Lesson 4 Your Only Limit Is You
Seconds from Winning
At the go-kart race track, there are many people who are cheering ____.
The karts that are ____ loud engine noises are waiting.
An official ____ a green flag and the race starts!
Max pushes his foot down hard on the gas pedal as he completes his ____ lap on the track.
On the straightaway, Max pulls right beside the race’s leader, ____.
Last year, Simon won many races, but Max’s best ____ in a race was coming in fifth place.
This time, he has a chance to finish second.
But he isn’t going to be satisfied with second place ____.
The winner gets to meet the world famous racer L. J. ____!
He doesn’t want to miss the chance to meet his ____ model.
Max completes the tenth ____ and now has five more laps to go.
Max sees Simon’s ____ ahead, just out of Max’s reach.
Max’s kart gets ____ and closer to Simon’s.
It almost hits the back end of ____ kart.
They drive into the straightaway and Max presses ____ on the gas pedal.
“I can catch up,” says ____.
Max sees the official waving a white flag ____ means the last lap.
Max is ____ behind Simon.
The finish line is getting closer, and the cheering from the crowd is ____ louder.
“I can do it!” Max says loudly.
He can feel his heart beating ____.
The karts rush across the finish line. Who is the ____?
Max’s eyes are filled with tears as he finds out that he ____ in second.
“No need for tears, kid,” says a ____ voice.
Max can’t ____ his eyes.
The man who is standing in ____ of him is L. J. Richards!
“Thank you, but I’m not the ____,” says Max.
“It was a real close ____. Even though you didn’t win the race, you did your best.
That’s the thing that ____!” says L. J. Richards.
'Did I do my ____?' thinks Max. After a moment, he smiles. “Yeah, I guess I did.”