1 . John was crazy about playing basketball. Every day after school, he would spend much time practising to   _______ basketball skills. Sometimes, he didn’t go back home until sunset, which made his mother_______ angry.

One day, as he was given a chance to watch a basketball game, he dreamed about_______the college basketball team the next year. On the way, he was happy secretly. Suddenly, a car hit him. Luckily, some passers-by called the _______number in time, and he was sent to hospital at once.

What a terrible experience! He_______from terrible injuries. It seemed like a bad dream. John woke up in a hospital room, _______to death. When the doctor told him that both his_______were broken and he had to sit in the wheelchair (轮椅) for the time being, he knew his_______of becoming a member of college basketball team was over. He was really_______. John followed what the doctor had told him, but it did not________entirely. When he left hospital, John was sent to a health center to________. He never heard of this center before, but he was relaxed when he knew his mother would keep him________. Life there was a struggle for him for the first few days. Despite the best efforts, he________to stand up. But he________to the changes. As time went by, he learned to be________about himself, bravely facing the difficulties.

2 . A group of Georgia high school football players are being praised as heroes. They ______into action last week to save a woman following a car crash.

The students were on their way to school on Friday morning when they saw the crash______ in front of their school. The football players ______ helped the woman driver escape by tearing open her door as smoke and petrol poured from her badly ______ vehicle.

Luis Goya, a math teacher at the high school, praised the boys’ ______ on the Internet detailing the ______. “The football players in my school really _______ today,” Goya wrote in his post. “They went above and beyond to help.” People could know the ______ story from the teacher’s post. The football players ______ a loud bang and instantly knew it was going to be a bad ______. They quickly took action. They began their attempts to pull the ______ from her car without hesitation. The door was jammed and in ______ shape. They literally started_____ their strength to pry (掰开) the door open, so that the lady could be ______.

Police said the lady was taken to the______ with cuts and bruises. She was______ to be okay. The school football team ______ the players. They said that they couldn’t be prouder of the ______ act and showing the good characteristics of their team. Are the players ______? No doubt they are to that woman and her ______.