1 . Ebron James isn't the first high school basketball player to go straight into the NBA, but he's probably the best. he has the body, skills and the basketball brain of an all-star (全明星球员). this _________ was on _________ as he scored 41 points to take Cleveland Cavaliers (克里夫兰骑士队) to a 107-104 win over the new jersey nets (新泽西网队) on march 28. Aged of 19 years and 87 days, James became the __________ player to score 40 or more in the NBA "it was by far James' best _________ ," said Cleveland coach Paul Silas.

Known to his friends _________ "the king", this was the day James earned his crown(王冠). but he was _________ from being a king during a childhood spent in the back streets of Akron, Ohio. _________ many other African-American basketball players, James' early years were a __________ . his mother Gloria was just 16 when she gave birth to him; he knows nothing about his father. Mother and son battled for everything from food to a place to live. __________ help from his grandmother and neighbors, James would __________ have died when he was young. this spirit of survival has served him well on court, forcing him to take any _________ he finds. "I _________ losing, I don't like losing," said James of his 41-point display. "I _________ the opportunity for us to win and I was _________ to capture it." at 2.03 meters, he is no Yao Ming but this didn't _________ him being first choice in 2003 NBA draft. This was __________ to his strength and skill, much of which he learned from high school American football.

Although he has a __________ brain, James has never had to concentrate on _________ . Some people think this is a mistake and say he should have gone to college to _________ his mind. but James is one of the lucky few who has found fame and fortune _________ a diploma (文凭). On the court, he is king.

2 . Guiseppe’s father came from a family of fishermen. ____, for nearly 300 years the men in his family had been fishermen in the country of Sicily. His father eventually (最终) moved to San Francisco where he ____ their fishing business. There were nine children in the family. All the boys, ____ Guiseppe, from the time they could walk helped their father on his fishing boat. Guiseppe simply could not go because he got so terribly ____. His stomach just could not take the motion of the boat, or the strong ____ of fish. But even when his dad saw how sick Guiseppe got on the boat, he did not ____ it. He always told his son Guiseppe that he was ____.

Guiseppe was very hurt by his father who always ____ and put him down. But he still tried his best to ____ his family in some way. So as a young boy he went out on the streets and tried every job he could find to bring the ____ back to his father. But his father wasn’t ____ of his hard-working son. ____, he kept telling Guiseppe he was lazy. Finally, Guiseppe just gave up on ever ____ his dad.

He ____ sports and discovered that he was a very ____ and natural athlete, especially in baseball. In fact, he became the most successful son in his whole family. That young boy whom his father had ____ called lazy guy, became one of the greatest professional (职业的) baseball players in history.

You see, Guiseppe refused to believe all the bad things his dad said about him. He never stopped ____ until he finally found his special abilities. So ____ your own family have told you that you’ll never be successful, don’t believe them. Just forgive them and ____ yourself. You can become successful and reach your full ____.