2 . 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
My dad is an enthusiastic (狂热的) runner who 1 (great) influenced me when I was young. So I was very sporty before the age of 14.However, when my family moved, my new school didn’t pay much attention 2 sports and had no after-school activities like football or running. Over the next few years. I stopped exercising apart from during Physical Education lessons at school. I looked like I was 3 (health). However, I was not.
One day, I was late for a bus, tried to run after it and in under a minute was out of breath! This made me realize how unfit I was. 4 (help) myself get in shape again. I made a (n) 5 (decide) that I would take up a kind of sport.
A friend of 6 (I) suggested a swimming pool 7 is close to my house. Now, I’m a swimming lover! I find swimming in the pool very 8 (relax).I swim for an hour three times a week. I hope that I will soon start to feel 9 benefits of regular exercise, and 10 fitter than before.