2 . Dave Player is the founder and CEO of Team BRIT, a car racing team. He wants to_________his team in the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance sports car race in 2024. He explains,   “If you're an endurance racer, you'll be_________to compete in the race. Attending this famous event is the_________of every racing driver.”

If the team gains_________to the world's most demanding endurance race , they’ll_________the history books as the first all disabled team to do so. Some drivers with_________have taken part in it, but_________as wild cards. “We don't want to   _________them, ”Dave insists. “We want to compete on a_________playing field like others, as a statement that even as disabled racing drivers we__________on the world stage.”

Dave set up the charity KartForce in 2010 as a way for__________retired soldiers to use motorsport for recovery. He went on to start Team BRIT in 2015. Team member Bobby Trundle,   who has__________himself to car racing for years, says,   “Car racing has__________my life. Mentally, it's like relaxation and also I develop deep__________for the excitement. When I'm behind the wheel, my autism (自闭症) doesn't__________me. In fact, I consider it to be a super power of mine.”

3 . In Grade 7, my bodily training trainer watched me, as I attempted to leap up and touch a marker on the wall. “You’re doing fairly______in my class,” he commented. Then came the critical reminder, “For somebody with no potential anyway.”

In high school, I______the honor roll youngsters who climbed mountains in their spare time. But I wasn’t______for a single team. I was bookish and inactive, and that self-image remained with me for my whole life. I found working in my 20s, and I______the solitude(独处)-without the concern of ______teammates or failing. I always assigned a higher______to mental pursuits over bodily ones.

This winter, I always found myself ______, and I knew one thing needed to change . It was my mental wellness that______pressured me to rethink exercise. I settled on an exercise bike with an enormous display and the promise of______outcomes. Since early March, I’ve ______missed a day on my bike. I’m not the quickest. However, I realized that motion isn’t essentially about athletic talent. Greater than something, it’s about______your thoughts. It’s the devotion that comes from______to one thing that requires you to step out of your_______

I’ll by no means win any medals-except perhaps participation. However, this was by no means about______. And that’s what I want my______had informed me. If only he’d mentioned, “You’re doing very well in my class. Take a look at your persistence.”

4 . Recently, I have got a new job. I help to _______ my daughter’s competitive soccer team. They are in the fourth grade and the team has been a really _______ one for their age group in the state.

Last week, I set up a(n) _______ with a sixth-grade team. The girls were older and taller but they didn’t play at the same _______ and didn’t know the game as well as my girls. As we began the game, my girls were _______ and very worried that they were _______. They weren’t playing their game well because they were _______. After a couple of minutes, I finally got them to stop _______ the sixth graders. Instead, they began to play soccer the way they usually _______. Our girls started passing, being ________ and spreading across the field. Happily, we won!

My ________ were doing what a lot of people do in business and in life. That is why it is a good ________ that winners focus on winning while losers focus on winners.

In business, we often worry too much about the ________ instead of being good at what we do. In life, we ________ too much about what others are doing instead of being our best self. We’ll win when we ________ the idea of concentrating on others and instead pay attention to winning.

5 . One day, I received a text from my assistant Susan. It read, “Congratulations! You have been _________ for the shooting of a cruise commercial (游轮广告).” I was _________ since it was a great opportunity for an actress. But as I saw the _________ of my character: “she” has to be a strong swimmer, my heart sank. I called Susan to _________ the shooting. “I’m so sorry; I can’t swim.”

I had a terrible _________ for swimming in high school. I recalled that my P.E. teacher _________ me because on the final test I tried to swim the entire length of the pool while holding my breath.

Even now, I still feel the pain of giving up that great shooting opportunity. I thought, “Maybe it’s time to _________ my fear.” Then, I slowly walked into the pool in my backyard, _________ myself by saying: “You can do this.” However, I realized I needed _________ help after trying several times. Luckily for me, I found an excellent coach who stressed that the most __________ point was “breathing and building confidence”. She said I had to __________ my face in the water, practicing blowing out bubbles (吐泡泡), and then surface for air to repeat the __________. Instructed by my coach, I practiced very hard every day. __________, I gained strength in my movement and managed to __________ my breath.

It has now been two months since I started my brave water __________, and I’m proud that I’m no longer afraid of water.

6 . If you’re the inspiration for a world-class athlete, you must be doing something right. For ultramarathoner (超级马拉松运动员) Harvey Lewis, that drive to run came from a local man who’s been on the ______ for more than six decades.

A longtime runner at 99 years old, Mike Fremont is still ______ the pavement five miles at a time, three times a week, offering ______ to friends and strangers alike.

Fremont ______ running in 1958. He began running to relieve the ______ of being a single father of three young children.

In 2013 Fremont finished the Knoxville Half Marathon in 3:03:56 at the age of 91.

“The hills were horrendous (可怕的),” Fremont ______, but added that he felt fine throughout the race.

For the past 46 years, Fremont has been running through Sharon Woods, a local county park. He has made dozens of friends at the park throughout the years so many, ______, that he decided to cut down the distance of his runs last year.

“I decided when I was 98 that it was taking me too ______ to do 10 miles with all the people I see and stop,” Fremont said.

Fremont ______ his longevity to healthy lifestyle and ______ of stress in his life.

“Training is ______,” he said, “but when you get to be my age, you’re not going to be able to train at all ______ your body holds up. I ______ cannot overemphasize the importance of living a healthy life.”

When he’s not running, it’s competitive canoeing with friends. A ______ age of 178 in that one canoe.

“I love my life,” said Fremont. “It’s ______.”

7 . We all know that physical exercise has treatment power, but who would have ever imagined that playing ping pong could help _________ the brain?

For decades, the recording artist and activist Nenad Bach _________ the world performing with famous musicians like Bono and Luciano Pavarotti. However, everything came to a _________ stop in 2010 when Nenad was _________ to have Parkinson’s disease(帕金森病). Everything that Nenad thought was ordinary in life was _________. “Music is a passion of mine,” he said. “When I was told I had Parkinson’s, I didn’t know what it was. Five years later, I couldn’t play a single chord(和弦) on the _________.”

One day, a friend of Nenad’s asked him to play _________ with him, and Nenad said yes. The effects were _________ and positive: he woke up the next day filled with a “_________ to live”, and his physical and cognitive(认知的) issues had __________. Encouraged, he kept playing. For months, he told everyone around him about how ping pong was __________ his Parkinson’s, but his praise fell on deaf ears. __________, he took matters into his own hands and started Ping Pong Parkinson’s sessions. Once the sessions __________ momentum(势头), he created a nonprofit organization called Ping Pong Parkinson (PPP). PPP hopes to encourage people living with Parkinson’s to play ping ping for its multiple __________.

Nenad has made spreading the word about the power of ping pong as his new life goal! He hopes others will __________ the sport and see the same sort of cognitive and physical improvements he’s enjoyed.

8 . As her father guided her ________ down the road alongside the swimming pool, 12-year-old Tina Fisher fiddled (整理、摆弄) with the folds of the borrowed wet suit she was wearing and took a few ________ breaths.

This is a girl who loves the ________ of water flowing around her limbs (四肢), who until recently was ________ her underwater swimming, and who takes every opportunity to spend time in the water.

But this was the first time Tina had been anywhere near a pool since the otherwise ________ June 2 when she was playing with a friend. Just 90 minutes after the preteen felt pain in her legs — the first symptom of a spinal stroke — she became paralyzed (瘫痪) from the waist ________ .

Now she was going to try something she’d never ________ even when she’d had the use of her legs: She was going to take her first scuba diving lesson.

Tina’s father, Dennis Fisher, slipped into the pool and helped Occupational Therapist Kaitlin Macdonald ________ his daughter into the water. She lay ________ , rested her head on the surface and, for a few brief moments, ________ her eyes. Then she did something that made MacDonald smile. “Tina,” she said, “look at your leg.” Ever so slightly, Tina was moving her right leg. It was ________ a few inches, but still — Tina’s mind was telling her leg what to do, and her leg was ________ .

“A lot of times, we’ll see movement ________ in the water,” MacDonald said, “It means a capacity (能力) is there that we can build on, ________ it’s still weak.”

For Tina, it felt great to just be back in the pool. She wrapped her arms around her father and briefly lay her head on his chest. Then she turned to Macdonald and indicated she was ready to swim the ________ of the pool.

“OK,” Macdonald said, “Here we go.”

9 . I remember everything about my first Cubs game, although it was a few years ago. My uncle took me to it on a Saturday in spring, a bright sunny day. When we got there, I_________that even though we were at the upper level, I could see everything clearly, the_________field. It was great-seeing it this way was much better than watching it on TV. Then the game started, and everyone cheered when the Cubs_________on the field.The man next to me said, “This is going to be the year. This year they’re going all the way.” My uncle said to him, “Let’s hope this is the one.” But then he_________to me, “I think he is too hopeful. We’ll have to wait and see I always start the year thinking they’ll win the World Series, but then I remember the_________year. They started the season_________and then they had a long losing streak.” The final score was 7 to 0, so it was nine winnings of hoping and then losing. We were_________about that score.

“Tomorrow, they’ll win. I’m certain!” I heard one person say as we left to go home. “_________”another replied. When we were returning, I asked my uncle, “Why were they so_________ when the score was 0 today-how can they be sure that tomorrow the team will win?” That’s__________it means to be a Cubs fan: we believe in tomorrow. When they win, it’s the best. If they lose, we expect it will get better, even though__________may tell us it won’t. Every year, we hope; every game we hope and we don’t abandon hope, that’s__________. It’s about__________your team no matter what.

And the next year we were there too, cheering.__________they lost, then it was amazing what happened this year. The Cubs won the whole thing-they won the World Series.Their fans were so excited-I’ve never seen adults scream and__________that way.

10 . Jordan has been a sports fan since his childhood. Since his father was a soccer coach, he would never miss out on ________ and would always be on top of his game. Jordan became a(n) ________ player in a very short time. He always knew that he wanted to build a career in sports and ________ to achieve it.

Jordan ________ from Auburn University and was one of the strongest and most competitive players on his team. However, his professional career ________ when he was at his peak — an injury was all it took to bring him down. He suffered from serious damage in his back, due to which he could never ________ to professional playing.

Instead of backing off and going into a period of ________ as most athletes do, Jordan made this ________ an opportunity to grow in this field. With his career being ended ________, he promised himself to ________ young athletes on moving properly and taking care of themselves. He became a coach. He ________ his trainees to follow his motto: Do what you do with all your strength.

As Jordan went through the difficult time, he was always ________ by the passion for training and developing healthy life routines for young athletes. He ________ to help them grow and reach their ________ to the fullest and do not repeat the same ________ that he did that ended his career.