Football is a popular 1 ．Many games are held in different places every year． 2 is a game that all the good players want to play．It is held every four 3 ．Only the best team can 4 the last game．
When the World Cup starts,many people go to the games 5 watch them on TV day and night．They all get very 6 and hope that their favourite team would become the world's best one．
Football is a 7 sport．There are 8 players in each team of a game．The earliest games of football in England were not like what we know today．Games were played 9 two towns．Each team of the town had more than five hundred 10 ,and each team had to try to carry the ball to the other team's town．Today some towns in England still play games like this．
A man was sitting in the doctors office．He was telling the doctor about his 1 ．“I'like football,doctor,”he said．“Please help me．My life has 2 been a good one since I became 3 in football and it is getting worse and worse．I can't even 4 well at night．When I close my 5 ,I'm out there on the football field 6 after a flying ball．When I wake up,I'm more 7 than I was when I went to bed．What am I going to do?”The doctor sat back and said,“First of all,you 8 to do your best not to dream(梦)about football．Before you are failing asleep,try to 9 about something else．Try to think that you are at a party and someone is going to give you several million dollars．”“Are you crazy(发疯的)?”the man shouted．“I'll 10 the goal!”
A lot of students are having all kinds of sports on the sports field．A ball game is going on right now 1 Class 3 and Class 4．Can you 2 me which team is winning? Do you see many people over there? Some students of Class 1 are practicing the 3 jump．One of them is the best high jumper in the school．He practices 4 every day．He wants to break the school record 5 the sports meeting next spring．Not far away, some girls are getting ready 6 a race．Now on the corner of the filed, you can see another group of students．Their teacher is telling them 7 to throw discus(铁饼)．We students love sports．Sports 8 to keep people healthy．They help people to live happily, and 9 games on the sports field, it can 10 people become good friends．
It's a 1 day．We are 2 a field trip to the Yellow Mountain．We are 3 a picnic on the top of the mountain．We take some food and drinks 4 us． 5 two hours later, we are all tired and thirsty．We have to stop 6 a rest and drink．Then we go on 7 ．We have a 8 problems getting to the top．Wang Xiang often goes the wrong way．Du Tao 9 to tie his shoes．Haohao can't 10 his heavy bag．Meimei hikes too slowly．But we help each other, and at last we get to the top．We have a nice lunch and a good time．
I am sitting in an empty football field after my last high school football game that finished a few hours ago．I'm the mid-field player in my team．But in fact that's not 1 now．I was the mid-field player because,as I said,this was my 2 game．That's a good way to end a high school football career(生涯),especially if you win,but even though you don't,it's 3 to leave at a high point．
I was eight when I first started playing football．My dad 4 football,and he used to practise with me at home-passing,catching and running．We used to practise almost every evening 5 it got too dark．He tried to teach me everything he knew about the 6 ．“Just remember：don't ever 7 ．”
“Stay in the game．Don't lose your concentration(专注)．”
“Go out there and give 110 percent(百分之……)every time．”Well,that was a long time ago,but I still hear his words 8 in my ears．
I had a lot on my mind 9 the game today．I don't like things to end,I guess,and this was the last game．I was talking to myself and warning myself about what to do and not to do．I didn't sleep at all 10 ,and when the sun came up this morning,I reached the point where 11 just wanted it all to be over,finished,done．But then when the game started,my mind became 12 ．I just lived in this game,this moment．I didn't hear the crowd;I didn't feel the cold or the pain;I never felt tired．I just kept my eyes on the 13 ,and it was just me and the ball and,inside,a soft,white light 14 me the way to the goal．It was a beautiful,empty feeling．
It's all over now,and it's really getting cold here．It's starting to snow．The sun's almost gone,and I can 15 see the goal．Now it's dark and I'm sitting here all alone．Well,I guess it's time to say good-bye and move on．