Tom is a fat boy. He doesn’t like sports, and he can’t play chess ________ the piano. But Tom wants to be healthy and ________ some friends. He knows the school soccer ________ needs some boys. Tom doesn’t play soccer, but he watches it on TV ________. Tom has three weeks to prepare（做准备）for the tryout（选拔赛）.

Tom watches soccer ________ on TV for two hours every day. He buys a ________ and plays it after school. He asks his dad to ________ him, too. Tom feels like he is a great soccer player!

He goes to the tryout. There are about fifty ________ there. Tom is nervous（紧张的）, because they all look like they ________ play soccer well.

These boys must win（赢）a game ________ the tryout. A boy passes（传）the ball to Tom.

Then Tom kicks（踢）the ball and scores a goal（进球得分）. He makes it! He can join the soccer club!

Each club in our school plays a sports game against another every year. This year, our club, the Filmmakers Club, was picked to play basketball against the All-star Sports Club. That’s where the trouble began.

We cared mostly about ______. We didn’t like basketball at all. The kids in the All-star Sports Club were ______. They were excellent players and took sports seriously. They wanted to win in a hard-fought game so they expected ______ to play hard, too.

I sighed! I walked onto the gym floor to take part in the ______. Here we were, the five of us: Kenny, Ana, Jamal, Mai and me. We hardly knew how to play: Mai tried to run with the ball ______ she couldn’t control it well; Kenny dribbled (控球) with two hands. We were ______.

“Basketball isn’t fun,” said Kenny. “We’d just show up for the game and go back home.”

At that moment, I decided we needed a creative game plan to ______ us. I began to imagine the game as a scene (场面) in a movie. ______ I knew what to do—turn the game into a documentary film.

I told my teammates the ______, and they all liked it.

“But do All-star kids want to be ______ our movie?” said Mai. “Let’s ask them!”

The All-star members were glad to be part of the movie. We ______ them. They talked about how excited they were about the game. And we filmed every practice we did. When doing what we were ______ we began to show a little interest in the game, and the practice as well.

On the day of the game, great scenes were ______ with the camera, though no doubt the All-star Sports Club whipped us. The final score was37-9.

Later that week, we invited them to see our movie. With the wonderful scenes from interviews, practice and the game, the movie was a ______. They agreed, “You may not do well in basketball, but you ______ make great movies!” It was music to our ears.