1 . Because I had played soccer for many years, my decision to play football in my senior year was rather bold. Before summer _________ started, my father asked whether I was scared. I just said, “How can I be scared of something I don’t know?” After making that _________ , I realized that I am not afraid of the unknown, And all this is because of one earlier _________ .

When I was ten, I received the _________ that my family and I were moving to London. I was just a small—town kid from _________ New Jersey who knew nothing about London. Therefore, a five—year journey began with a（n） _________ kid who was the last person to get on the plane _________ the unknown.

After four years in London, I changed. Five months into my fifth year, my family decided to _________ to New Jersey. This brought about mixed feelings. Even though I had really wanted to go back for the _________ several years, now I began __________ what I had experienced. When the moving day came, I wasn’t scared, and I __________ I would never again be afraid of the unknown.

I will never __________ my first day of football training. When arriving home, I was __________ by Mom. I just said __________ . “I must be crazy,” and walked away. The truth was that I was not crazy. Deciding to play football was, in fact, agreeing to __________ what I had always known, and experience something new.