David was a young boy who had a talent for _______. He was always trying to find someone to compete with. He was _______ for success. For him, winning was _______.One day, two young boys accepted his challenge. A large crowd of students got together to watch. David’s P.E. teacher Mr. Smith was also _______ them. The race began. With strength and power, David won without any difficulty. The crowd cheered loudly. David felt proud and excited. However, Mr. Smith kept quiet.

“Another race, another race!” shouted David. Mr. Smith stepped forward and asked him to have a group competition. There should be a boy and a girl in each group, but the right leg of the girl and the left leg of the boy _______ be tied together. The race started and David tried his best to run fast, _______, both David and the girl in his group fell down because the girl didn’t run as fast as him. The crowd went silent. David lay on the ground, looking at other groups passing by. The girl cried sadly. David helped the girl to _______ and said, “Cheer up! We may _______ the race but we shouldn’t give up! Let’s work together to finish the race!” As they continued running to the finishing line, the crowd cheered loudly. Mr. Smith smiled. _______ David’s group didn’t win the race, David was happy because he learned a lot from it.

We need competitions in life. But being a real __________ doesn’t always mean being the first. It also means never giving up even if there is no hope to be the first.

I have lived in Lawndale for thirty years. My neighborhood has experienced several _______, some for the better and others for the worse. Months ago, I learned something from my son. Progress _______ with hope.

There was a vacant lot(空地) across from my son’s school. My son’s class had come up with a plan. They decided to turn the vacant lot into a community garden.

My son wanted to grow many different kinds of flowers in the vacant lot. He said “_______ we turn the vacant lot into a garden, it will show everyone how much we care. Then more people will plant flowers and trees and the community will become a really _______ place.”

His class started _______ cleaning out the rubbish from the lot. People came by and saw the difference the students had already made. I noticed after that people were not _______ so often. They seemed to understand that keeping things clean was not so difficult.

In one week, my son’s class planted almost 500 plants. This spring the garden will be full of _______.

I am really _______ my son.

Where there is a will ,there is a way. In history many people were thought of by others as being ______. But they took on challenges and became great people in the end.

“We don’t like their ______ or guitar music.” Decca Recording Company rejected（拒绝） the Beatles in1962. They couldn’t imagine the band（乐队）would be ______ around the world. Its album（专辑）created new records in sales after it stopped recording or even putting on shoes. Why? Because members of the Beatles ______that they had the ability to make a name for them and worked with confidence all the time.

“Your son Tommy is too stupid to learn.Get him out of school.”This was the ______teacher put in a little boy’s pocket _______ he walked home one day. The boys mother decided to teach the little boy herself from then on. At that time the mother didn’t realize that her son would achieve so much. But she kept cheering him up. The little boy is _______ today for his great inventions（发明）. He is Thomas Edison.

Michael Phelps, the former American ______, started swimming as a child after the doctor said he had Attention - Deflict Hyperactivity Discorder （多动症）. His hard work saw his break many world records and become one of the most ______ athletes in the world.

Those people set a good _______ to us. If we have a strong will like them, we can overcome any difficulty, and finally find a way to   achieve our dreams.