Chinese swimmer Xiong Guoming made a record at the 1993 Asian Games in Japan, but was punished for taking banned medicine．His record was 1 and he was not 2 to take part in any other competitions for two years．
It was a great 3 and 4 for Xiong, one of the best-known swimmers in the world．This bad news harmed the fame of the Chinese swimming team, and resulted 5 in all Chinese records in swimming．However, the so-called banned medicine was, in fact, 6 traditional Chinese health food．
It may have been 7 to Xiong, as he had no 8 of some of the banned chemical elements in the health food．The failure was a sudden blow to him．He became very disappointed． 9 only 20 years old, he 10 the life style of a retired man, passing his time in doing such things as keeping pets and growing flowers．Day after day, he was worried and displeased．
Back to the training pool was all the more difficult to him．To other people, it was just a 11 of getting prepared for a competition, but to him, it was to rebuild self-confidence first．He did not lose heart, after all． 12 advice and help of his coach and leaders of the swimming team, Xiong decided to 13 swimming again as his career．
14 expected, Xiong took first place again．In the recent Eighth National Games, he took a number of titles, and broke an Asian record．Tears ran down his cheeks as he was receiving the gold medals．In the thundering applauses(鼓掌欢迎)Xiong felt as if he had been given a new birth．“I want to 15 the world that I am a good swimmer, and that I do not cheat anyone 16 ．My 17 depends upon my sweat,”Xiong said．He also 18 thankful to those who had helped and cared for him when he was 19 ．
Xiong, the young swimmer with a brighter future, is well 20 his way to the coming Olympic Games．
In my third year as a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech telling students and parents about the benefits of football．I gave the same 1 each year, aimin g at recruiting(招收)new team members．I talked about 2 football wasn't just for 3 athletes and how everyone could 4 from it．This year, a 5 looking couple approached me after my speech．They said their son really wanted to play football．They had tried to 6 him out of it, but he had his heart 7 on joining the team．
When they told me his name, my heart sank．Michael was five feet and ten inches tall and weighed about 108 pounds．He was a 8 boy, the constant target of other kids' jokes, and as far as I knew he had never 9 sports．I knew he would never 10 it through football practice, let 11 as a player．But we told them we could give it a try．
On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field, we did 30 minutes of warming-up 12 starting a one-mile jog around the track．I 13 my eye on Michael．At 50 yards he fell, and I helped him to his feet．“Michael,”I said,“Why don't you just 14 the mile?”He said in tears that he wanted to run with the others, so I let him go on． 15 he fell, but each time 16 himself up．
The same thing happened every day for weeks, and Michael gained strength both 17 and physically．By the last week of practice, Michael could run the mile without falling, we had 18 only one game that season, 19 the team cheered louder for Michael's run than the victory they had, Afterward, Michael approached me, and I told him how 20 I was of him．
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church．The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages．
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought． 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 ．One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key．”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories．My mom knew the true story, 12 ．Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny．
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 ．But my mom announced that we were going home 15 ．At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church．We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church．There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 ：
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night．Happy Easter．
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