Lang Ping, who is    1    former Chinese volleyball player, is now the coach of the Chinese national women’s volleyball team. She brought honor and glory to her country both as a player and as a coach,     2    (win) the love from fans at home and abroad. At the 2015World Cup, Chinese women’s team met with many difficulties. The team that Lang Ping built was falling apart because of losing two important players.     3    (face) with such a big challenge, she didn’t lose heart. She believed that her players had the     4    (determine ) and talent to win by working together     5    a team. They did make it .

Ten years ago, Qieyang Shijie gained the honor of being the first Tibetan athlete     1     (win) an Olympic medal after claiming a bronze in the women’s 20km race walking at the 2012 London Olympics. She is now ready to turn that medal into gold after three Russian athletes had     2     (they) results overturned owing to doping (服兴奋剂).

The Athletics Integrity Unit said on Monday that race walker Yelena Lashmanova had been stripped (剥夺) of her Olympic gold medal for the event. In 2016, Olga Kaniskina, who won the silver medal, also had her results canceled because of doping.

The International Olympic Committee     3     (official) changed the results based on the     4     (punish) in June 2020, elevating Qieyang Shijie to silver medalist, and her fellow teammates Liu Hong to third place and Lyu Xiuzhi to fourth. Monday’s placings still need confirmation by the IOC and World Athletics.

After hearing the news, Qieyang Shijie thought it was     5     (surprise) news and she expressed mixed feelings on her Sina Weibo microblog account. “It’s been 10 years. When     6     (inform) that I’d won the Olympic championship this way, I was both happy and sad,” she said. “I feel happy that I can become the champion in my heart. But I feel upset at     7     same time that I could not get the feeling of being a champion. I did not get the aura (气氛) of being an Olympic champion. Although the aura is temporary, I still want to have the aura of that moment. However, past is past.”

Qieyang Shijie,     8     birthplace is Qinghai province’s Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture (地区),     9     (select) to become a member of the national race walking team when she was 20 years old. She is now training in Italy     10     this year’s World Championships in July and the Asian Games in September.

Little dumplings can do big things. And Disney-Pixar’s Bao certainly did after pocketing this year’s Academy Award for Best Animated Short.     1    (release) in 2018 and directed by Domee Shi, a Chinese-Canadian female director, Bao follows a Chinese’s mother’s struggle with empty nest syndrome. “Chinese mothers are underrepresented in mainstream media and we owe them a(n)    2    (apologize).” Shi said on receiving the award. Check out whatthe critics are saying about Bao now.

— Bao is the best Pixar animated short film that I     3    (see) in a long time. The director skillfully got her meaning     4    to me.

— It doesn’t matter whether you’re 4 years old or 40 years old. Everyone can get something from this short film. Sweet and lovely. It is well worth     5    (watch) for its bittersweet reflection of motherhood.

— Eager     6    I am to share with you the plot, I can’t give away too much. But I can assure you there is no     7    (great) comfort for a mother to see her concerns     8    (proper) addressed.

— The film does what every animated film should do; it tells a solid story with a lot of     9    (emotion) depth, and a message     10    can hopefully teach everyone important lessons.