—Sure it was! The athletes did really great!

    Linda and Lily are sisters. Linda is fourteen1old and Lily is eleven. They2in Beijing with their parents this year. They are3in Beijing, so they don't know much about it. They are students, but they are not in the same school. Linda's school is not near (在……附近) her home. How4is it from her home to school? It's about five kilometers. So she usually goes to school5bus. She walks to the bus stop near her home first. And then she6a bus to school.7usually takes her half an hour to get to school.

    Lily's school is8one kilometer from her home. She usually9her bike to school.10when she gets up early sometimes, she will walk to school. She likes walking in the fine weather (天气). When she goes to school by bike, it usually takes her ten minutes. When she walks, it always takes her twenty — five minutes.

 Suddenly one of them {#blank#}1{#/blank#}and fell across her desk.

Mary is a quiet little girl. She likes {#blank#}1{#/blank#} soccer very much. If you give her a soccer ball, she can play with {#blank#}2{#/blank#} for a day. Mary's classmates all make fun of her for her love of{#blank#}3{#/blank#} . They think it is a game for boys. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} she doesn't care what they say. Every day after school, Mary {#blank#}5{#/blank#} her homework first. And then she goes to play soccer. Her mom stands by her because she knows Mary's {#blank#}6{#/blank#} for the sport.

When Mary tries out {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the soccer team(队) at school, her classmate s make fun of her again. But Mary does {#blank#}8{#/blank#} and the teachers make her the head of the team. From then on, Mary never hears a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} word about her from a classmate.

Soccer is not only for boys, but also for {#blank#}10{#/blank#} . When you give a girl a soccer ball, you give her a wonderful world.