Question

先通读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，
使短文意思完整。

    Once there was a boy who lived alone with his father. The boy loved American football very much,
but he couldn't take part in the games because he was (1)h            the size of other boys. At all the
games, this hopeful boy sat beside the football field and (2)s            played.
    Though the boy was always beside the football field, his father always stood next to him and never
(3)m            a game. All through high school he was still an audience. His father always (4)e             
him.
    When the boy went to college, the American football coach kept him on the school team because he
always (5)p            hard and provided the other team members with high spirits. (6)H           , he never
got to play in a game.
    It was the (7)e            of his last American football season. His father died that morning and the
coach (8)a            him to take a rest. The following Saturday, the boy came back and wanted to play in
the game. The coach, the players and the audience could not (9)b            their eyes. He ran and passed
(10)l            a star. In the closing seconds of the game, he ran all the way for the winning touchdown
(触地得分).
    He told the coach with tears in his eyes, "Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad
was blind? Dad came to (11)a            our games in the past, but today was the first time I could play,
and I wanted to show him I could do it!"
    It is the father's love for his son that helps the son (12)s           .

Answer 1

1. half  2. seldom  3. missed  4. encouraged  5. practised  6. However
7. end  8. allowed  9. believe  10. like  11. all  12. succeed