Born on March 14, 1997, in Columbus, Ohio, Simone Biles has been known     1     a champion in her sport. She and her sister, Adria,    2    (raise) by their grandfather Ron and grandmother Nellie, after their mother's struggle with substance abuse problem.

Ron and Nellie eventually     3     (official) adopted the two girls, and Biles calls her grandmother Nellie has been a constant source of support through Biles' rise in the world of     4     (compete) athletics.

Biles became     5     (interest) in gymnastics at age six during a day-care field trip to Bannon's Gymnastix, and she remained there for 11 years under the     6    (direct) of her coach, Aimee Boorman.

At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she became the first female U. S. gymnast     7     (win) four gold medals at a single Games. She was given     8     honor of being the Team USA flag bearer during the Olympics' closing ceremony.

There were high     9     (expectation) for Biles as she entered the 2020 Tokyo Games,    10     were delayed until 2021. However, she withdrew from most events due to a medical condition.

Yao Ming was born in 1980. When he was young, he ate a lot, so most of his parents’ salary (工资)     1     (spend) on food. He was already 1.47 meters tall when he attended primary school. Yao Ming was a student,     2     liked reading, but because of his height,     3     (play) basketball became his first choice. In 1989, at the age of 9, Yao Ming began his part-time basketball training at the youth sports school.

In 2002, he entered the NBA Draft and     4     (select) by the NBA Houston Rockets     5     the first pick. On July 20, 2011, Yao Ming     6     (official) announced his retirement due to injury. He is modest and persistent, loyal and hard-working, and has the spirit of     7     (cooperate). And we all know he is a     8     (remark) player. We can find almost all the characteristics used     9     (describe) the advantages of a traditional Chinese man in Yao Ming.

If Jordan is regarded as the founder of basketball in the United States and the world, then Yao Ming is undoubtedly the     10     (influential) player in the world after Jordan.