Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the “shoulders” he’s standing on, the heritage he’s been given. That’s what happened   36   a young man, the son of a(n)   37   baseball player, was chosen by one of the minor league teams. Hard as he tried, his first season was   38   , and by midseason he expected to be removed   39   day. The coaches were    40   by his failure because he possessed all the characteristics of a superb athlete, but he seemed to have become   41   from his potential.

His   42   seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat. Then he stepped up to the batter’s box again and quickly ran up two strikes. The catcher called a   43   and ran for a conference to discuss strategies. While they were busy, the   44  , standing behind him, spoke casually to the boy.

Then play   45  , the next pitch was thrown and the young man knocked it out of the park. That was the turning   46  . From then on, he played the game with a new confidence and power that quickly   47   the attention of the parent team, and he was called   48   to the majors.

On the day he was leaving for the city, one of his coaches asked him what had caused such a turnaround. The young man replied it was the   49   remark the judge had   50   that day when his baseball career had seemed   51  .

“He told me I reminded him of all the times he had stood   52   my dad in the batter’s box,” the boy explained. “He said I was holding the bat just the way Dad had held it.   53   he told me, ‘I can see his genes in you; you have your father’s   54   .’ After that, whenever I swung the bat, I just   55   I was using Dad’s arms instead of my own.”

---- When did you last hear _____Jay?

---- He phoned me this morning, and we agreed _____ a time and place to meet.

Teachers recommend parents ______their children under 12 to ride bicycles to school for safety.

---Tell Jack I will wait for him at the school gate.

---______he doesn’t come?

_____was expected, he broke his promise once more, ______left his friends down.

I thought the student honest ______ I met him.

---I still have trouble in getting a driving license.

---______! I ’m sure that you’ll pass the driving test soon .

______in her most beautiful skirt, the girl tried to make herself  at the party.

----Have you seen the film Under the Hawthorn Tree?

----Of course, I have. It was in our village _____ it was made.

The wet weather will continue tomorrow when a cold front ______ to arrive.