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It was the time of the year for physical fitness
tests again. The girls of Secondary 1B were lining
up to ___1___
their height and weight measured.
"Kate, it's your turn to ___2___
yourself," Susie said.
"Let's ___3___
she doesn't spoil the machine !" somebody shouted.
There was a roar of laughter. Kate, ___4___
embarrassed, stepped onto the weighing machine.
"Sixty-two kilograms," said Miss Murphy as she
___5___ Kate's weight onto the register.
"Your ___6___
is one hundred and sixty centimeters. Now, girls, go
to Mr. Shane at the car park ___7___
your sit-and-reach evaluation."
That afternoon, Kate went home and had a good
look at ___8___
in the mirror. There was no mistake ___9___
it, she was really overweight for her height.
However, she had been plump ever ___10___
she was a baby.
Kate decided to do ___11___
about her weight. She started to go for regular jogs
in the park near her house. She ___12___
having snacks between meals. It was ___13___
for her because she enjoyed eating. During the
holidays, she even took ___14___
swimming lessons from one of her cousins.
Soon school reopened and she was getting ___15___
to go to school; she ___16___
that her skirt was an inch too ___17___
. She went to her mother.
"Mum, can you ___18___
the buckle of my skirt further in by an inch ?" she
asked. There was an unmistakable note of joy in her ___19___.
Her perseverance had paid ___20___
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