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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_________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, ___________she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double and can’t _________how far away things are.

When she was little, her mom ___________that even though she couldn’t see___________, she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the___________right away and gymnastics became her favorite.

Though learning gymnastics has been more_________for her than for some of her teammates, she has never quit. She doesn’t let her _________stop her from doing anything that she wants to.

She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest _________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__________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__________for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall__________the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10---- her highest score yet.

Lola doesn’t want to be__________differently from the other girls on her team. At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision__________. She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her__________attitude.

Lola never thinks about __________. She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her   ______________is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids__________she grew up.

Lola is__________of all her hard work and success. She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics, too. Her __________for others is “just believe yourself”.