With near-perfect shows of strength and balance, the Chinese men’s artistic gymnastics (竞技体操) team has returned to the top of the sport. On Nov. 2 Team China     1    (win) its 13^th world men’s gymnastics championship in Liverpool, UK.

Team China went through a     2    (disappoint) qualification round, in which they had eight falls and finished as No. 4. But they proved     3    (they) in the final with the highest scores in five of the six events. They finally got 257.858 points,     4    (beat) longtime rival Japan by 4.463 points—the biggest win since the 2007 World Championships, reported China Daily. This gave Team China a ticket     5     the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Chinese men’s gymnastics team seemed to have had its golden age around 2008     6     they got a team gold medal at the Beijing Summer Olympics. Star     7     (athlete) like Li Xiaopeng, Yang Wei and Chen Yibing made up the “golden generation”. Now, the world title may suggest a comeback. Zhang Boheng, a member of the team, is 22 and already     8     all-rounder. He     9    (name) “Li Xiaopeng II” by fans. Zhang’s teammate, 24-year-old Zou Jingyuan, is also a rising star. This time, he got a personal gold medal in parallel bars     10     a silver (银牌) in the still rings competition. “The Chinese men’s gymnastics team is rising again. There’s a great future for gymnastics,” said Zhang.

Olympic athletes usually push     1     (they) to the limits. As one of them, I     2     (miss) countless birthday parties and nights out, and ruined a family holiday in France because of the     3     (end) search for a swimming pool to train in. The list goes on and on. And it boils down to this: I was born with     4     enormous amount of drive and     5     (determine). I have always lived my life to     6     (extreme). Because if your dream is to be the best and reach the winner’s platform, you’d better be totally     7     (commitment) to your sport. It is all about that little extra thing you have done in your preparation     8     will set you apart from your competitors. People may call it     9     (health) or selfish to go to these lengths, but that is the way I roll, no matter     10     it is I’m applying myself to.

The 2022 Winter Olympics have just come to an end,     1     the games of ice and snow are still going on -Beijing Winter Paralympics kicked off     2     March 4. A sign language AI TV anchor (主持人) that has served the Winter Olympics is now doing the broadcasting job for the Winter Paralympics,     3     (ensure) Chinese audiences who have hearing difficulties can enjoy the Games. Created by Baidu Smart Cloud,     4     anchor is supported by the world’s largest sign language database with over 200, 000 pieces of data.

    5     (compare) with human language interpreters, the AI sign language anchor has its own     6     (advantage). It can help with the translation for long texts, and limit the amount of information lost. Also, statistics indicated that the correct rate of sign language recognition could top 97 percent while the correct rate of sign language generation could be even     7     (high).

After the Winter Paralympics, the AI sign language TV anchor     8     (apply) to many areas in the future. The research team expects that it could help the people with hearing difficulties in     9     (they) shopping, transportation and other aspects of     10     (day) life.

The “Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Night” gala was held on Monday in Rome. Over a hundred guests from Italian political, cultural, and business circles     1    (attend) the event, including Riccardo Sessa,     2     served as Italian ambassador to China during the Beijing Olympies, and Patrizia Prestipino, representative of the Sports Commission of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.

Sessa said in his speech in 2008 he personally witnessed the grand occasion of China hosting the Olympic Games and he     3    (touch) by the Chinese people’s concerted efforts. Athletes from all over the world have also achieved great success in Beijing, he added,     4    (say) the Olympic spirit is international friendship, brotherhood and sisterhood,     5     it is also a competition and breakthrough. This ancient Olympic spirit, he said, will be passed on in Beijing.

“Today we are gathered here to support the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. I firmly believe that     6    (it) opening ceremony and the entire Games will be as beautiful and     7    (success) as the 2008 Summer Olympics,” Sessa said.

A guzheng instrumental performance, tea art ceremony and other     8    (event) staged at the gala were     9    (warm) welcomed by the Italian guests. The Beijing 2022 venues and Beijing scenery were demonstrated through videos.

The gala was jointly organized by the Italian Cina in Italia magazine and the China Tourist Office     10     Rome.