1 . Jonathan lost his mother at an early age, so his father brought him up alone. Jonathan loved to play________and his father was always there to________Jonathan at every game. Being________sized and weaker than other teammates, Jonathan wasn’t allowed to play in the main team. Nevertheless, he continued with his practice with full________. Finally, his determination carried him through. The________decided to let him join the main team eventually.

One day during practice, the coach met him with a telegram. Sadly Jonathan read it and________to the coach, “My father died this morning. Will it be all right if I miss________today?” The coach gently said, “Take the rest of the________off, son, and you needn’t come to the game on Saturday.” On the day of the game, Jonathan’s college football team was losing badly to the other team. The coach and the players had all________hope. Suddenly, Jonathan appeared and________the coach to allow him to play this match. At first, the coach refused. However after a lot of________, the coach gave in. No sooner had Jonathan joined the team than their scores started to improve before both the teams were________.

However, the real cheer came during the crucial________seconds when he ran all the way for the________touchdown. His team members were________. They won! The coach went up to Jonathan,________was seated alone beside the field, “Kid, you were________! Tell me________did you do it? “He looked at the coach, and said,” “Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was________?” The young man forced a smile, “Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could________me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!”