Lesson 4 Your Only Limit Is You
Seconds from Winning
At the go-kart race track, ____ are many people who are cheering excitedly.
The karts that are making ____ engine noises are waiting.
An ____ waves a green flag and the race starts!
____ pushes his foot down hard on the gas pedal as he completes his sixth lap on the track.
On the straightaway, ____ pulls 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 ____ gets to meet the world famous racer L. J. Richards!
He doesn’t want to miss the ____ 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 gets closer and closer to ____
It almost hits the back ____ of Simon’s kart.
They drive into the straightaway and Max presses harder on the gas ____.
“I can ____ up,” says Max.
____ sees the official waving a white flag which means the last lap.
____ is right behind Simon.
The finish line is getting closer, and the cheering ____ the crowd is getting louder.
“I can do it!” Max says loudly.
He can feel his heart ____ hard.
The karts ____ across the finish line. Who is the winner?
Max’s eyes are filled with tears as he finds out that he ____ in second.
“No need for ____, kid,” says a man’s voice.
Max can’t ____ his eyes.
The man who is ____ in front of him is L. J. Richards!
“Thank you, but I’m ____ the winner,” says Max.
“It was a real ____ race. Even though you didn’t win the race, you did your best.
____ the thing that counts!” says L. J. Richards.
'Did I do my ____?' thinks Max. After a moment, he smiles. “Yeah, I guess I did.”