A Leap（跳跃）to Honor Leaping on a narrow balance beam（平衡木） is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it. To perfect her skills, Lola ____36____ for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished sh out of 16 girls. That’s especially impressive. ____37____she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double and can’t ____38____ how far away things are. When she was little, her mom ____ 39____ that even though she couldn’t see ____40____, she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the ____41____right away and gymnastics became her favorite. Though learning gymnastics has been more ____42____ for her than for some of her tournaments, she has never quit. She doesn’t let her ____43____ stop her from doing anything that she wants to. She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest ____44____ is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees to beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. “You have to ____45____ your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go.” says Lola. To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most ____46____ for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall ____47____ the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10---- her highest score yet. Lola doesn’t want to be ____48____ differently from the other girls on her team. At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision ____49 ____. She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her____50 ____ attitude. Lola never thinks about ____51____. She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her ____52____ is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids____53____ she grew up. Lola is ____54____of all her hard work and success. She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics, too. Her ____55____ for others is “just believe yourself”.

A．deeply
B．well
C．ahead
D．closely