Simon is writing an article for the school newsletter, asking other students to support the inter-school football competition. Complete his article with the correct words. You can use some of the words more than once.

because　because of　event　excited　hope　so　support

Our football team need your ⁽¹⁾ ________! We are ⁽²⁾ ________ to represent our school in the inter-school football competition next month. This is the biggest ⁽³⁾ ________ of the year for all the team members. We are now busy preparing for it ⁽⁴⁾ ________ we want to win the competition.⁽⁵⁾ ________ your help last year, we can now have a better school football pitch to practice on. Every weekend, we practiced hard ⁽⁶⁾ ________ we hoped to enter inter-school competitions one day. Now, our dream has come true. We can go for the coming inter-school football competition ⁽⁷⁾ ________ we are very happy. Thanks for all your support in the past year.

This time, we need to buy uniforms ⁽⁸⁾ ________ we need your help again. we believe that a school team should look tidy during competitions ⁽⁹⁾ ________ having our own uniforms is really important. we have organized a food fair on Sports Day next week. We ⁽¹⁰⁾ ________ this can help us raise money to buy our uniforms. Please help us and come to our food fair on Sports Day! We ⁽¹¹⁾ ________ everyone of you will buy the food we made!

When I was six, I went to a public school. In the school I was  1  the other kids because of my speech and reading problems. All the kids would say, "You are a fool (傻瓜), you are a fool," and so on. I thought they were  2  because all my grades (成绩) show it. I had no  3.

   During the first  4  years of the public school, I was small and clumsy (笨拙的). In the sixth grade, I became interested in  5  . The class had its own sports day every year. Each class would have its own  6  to play against each other. I went out for all of the teams, I was not the best  7  I was not bad. The only thing that I could do was to run  8  . This surprised the other kids  9   I was so clumsy, and then came a lot of more nicknames (绰号) from the kids. I didn't know why they were doing this, and it really  10  me.

   Between the seventh and eighth grade, I started to  11  . In three months, I grew seven inches. At the start of eighth grade, I began to play  12 . I was much bigger than everybody else. I was  13  than most of the backs (后为) we played against. The other team would not run the ball towards me because of my great speed. It was the  14  time that I was really good at  15  and knew it in my life. It was a new feeling of pride.                               

1. A. before       B. between       C. behind        D. among

2. A. wrong       B. right          C. silly          D. noisy

3. A. surprise      B. friendship     C. interest       D. confidence

4. A. five         B. six           C. seven         D. eight

5. A. studies      B. music         C. programs      D. sports

6. A. books       B. singers        C. teams         D. players

7. A. and         B. or            C. but           D. then

8. A. slowly      B. fast           C. hard          D. quietly

9. A. if           B. though        C. because       D. when

10. A. hurt         B. filled         C. frightened     D. encouraged

11. A. fight        B. play          C. grow         D. sing

12.A. ping-pong    B. football       C. volleyball     D. yo-yo

13. A. taller        B. harder        C. cleverer       D. faster

14. A. first         B. second        C. third          D. last

15. A. everything    B. something     C. anything      D. nothing