1 . Do you think you are too old to do something? Just go online and ________ the video of John Harrison doing the 50m backstroke in 2014.

He ________ the 100-104 years world record by 15 seconds! Yes, you read that ________. The 100-104 years group! A time of 1:29.78. The first ever British man to set records in that age group. The applause (掌声) is long-lasting and heartfelt from all the crowd. A(n) ________ moment.

John loved swimming. He still tried to keep ________ by swimming in his last years before he passed away at the age of 105 in January 2020. Many of John’s friends speak ________ of him saying he was a “wonderful man”.

John was born in Farnborough on 25 July, 1914. And his ________ in swimming was unusual. “When I was five years old, on the way home from school, I came across a small pond,” he said ________, “so I went swimming. It taught me two things. One, to swim; and two, not to drink the water.”

“My parents ________ two years later that I was still doing it. They were ______ at first. But their anger soon ________” when I said, “I didn’t get asthma (哮喘病) last winter. They then bought me a costume and ________ me swimming skills.”

However, John didn’t start swimming ________ until his wife told him to stop teaching swimming and life-saving classes and ________ the sport for himself at the age of 79. From then on, he didn’t look back and was full of praise for everyone who ________ him during his successes.

2 . It was a big day for Molly. She sat in the backseat of the car, looking very ______. Her mom and Uncle Connor were talking about the days when they competed in school ______, to make Molly relaxed.

“Your mom was a great ______, Molly,” said Uncle Connor, “As soon as your mom hit the water, she was a fish. You could tell she was ______ to swim.”

Molly smiled at the idea of her mom swimming as ______ as a fish. For a moment, she even ______that they were on the way to her first swim race of the season.

______Molly knew it, they were pulling into the parking lot at the school. Her mom give her a quick kiss on the head for ______, and Uncle Connor smiled at her.   “We will see you after the ______，Miss Molly,” he said, “Just do your best.”

Molly took a deep breath as she ______over to the pool. As she______ her turn to swim, she gave herself a pep talk as an ______,“ You can do it. You have done it before. Just stay calm.”

______, Molly heard the sound of the whistle（哨声）. She pushes off the starting block and______ into the cool water. Then she was moving through the______ with strong, sure strokes(划水动作). Molly could ______ the voices of her mom and uncle in the crowd when she turned her head to breathe. She ______ the speed for her strokes and soon felt her hand touch the blue wall.

As Molly pulled herself from the water, she ______ the faces of her mom and Uncle Connor in the crowd. Then she found them. They were both holding up a single finger in the air with______ smiles. Number one! Molly couldn’t help smiling back and raising one arm in the air. Her______during the summer had paid off!