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Bob Richard shares with us a moving story about a skinny young boy who loved football with all his heart.
Practice
1 practice he eagerly gave everything he had. But being half the
2 of other boys, he got
absolutely nowhere. At all the games, this
3 athlete sat on the bench and
4 ever played. This teenager lived
alone with his father. Even though the son was always on the
5 , his father was always in the stands
6 . He
never missed a game.
The young man was still the
7 of the class when he entered high school. But his father continued to
encourage him. The young man loved football and decided to hang in there. He was
8 to try his best at every
practice, and perhaps he'd get to play when be became a(n)
9 . All through high school he never missed a
practice or a game, but he
10 a bench warmer all four years. His
11 father was always in the stands, always
with words of
12 for him.
When the young man went to college, he decided to
13 for the football team as a walk-on (临时队员).
Everyone was sure he could never make the cut, but he did.
14 admitted that he kept him on the roster (候选
名单) because he always put his
15 into every practice, and at the same time, provided the other members with
the
16 they badly needed.
His father shared his happiness and was sent season
17 for all the college games. This persistent young
athlete never missed practice during his years at college, but he never got to play in a game.
It was the end of his senior football season, and as he ran
18 onto the practice field shortly before the big
play-off game, the coach met him with a telegram. The young man read the telegram and he became deathly
silent.
19 hard. "My father died this morning," in deep sorrow he murmured to the coach.
"Coach, please let me play. I've just got to play today," said the young man.
He looked at the coach with tears in his eyes, and said, "Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that
my dad was blind?" The young man swallowed harder, "Dad came to all my games, but today was
20 he could
see me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!"
( )1. A. after
( )2. A. body
( )3. A. grateful
( )4. A. really
( )5. A. side
( )6. A. watching
( )7. A. smallest
( )8. A. engaged
( )9. A. student
( )10. A. remained
( )11. A. reliable
( )12. A. agreement
( )13. A. try out
( )14. A. The boy
( )15. A. head and hand
( )16. A. spirit
( )17. A. schedules
( )18. A. quickly
( )19. A. Crying
( )20. A. the only time |
B. in
B. height
B. hopeful
B. mostly
B. bench
B. accompanying
B. hardest
B. concerned
B. senior
B. kept
B. kind
B. sympathy
B. turn out
B. The school
B. heart and soul
B. membership
B. arrangements
B. deadly
B. Thinking
B. the first time |
C. for
C. weight
C. helpful
C. hardly
C. way
C. participating
C. highest
C. determined
C. athlete
C. stayed
C. faithful
C. comment
C. go out
C. The coach
C. thought and mind
C. friendship
C. tickets
C. properly
C. Hiding
C. the last time |
D. by
D. size
D. wonderful
D. probably
D. ground
D. cheering
D. shortest
D. forced
D. player
D. seated
D. responsible
D. encouragement
D. let out
D. The master
D. ear and eye
D. practice
D. invitations
D. hurriedly
D. Swallowing
D. the right time |