Sports are fun, and children keep healthy while playing with others. However, sometimes playing sports can have ______ effects on children. It may produce feelings of ______ self-respect or aggressive behavior in some children. Many children say they have been ______ at or called names while playing sports. This leaves many children with a bad ______ of sports. They think sports are just too ______.

Many researchers believe adults are the ______ cause of too much aggression in children’s sports and they are to blame. They believe children watch the aggressive adult behavior and ______ it. This behavior is then further ______ from one child to another. Parents and coaches are powerful teachers because children ______ look up to them. Often these adults ______ aggressively themselves, sending children the message that ______ is everything. Many parents go to children’s sporting events and shout insults at other players or cheer when their child behaves_______. What’s worse, children are also taught that hurting other players is ______ or are pushed to continue playing even when they are injured. In addition, children watch adult sports games and see violent behavior replayed over and over on television.

_____ it comes to how to solve this problem, parents and coaches in particular should act as better ______ to children. They also need to teach children better ______ of life. They should not just ______ when children win or act aggressively. Besides, children should not be allowed to continue to play when they are _____. If adults ______ children to play when injured, this gives the message that ______ is not as important as winning.

It was an overwhelming Friday afternoon. There were hundreds of students, who _________ to cheer their favorite team up.

I have always loved running, but my_________to compete for a long-distance race was terrible for me. I was_________to compete in a four-hundred-meter race, yes, it was indeed _________. When the competition finally began. I found my nervous self _________. I ran with my strength, but still did not make_________to the top three. My teammates, whom I have expected to comfort me_________to doubt my ability to compete in the next event. They never wanted me to be in the next track game. This belief motivated me to_________more.

I wanted to prove myself._________I decided to work more on my endurance(耐力)skills. As soon as I noticed my time__________were getting better. I signed up for the next track game. This time I not only __________to be one of the top three competitors, but also earned a medal for my team.

Nothing was more__________ than the medal I won at that moment. I was appreciated by the members of my team, who__________rejected my wish to compete on that game. I learned that whatever one puts their__________to do, that person will__________be the best at what he is aiming for.

For most, cross-country is an individual sport. But for Susan and Jeffrey, teamwork makes the dream ________.

Jeffrey, now 15, ________ cerebral palsy (脑瘫)at 22 months old due to heart rhythm disorder. Because of lack of oxygen, it also ________ damage to his brain. For his younger sister Susan, 14, Jeffrey is the one she loves. The two are very ________. When both of them registered at high school, she wanted to ________ a sport after school. She ________ cross-country would be a great sport not just for her, but also for her brother. “We like spending time together, and this is a(n) ________ we can spend time together after school.” Susan said, “It’s something he couldn’t do on his own, so in this way we can be ________ and do a sport together.”

Susan ________ Jeffrey in a wheelchair at every single practice. She said her brother’s ________ attitude helped her ________ the difficult training. Jeffrey’s positive attitude not only helped his sister, but all of his cross-country ________. Susan said at first, people were ________ around her brother and didn’t know what to do or how to act. But after getting to ________ Jeffrey, they accepted him and even took turns pushing him at practice.

But according to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association’s ________ the siblings (兄妹)are only ________ to compete as exhibition runners, and their results do not ________. With the coaches, athletic directors and other runners’ support, the rules are changed. ________ their dream comes true.

“We felt glad to have ________ the way for runners that want to run with someone who can’t take part by themselves and make them have ________ access to sporting events,” Susan said.