That meant ___21___ Miller King, who was the best ___22___ at our school. Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for ___23___. Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he come back from ___24___. He looked very ___25___, but he didn’t cry. That season, I____26____all of Miller’s records while he ___27___ the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player, ___28___I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller’s ___29___. One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller ___30___going over a fence—which wasn’t ___31___to climb if you had both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept ___32___from. But even that challenge he accepted. I helped him move___33___over the fence. When we were finally ___34___ on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the ___35___, but you did well. Thank you for ___36___ in for me.” His words freed me from my bad ___37___.I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was ___38___ahead of me. I was right to have ___39___him. From that day on，I grew ___40___ and a little more real. 21.

When I was 13, my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant

___21___ Miller King, who was the best ___22___ at our school.

Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for ___23___.

Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he come back from ___24___. He looked very ___25___, but he didn’t cry.

That season, I____26____all of Miller’s records while he ___27___ the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player, ___28___I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller’s ___29___.

One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller ___30___going over a fence—which wasn’t ___31___to climb if you had both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept ___32___from. But even that challenge he accepted. I helped him move___33___over the fence. When we were finally ___34___ on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the ___35___, but you did well. Thank you for ___36___ in for me.”

His words freed me from my bad ___37___.I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was ___38___ahead of me. I was right to have

___39___him. From that day on，I grew ___40___ and a little more real.

21. A. cheering for    B. beating out    C. relying on    D. bending to

22. A. coach    B. student    C. teacher    D. player

23. A. practice    B. power    C. insurance    D. pleasure

24. A. school    B. vacation    C. hospital    D. training

25. A. pale    B. calm    C. relaxed    D. determined

26. A. held    B. broke    C. set    D. tried

27. A. reported    B. judged    C. organized    D. watched

28. A. and    B. then    C. but    D. thus

29. A. decision    B. mistake    C. accident    D. absence

30. A. trapped    B. injured    C. buried    D. lost

31. A. reliable    B. hard    C. fun    D. useless

32. A. thanks    B. advice    C. help    D. apology

33. A. slowly    B. extremely    C. exactly    D. officially

34. A. awake    B. ready    C. active    D. safe

35. A. holiday    B. disaster    C. season    D. journey

36. A. filling    B. taking    C. giving    D. getting

37. A. memories    B. ideas    C. attitudes    D. dreams

38. A. still    B. also    C. yet    D. just

39. A. ignored    B. upset    C. invited    D. admired

40. A. healthier    B. bigger    C. cleverer    D. cooler