题目内容：

When I was 13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant ____ Miller King, who was the best ______ at our school.

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

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

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

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

His words freed me from my bad ______ . I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was ______ ahead of me. I was right to have ______ him. From that day on, I grew ______ and a little more real.

1.A. cheering for    B. beating out    C. relying on    D. staying with

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

3.A. practice    B. show    C. comfort    D. pleasure

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

5.A. pale    B. calm    C. relaxed    D. ashamed

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

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

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

9.A. decision    B. mistake    C. accident    D. sacrifice

10.A. stuck    B. hurt    C. tired    D. lost

11.A. steady    B. hard    C. fun    D. fit

12.A. praise    B. advice    C. assistance    D. apology

13.A. let    B. helped    C. had    D. noticed

14.A. dropped    B. ready    C. trapped    D. safe

15.A. fine    B. wrong    C. quickly    D. normally

16.A. us    B. yourself    C. me    D. them

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

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

19.A. challenged    B. cured    C. invited    D. admired

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