2 . Even if you’re a couch potato like me, you’ll know the benefits of running. But if you’re a real fitness fan, the ____ running challenge is to participate in a marathon. While many runners’ ______ is to beat their personal best and cross the finishing line without ______ , they’re also doing it for a good cause – to generate funds for ______ .

But just like other ______ events, the marathon also ______ a massive carbon footprint. Thousands travel - some by plane - to the location, and ______ from food packaging and goody bags gets left behind by ____ and runners. For example, during the London Marathon in 2018, ______ 47,000 plastic bottles were collected. This is becoming a big issue for cities – how to ______ a worthwhile event, encouraging people to exercise and help charities, while ______ the environment?

Several cities have ______formal plans to reduce their environmental influence and ______ sustainable (可持续的) ideas. One event in Wales, for example, introduced the recycling of ______ running equipment. The London Marathon tried to deal with the environmental problem by ______ the number of drink stations on the running route, ______ water in paper cups and offering some drinks in edible (可食的) seaweed capsules. They also tried new bottle ______ made from recycled plastic so 700 runners could ______ water bottles with them during their run.

Dr Andrea Collins from Cardiff University told the BBC: "Training for a marathon makes you more sustainable in day-to-day activities. I started walking or running to work every day and _______ private cars altogether. Being environmentally friendly becomes a good ______ ." So while you not be an excellent runner in a marathon, let’s hope the event, in terms of sustainability, certainly is!

3 . Danny Redden was just putting his sneakers into his locker when his baseball teammate Max told him he was wanted by the coach in the principle's office. Danny felt _______. ''Why? '' ''He didn't say. '' Danny was a(an) _______ good student, so it wasn't about his grades. Taking a big _______, he knocked on the closed door and then _______ inside. There was the principle Mr. Irving at his desk. _______ the desk sat coach Geller. And when he’d taken an empty seat, he saw his _______. Oh, no. if his mom was there, he must really be in _______.

''I've got some bad news, '' said the principle. Danny just _______ hard. ''You won't be able to _______ in the last game of the championship. '' ''Why not? '' he asked. The series was ________, 2-2. The last game would be played this coming Saturday. ''It's not because of anything you did. ________, you've been a real treasure to the team, Danny. Coach Geller ________ left your name off the list and the rules state that every player has to be ________ in order to participate, '' said Mr. Irving. ''Can you just ________ my name? '' Danny asked. ''I'm very sorry, Danny. The list was submitted last night. Additions are not allowed, '' said the principle.

Then the big day came. Danny sat in the stand as the game got ________. First his team was ahead, and then the other team ________. Finally, Danny's team scored the winning run. Danny ________ out of his seat. He couldn't wait to get down to the ________ to celebrate the moment with the team.

That night he told his mom with the biggest smile of his life, ''That was my win and Max's, and Simon's too. That's what it means to be ________ of a team. I helped get us to the championship. And in my own way, I helped win it, too. ''

Yes, as the saying goes, ''No one can whistle a symphony. It ________ a whole orchestra to play it. ''

4 . I used to hate running. It seemed too hard, and pushing outside my comfort ______ was not something I was raised to do.

In fact, I wouldn’t have become a(n)______ if it weren’t for my husband Charles He had been a ______ competitive runner for many years. After our marriage, he wouldn’t stop talking about how much he ______ it.

So he picked it up again, and after about a year, I started to join him at the ______. Just a few weeks later, Charles signed us both up for a five-kilometer race. I ______ about doing it. It was too soon.

But on race day, there I was.

The gun went off Thousands of runners ______.

The first kilometer was tough. I was already breathing ______ and painfully aware of the group of runners____ past me.

After another minute I saw the three-kilometer ______.All I could think of was that I was ______.

I rounded a comer, and saw both sides of the street______ with people watching the race, all cheering the runners on. I ______ my legs to keep going.

Then I looked up and saw the clock. The ______ ticking away gave me an incentive(助力). I knew that if I had ______ finished this race I would have achieved something, So, I ______ up, and kicked it.

I had my arms ______ higher when I passed through the finish line. A volunteer put a(n) ______ around my neck.

“You did great! I’m so proud of you!” Charles was thrilled that I’d ______.

“That was amazing! I want to do another race.” I proudly hugged my medal as we started to walk to the post-race festivities. My lungs and my comfort zone both______.

5 . I had been swimming competitively for about five years and was ready to quit because I felt I was horrible at it. I kept _______ “Honorable Mentions”(安慰奖). Any _______knows that you don’t want to have a bookshelf full of “Honorable Mentions”, which you get just because you _______.

One summer day, the day _______ a big swim meet, I decided to tell my grandma that I was quitting the swim team, but she said, “Baby, _______ these words: ‘A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.’ You go to that swim meet tomorrow.”

The next day we arrived at the swim meet late, _______ my group of swimmers in the 15/ 16 age group. My _______ insisted that I be allowed to swim with the _______group. I knew that she was _______ me in the race so that our long drive would not be ________. As I got on the board, I quickly noticed that these girls were here to do one thing—to________ me! All of a sudden my grandma’s words ________ in my head, “Ouitters never win and winners never quit, quitters never win and winners never quit.”

SPLASH!

I was swimming ________ than I’d swum before. As I drew my right arm back, I noticed I was tied with one person. I assumed we were battling for the eighth place and I refused to finish dead last, so I added more kick on the ________ 200 yards. I hit the wall and ________ to the left and to the right for the swimmers who had beaten me, but no one was there. They must have gotten out of the ________ already. I raised my head to see my coach________ hysterically(歇斯底里). My eyes ________her pointing finger and I couldn’t believe what I saw. The other swimmers had just reached the halfway point of the ________! That day, at age 15, I broke the national 17/18-year-old 400-freestyle record. I had hung up my honorable mentions. That day, I ________ them with a huge gold medal.

6 . Earlier this spring, we asked NPR Ed readers to send in stories of teachers going to great lengths to help students succeed in and out of school. We_____from hundreds of you. Many of you said that every teacher you know____the bill. Here is a teacher that caught our eye. When Arinn Filer, a social studies teacher, started teaching social studies at Humanities and Arts Academy in Los Angeles, she_____noticed that many of her students were football____.One of them — a sophomore (大二学生)—already had a( n)_____to play at University of Southern California. During football____many players didn't have time for_____between school, practices and games. Filer_____to make sure these student-athletes had a point-person to______them. She created a_____for athletes to complete work,______study skills, and plan out their classes to ensure that they're NCAA appropriate — to ensure that they’re____to play in college.

"I like to work with the athletes because I feel like they____have a place to go on our campus,” she says. She checks their report_____, talks to them about their_____,，and leads lessons on___skills, like goal-setting. One of her coworkers, LaNea Austin, who teaches English, wrote to NPR, No matter what, she helps____a future for these athletes. ”

Filer's football players______the state championship in the fall, and many have offers to play for big-name football schools. “ Give back to someone else and be an______to someone else, ” Filer tells her students. “That’s what will make me_______’’

7 . Recently，a special group of American athletes were invited to Poland to run in a 100-kilometer race. The endurance race was ______ interest to many people because the athletes were______________，They had lost legs in accidents，were blind or had diseases that made their muscles very ________ .

______ their disabilities，most of the runners ________   it through the 25-hourrace.

“Disabled people always ________ when we are asked why we are running such a long distance，and we smile because we________ the challenge，"said a blind runner.

The runners in Poland showed that there's almost     _________ that the disabled can't do when they give their minds to it. There are about 37 million disabled people in the U. S. Just a decade ___   ， people thought they were beer off if they ___________ home and did as little as possible.

That's _______   Disabled athletes are challenging all __________and proving without questions that they can_____in almost every sport. The disabled are taking part in running，golfing，skiing. bicycling，rock climbing and rafting. A_______   woman ran in the Boston Marathon. Her husband ran in front of her and held a rope so she knew where to run.

In 1988，376 disabled Americans competed in many _______ in a special division of the Seoul Olympics. These brave athletes are proving that the stereotype （偏见）that the disabled are inactive is ___

They have been helped by great advances in_______ . Wheelchairs weigh less than 5 kilograms now，compared with more than 20 kilograms a few years ago. Also，________ legs are lighter and more comfortable.

Some people wonder if disabled athletes are __________ themselves too hard. But the athletes say they are_________self-respect and independence.

8 . It was an extraordinarily busy time of year. I felt some ______ to head straight home after a long meeting. So I headed to the ______ nearby for some therapeutic (治疗性的)hiking. As I reached the top and admired the view, my unclear mind ______ .Re-energized, I knew that I could deal with the _______ that waited for me upon my ______ .When I arrived back in the office the next day, I was full of energy, and finished my work ______.

It was almost 20 years ago that I learned how ______ it is for me to carve out time to escape to the wild. I had finished my Ph.D.,______ soil and water conservation in Honduras, but I wasn't sure what ______ I wanted to have. So, I decided to act on a dream I had been nursing for a few years, _______ my mom showed me a magazine article about a man who had ______ around America. I figured that I could ______ cycling with research for a book on American agriculture while I worked out my next career step.

So I did it. During the cycling ______, I found the clearness I needed to ______ my next career move. Talking with farmers I met along the way, I learned that their biggest ______ was selling their produce. I decided to broaden my ______ from land management to improving farmers' access to markets. My ______ interest led to working for a nongovernmental organization and I did eventually _______ a book on. American agriculture.

The ______ is to find your source of inspiration and make good use of it. For me, I always get nourishment(营养)from being ______ in the outdoors.

9 . Cali Scores a Goal

It was the last game of the season. Cali had been playing soccer all summer. She really enjoyed __________ around with the other players in her blue uniform, chasing the black and white ball across the grassy field. As much as she tried, __________, Cali still had not scored one single goal.

“Don’t give up,” said her coach. He showed Cali and her team how to pass the ball to each other and take shots at the goal. Cali was pretty good at passing the ball, but she couldn’t kick the ball __________ the goalkeeper. She wondered if she should __________ soccer.

“Don’t give up,” said her teammates. ”You just need to keep trying and you will get __________ .” So Cali stayed on the team and did her best.

“Don’t give up,” said Aunt Lisa. But it was half-time, and Cali was feeling __________ . She was trying! Every time she got a(an) __________ to kick the ball, it would go in the __________ direction or a player from the other team would take control of it.

The break was over and the referee(裁判) blew her whistle to __________ the game again. The two __________ walked back onto the field, both __________ to win. Cali heard her aunt whisper in her ear. “Look for an opportunity to get the ball. You can do it.”

Cali took a deep breath. __________ she didn’t get one goal all summer, she knew that she had tried her best. She dreamed she’d leave her team after the game was over. Suddenly, she was woken by some __________ that was the sweet, happy jingle of the ice cream truck. It was driving right beside the soccer field, playing its music loudly to attract __________ .

The players on both teams turned to __________ at it. A few girls pointed to it and cheered. The soccer game had nearly stopped. Cali looked around and saw the soccer ball close by, __________ by the nearest player from the other team. Cali dashed over to the ball. She dribbled(带球) it between her feet, moving forward toward the net of the yellow team. By the time the other girls had __________ , Cali was positioned right in front of the net. The goalkeeper was __________ to one side, looking at the ice cream truck. She turned back __________ to guard the net as Cali kicked the ball hard.

The keeper __________ out her gloved hand. The ball touched the tips of her fingers as it swooshed past, right into the net. “Goal!”

10 . My least favorite part was participating in sport meets, for I loved running by myself. When faced with running against fellow athletes, I was _________. I had butterflies in my stomach and the sudden urge to go to the nearest ________. This year,_________, I was encouraged to join in a long distance running competition by my coach.

The 800-meter event was approaching, meaning that I would _________ soon. I breathed deeply and tried to ________ my worries. I walked over to some of the _________ who would run with me and started to ________ with them. We were all loosening up and getting ready to run as _________as possible.

I stepped up to the line for the event. The starter raised his cap gun and ________. About twenty-five runners ________. With these runners around me, I ________ my coach’s words, “You may be small, but you have ________ power.” So, I kept up with athletes twice my _________. I picked up the runner in seventh place and based my steps on him, making it a little bit faster. One by one, I ________ to make it to the top four, bursting around the lap.

It was the last lap before the final straightaway. I_________ I had the possibility to win. So I widened my steps, speeding up my_________. I caught up with the runner in first place and we ran side-by-side down the last 100 meters --- I _________ him by a hair at the finishing line.

My coach gave me a _________ hug as I headed back to see him. He was ____ because I had shortened my original _____ by twelve seconds at least.