1.Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

　　Don't Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports

　　When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach said I had lots of potential, and I became captain of my team. That was before all the fun （1）_______（take） out of playing.

　　At first, everyone on the team got equal playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the pressure started. Some parents, who （2）_____（pay） the coach extra （3）_____return for their daughters' private one-on-one training, got angry when she didn't give them more playing time. The coach was replaced. The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was run. We ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble （4） ______（breathe）.Younger people shouldn't be doing exercises （5）______ （design） for 18-year-olds.

　　I was thin before I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn't eat much, because I thought to （6） _____ that I was afraid of being too full to run. Finally, I ended up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, two of （7）______stopped playing football completely.

　　That's sad because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they felt from the coach or their parents.

　　I continued playing football at school and rediscovered my love for it. I joined a private team and the coach told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I calmed down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it is a lot （8）______（easy） to do it well.