ALeap（跳跃）toHonor  Leapingonanarrowbalancebeam(平衡木)isnot...

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A Leap（跳跃）to Honor

   Leaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木) is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it.

   To perfect her skills, Lola   41   for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls. That’s especially impressive, 42   she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift (转移) constantly. She often sees double and can’t     43     how far away things are.

   When she was little, her mom    44     that even though she couldn’t see   45  , she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the     46   

right away and gymnastics became her favorite.

   Though learning gymnastics has been more   47  for her than for some of her tournaments(锦标赛), she has never quit(放弃). She doesn’t let her    48    stop her from doing anything that she wants to. She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest    49   is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. “You have to     50  your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go,” says Lola.

   To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most    51   for anyone because it’s only four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t   52     the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10 — her highest score yet.

Lola doesn’t want to be   53  differently from the other girls on her team. At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision     54   . She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her    55   attitude.

   Lola never thinks about   56    . She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her  57   is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to          58   what she’s learned to other kids when she grew up.

   Lola is   59  of all her hard work and success. She says it has helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics, too. Her     60    for others is “just believe yourself ”.

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41-45 CDBCA  46-50 BDDAC   51-55 CBACD    56-60 DAACB

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