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