of the rules have changed a bit. For example, in the original game rules, bouncing the ball was prohibited.

After the new ball game was introduced to the public, it was such a hit_______attracted many people’s attention. Many people came to indoor sports centers in groups______they could avoid the extremely low temperature outdoors to play this new ball game together. The first basketball game_______consisted of 18 players was standard to the baseball teams of the day.

Since Naismith didn’t have the money to design a new ball, early games used the soccer ball,______the price was relatively low. Later on,William R. Chase made the ball go into the basket, and thus became the first player to ever score in a basketball game. It was during this game_______someone suggested a name for this new sport --- basketball.

5 . 15 years ago, when I was playing basketball in one of Australia’s premier basketball leagues, I remember a sports psychologist we had for the season. As young professional athletes with high egos (自我价值感), the team were not quite convinced the techniques of psychology would ____   performance, especially when it didn’t involve using the physical strength and endurance needed to _____ the weeks of training and games. I, ____ , was interested.

We were trained in a visualization technique used before games. It involved moving ourselves into a meditative (冥想的) state and taking ourselves on a journey into the ____ to recreate the experience of a game, From ____ home, getting to the stadium, being in the change room, walking out onto the ____ and then finally visualizing how we would play and see ourselves ____ . The most important part of the ____ was to bring to life the vivid details of each stage, while also focusing on the ____ that came with it. We were trained to ____ fear, doubt and learned to go beyond them, so that by the time we got onto the court, we were grounded, ____ and ready to play.

What I learnt most from this technique was that winning games was important but how we ____   to play was even more vital. And ____ visualization was a powerful way to see through to the ____ , there were absolutely no ____ in the hard work of getting there.

6 . Where do you go when you want to learn something? School? A friend? A tutor? These are all _______places of learning. But it may well be that the learning you really want _______ somewhere else instead. I had the chance of seeing this first hand on a _______.

My daughter plays on a recreational (业余) soccer team. They did well this season and so _______ a tournament, which normally was only for more skilled club teams. This led to some _______ experiences on Saturday as they played against teams _______ trained. Through the first two games, her team did not get one serious shot on goal. As a parent, I _______ seeing my daughter playing her best, _______ still defeated.

It seemed that something clicked with the girls between Saturday and Sunday. When they _______ for their Sunday game, they were ________ different. They had begun to apply all kinds of play and teamwork they had seen the day before to their ________.They played much better and ________ scored a goal.

It ________ me that playing against the other team was a great ________ moment for all the girls on the team. I think it is a general principle. ________ is the best teacher. The lessons they learned may not be different from what they would have gotten in school, but are certainly more personal and meaningful, because they had to work them out on their own.

7 . A heavy snow hit my neighborhood the other day. I had recently agreed to be the house’s groundskeeper, which meant I was_______ with shoveling(铲)the inches of snow that covered the driveway.

I had to stay in the house during the _______,so I was actually pretty happy to head_______After shoveling for about an hour, muscles in my arms and legs which I _______ used due to my busy schedules started to burn. By the time I finished shoveling, I realized that I gained nearly the same amount of _______ that I can get from biking. Shoveling turned out to be pretty good exercise, so I actually felt _______ to finish shoveling.

A few days later, a few friends and I got into a casual _______ about how hard it is to spare time to exercise_______.There are lots of people who dislike gyms. Going to gyms   _______ them a lot. Less than 5%of adults are physically ________for half an hour a day, which is quite a big problem. Not exercising enough can ________diseases like heart disease, bone disease, and depression.

And yet, compared with going to gyms, shoveling snow was quite ________.Besides, it didn’t take too much willpower(意志力)and I just needed to ________ the driveway at my own pace. I can just do some daily tasks like shoveling for exercise in the neighborhood in my spare time   ________ driving to a gym.

People pay much money for gym memberships and classes to ________ extra energy . So why not ________paying the fitness industry to exercise and ________ physical fitness with such kind of daily chores? Surely, they’re better off ________ that money and putting the energy to practical use.

A neighborhood can have a Facebook group where people in need of help can ________ things on it. Then, people who want to exercise can help them out. It’s a win-win situation. In addition to helping people, this can also be shaped as a new________ to keep fit.

8 . Every time I passed boys who were playing basketball, I stopped to silently watch them. I really envied them. But as a girl, I once thought that I could_______play basketball.

I like playing basketball though I’m not good at it. I’ve had a basketball _______I was a child. At first, I could play freely because no one__________when I was just a kid. But as I grew up it seemed harder and harder for me to enjoy basketball.

At school, it was always the boys who played basketball during PE classes. The girls were_______ allowed to play volleyball or badminton.

My parents did not________me play basketball at home. “Basketball is not fit for girls,” they said. _______I went to play basketball with my friends, boys _______ at me on the court as if I were an alien.

I was feeling________ and had lost hope of playing basketball. _______, something changed the first day of high school. I made some friends who also enjoyed playing basketball. They________ me to get back on the court.

One of them told me with a smile, “Go your own _____ , let others talk.” This girl would always play basketball with me. Even the boy who sat next to me in class talked about   ________   with me almost every day.

I was inspired by them. Confidence and passion_______to my heart. I am ready to stand up and play. I will play as well as I can, ________for me, even the sky is boundless (无限的).

Basketball has become an important part of my_______. I am interested in it. I watch matches and enjoy playing almost every day. Through basketball, not only do I feel happy and confident, but also_______a lot.

I’ve heard the NBA star Tracy McGrady say, “Nothing is impossible.” It is from an advertisement on TV. I have________to realize that life is just like playing basketball. You should have an_______. After that, just be confident and_______ going. Never give up and you’ll make it sooner or later.

I love the motto of the NBA. It can______ my strong feelings for basketball, “I love this game!”

9 . It was an evening class on Wednesdays. Fifteen boys and girls were running and skipping in a circle on brightly colored _________. Music was blaring from a loudspeaker: “Animal action...Move like a lion!” and suddenly everyone was crawling on the ground_________like lions. I was right beside them making the sound too. It’s _________that the kids are so excited!

These kids were not at school or day care center but at a tumbling (翻腾运动）_________in which I had the opportunity to co-teach when I was only twelve years old. I came upon this opportunity when my gymnastics coach started_________tumbling for kids aged from three to seven. My sister _________ immediately. Despite my going with her to her first practice, she was more_________than I had ever seen her, so the coach invited me to join in to make her more_________. The practice needed high energy and non-stop _________, and I spent the practice teaching the kids how to do cartwheels (侧手翻）and playing games like “Animal action”. I began going to all of the practices with my sister and __________ in any way that I could. Afterwards, I __________ looked forward to the weekly classes, where I could improve my ability to __________ other individuals.

One of the __________moments of my time as a coach was when I taught one of my students how to do a walkover (软翻). I had watched her making progress as a __________ for two years. Seeing the pride she took in herself after she__________accomplished a walkover on her own made the __________not only an accomplishment for her, but one for me as well.

For two years I was a(an)__________coach and during those two years I __________as a person in many ways. I learned a lot about what it __________to be a coach and that being a coach didn’t mean giving orders, but giving kids a role __________to admire and learn from.

10 . During my first three years of college, I put on weight quickly. Between classwork and a part-time job, I had zero time for ______. Besides, I ate a lot of fast food. Not surprisingly, I _____ a fat stomach.

After leaving college, I ______ to take exercise. Invited by a friend, I ______ working out with exercise machines three times a week. I was the kind of person who did not try something ____. I ate the same food; I did the same thing. M friend, however, became ______. One day, he said, “We’re not getting enough exercise. We should play tennis instead.”

Me? Play tennis? No way. I was strongly against his ______. I was not good at sports and I was ______ the exercise machines. ______, weeks later, I found myself standing on a tennis court (球场). As I held my racket (球拍), I felt ______. I ran after every ball he served to me, completely ______ about 90% of them, hitting the rest into the other court.

The first few months were quite ______. But one day, as the ball came flying toward me, my racket and the ball finally met in the place where it is most effective to hit a ball. I watched ______ as my return landed where I had aimed (瞄准) it. I had finally ______ how to play tennis properly!

I learned a ______ during my journey toward learning to play tennis: I can do whatever I set my mind to.