【推荐1】Quan Hongchan was born in the city of Zhanjiang in China's Southeast Guangdong Province. She______diving at the age of 7. In 2018, she joined the Guangdong Diving Team,______three years there before ______the national team at the end of 2020.

He Weiyi is a diving coach at the Guangdong Diving Team. Quan was under the______of He for 3 years. Up on the 10-meter-high diving platform, Coach He says this is where Quan showed her talents,______expectations despite her young _______.

But Coach He says talent alone doesn't______success. For Quan, hard work has been the ______. As for her big win at the Olympics, coach He says there were challenges along the way. He says she's only fourteen and that the Olympic medal is a(n)______foundation. But he hopes Quan can make full use of her physical______, and continue on the road of______.

It looks high up the platform, but believe it or not, in just three years' time, Quan could______ some very difficult sets of movements. She was______able to do some______men's movements. Her development was much quicker than most______. Audiences admitted she's got______ talent.

Quan practices harder than other athletes around her age. She's the most______. She asked the coach______whether her positions and flights were OK, whether she did well. She'd get unhappy if he couldn't answer her______ . Young as she is, her spirit is a______for perfection.

【推荐3】What would you do if you won the lottery (彩票-抽奖)? For one North Carolina man, the answer is simple: he would help others by supporting ________. Sana is a 39-year-old dance ________ in North Carolina whose motherland is Mali, a war-torn country in West Africa. Hoping to ________ the kids from his native country, he ________ a scratch-off ticket (刮刮乐) . Fortunately, luck was ________, and he won $100,000. Now, he’s planning to put it towards a great ________.

Sana is interested in giving back to his community, particularly to the future generations who will hopefully keep ________ alive. Sana holds the belief that traditions are vital to the fabric of a community as they ________ who people are and where they come from. “I love to dance and I want to ________ the children in Mali,” he admits.

West African folk dance has historically been a(n) ________ tradition in African societies. However, the rapid pace of globalization has caused a loss of interest among ________ generations. “This is of great ________ as the disappearance of traditional dance ________ the loss of community identity and historical significance,” he explains.

In an effort to keep it alive, Sana has been ________ traditional Malian dance workshops in the U. S. When he gets the chance to travel to his hometown, he gives lessons to homeless children. ________, these group classes take place out in the open, ________ on dirt floors. That’s the reason why his ________ has long been to support education and ________ more spaces for it in his native country.

Ultimately, the dance instructor is just ________ to see his dream come true little by little and the money will surely go a long way in ________ Malian traditions.

【推荐1】Beijing normally doesn’t have much snow in winter, so artificial snow is being used at venues for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, with the quality of the white snow drawing _________ from many athletes, and even officials. Artificial snow gives the courses a better and more _________ quality.

“This is by far the best man-made snow I’ve ever _________ on,” American freestyle skier Ashley Caldwell said at a _________ conference. After receiving _________ from many athletes through the training period and first days of _________, Kit McConnell, sports director of the International Olympic Committee, said the participants _________ the artificial snow is outstanding. “The focus is on doing this in a sustainable way, and also _________ the athletes have an outstanding field of play on which to _________ at the Olympic level,” McConnell said.

Russi, chairman of the International Ski Federation’s alpine committee, also a former Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer and one of the course __________ of the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Center in Beijing, told China Central Television: “I think for the skiers the course we designed is just like paradise.” “Although sometimes __________ with natural snow, artificial snow has __________ been used in competitions in the past five to 10 years,” he added.

On November 7, during the __________ for the Games, Chongli District in Zhangjiakou __________ its first snowfall this winter. But the 20-centimeter-thick snow was __________ up, because it would be more __________ to use natural snow as it __________ more easily and brings safety risks.

However, there are __________ regarding the environmental hazards of using so much water for snow-making. The snow machines at Beijing 2022 have __________ used renewable energy since the beginning of snow production. “For water from melted snow, we have a reservoir and two lakes which can __________ it so that it can then be used for agriculture, irrigation, tourism and landscaping.”

【推荐2】Do you know Bing Dwen Dwen (冰墩墩) and Shuey Rhon Rhon (雪容融) ? They are two very cute cartoon mascots (吉祥物) of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games (残奥会).

Bing Dwen Dwen is a cartoon image (形象) of a panda _________ a spacesuit. It looks like a winter sportsperson from the future. “Bing” has several meanings in Chinese, but the most _________ meaning is “ice”, _________ is a symbol of winter sports. The word also means purity (纯洁). “Dwen Dwen” _________ a healthy, strong, honest, lively and lovely image of a panda. “Bing Dwen Dwen” shows the spirit of the Olympics, _________ a strong mind and a healthy body. It _________ for winter sports, bringing happiness to those who watch the Winter Olympic Games and cheer up the sportspersons who _________ the games. Shuey Rhon Rhon is _________ in the shape the Chinese lantern. It really looks like a Chinese lantern. “Shuey” means snow in Chinese. “Rhon Rhon” are two different Chinese characters (字) with the same _________. Shuey Rhon Rhon means tolerance (包容) among different cultures. It is like a lantern which __________ the dreams of the disabled sportspersons who are all good at sports, especially winter sports such as skiing and ice skating.

Do you like the two cartoon mascots? Do you want to own them? Now they are popular all over the world and it’s not easy to buy them.

【推荐1】Without three key players, including the former captain, how did 55-year-old Jenny Lang Ping and her girls spent the 20 days before winning against Japan with 3-1? Getting the world title at the 2015 FIVB Women’s World Cup is _______. The three players, namely, former captain Hui Ruoqi, Yang Fangxu and Xu Yunli, all _______ a lot to Chinese national women’s volleyball team. Hui Ruoqi and Yang Fangxu helped the country win the silver _______ in last year’s World Championship, while Xu Yunli helped China win the third _______ at Beijing 2008 Olympics.

Facing this, Jenny Lang Ping, who is called “Iron Hammer”, never _______ in her weak team and prepared for the coming competitions at the 2015 FIVB Women’s World Cup by _______ the confidence of her girls. Head coach Lang Ping and her girls met their first _______ after failing to beat US women’s volleyball team on Aug 24, 2015, two days after the start of the 2015 FIVB Women’s World Cup. The girls couldn’t help crying in the face of the _______, but Lang Ping _______ them around and said: “Calm down, girls, it’s still too ________ to see who will win, since we can learn lessons from this failure”, after analyzing Chinese team’s problems during the game and thinking about the ________.

________ encouraging words and smiles, the head coach watched the video of that game until late night and just had a two-hour light sleep. But the 55-year-old did not fight ________. Her girls returned with ________ to fight until the end. And finally, they ________ it.

【推荐3】Adriaan Wildschutt is a South African middle-distance runner. Recently he _______ to break two previous records in a row in just three months, which were set in 1999 and 2016. While qualifying (取得资格) for the Olympic Games in Paris 2024 was his main _______, breaking two records was a(n) _______ but great achievement.

With such a performance, Wildschutt has put himself in a strong _______ for future competitions during the World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger in Belgium. And he looks forward to _______ his country on a global stage.

“Well, it is _______ to know that I have written myself into the history books of South African athletics. It has always been a _______, and knowing that my hard work paid off in such a surprising way is joyful,” said Adriaan Wildschutt. “I guess I _______ from the elevation training over there a lot. It’s just having a great coach and a great team and having all the things that I need to _______ well and stay healthy and consistent,” Wildschutt said.

“The 3,000 m for me is really the most ________ — It’s short and fast and very exciting. It’s probably not the event I’m best at, but I ________ enjoy running in it. I would probably say my best events are 5,000 m-10,000 m,” said Wildschutt with ________.

The United States-based athlete said one should work hard to achieve the goals. “Work hard in all ________ of your life, whether that is personally, academically (学业地) or athletically. It’s important that you keep them ________. Discipline (自律) is also ________, which helps you manage yourself well. It is what made me who I am today.”