To become the Olympic champion in the individual (个人) all-around event, Gabby Douglas had to leave everything she ____1____ best. She had to ___2___ her bedroom in Virginia. She had to say ____3____ to her two dogs and to the beach, where she loved to ____4____ waves on her board. But it was ____5____ to take the leap (飞跃), however ____6____ it would be. Even at 14, Douglas knew that. So she ____7____ about 1,200 miles away from home, to ____8____ with a coach from China. She lived with a family she had never ____9____ and everything was new to her.
As it turned out, Douglas did ____10____ what she needed to do to become Olympic champion when she ____11____two Russians. The Chinese coach ____12____ Douglas into one of the best gymnasts in the ____13____, helping her skyrocket from an ____14____ member of the national team to the top of the sport. By ____15____ the Olympic all-around title, she became the first black woman to do so. She ____16____ the competition from beginning to end. She said she had felt ____17____ all along that she would win.
Not so long ago, Martha Karoly the coordinator (联络人) of the women’s national team, did not think Douglas had what it ____18____ to be an Olympian. As time went by, she thought ____19____ that she could make the London Games—and win.
“I’m going to inspire so many people,” she said. “I’m ready to ____20____.” And shine she did.