On July 19, 2013, a girl who was coming to 10 signed up on Weibo with the nickname (外号) “frog princess Gu Ailing”,     1     she has posted some pictures of her skiing     2     (compete). The nickname came from Gu’s first helmet when she started skiing,     3     was green and had a crown (冠) and a pink hair pin on it, according to media reports. Gu first went into public view on June 6, 2019, when she     4     (announce) on Weibo that she would represent Team China in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. In the same month, Gu changed her registered nationality from the US to China on the official website of the International Snow Federation (FIS). Due to the sensitivity on     5     (change) nationality and lack of attention on winter sports, Gu did not attract much enthusiasm in the first place. Over the next two years, she won 12 gold     6     (medal) for China. More and more people become familiar     7     Gu, a girl who loves to eat dumplings and Peking roast duck,     8     (particular) when they found out that Gu’s Putonghua with a Beijing accent is “more standard than my own”. And no one in China doubted     9     (she) from a patriotic standpoint. Some have noticed that there’s     10     “Chinese dragon” on Gu’s outfit to win the gold medal.

Li Ning was disappointed because he didn’t perform well in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. But it was this sense of failure     1     made him determined to succeed in his new life. A year after   his    2     (retire), Li Ning began a new career—as a       businessman. But he didn’t forget his sporting background. He decided to launch a new brand of sportswear,     3     (compete) with global giants like   Nike   and Adidas. He made the unusual    4     (choose), for a Chinese person, of choosing    5     own name as the brand mark. The bright red logo    6     (make) up of the first two pinyin letters of Li Ning’s name, L and N.   Li Ning’s sports clothes came onto the market at just the right time. The number of young people with money to spend was on the increase—and sport had never been so popular. Li Ning’s designs were    7     (attract), and they   had a major   advantage     8     their better-known rivals – they were     9     (cheap).     10     pair of Nike trainers( 运 动 鞋 ), for example, could cost up to five times as much as a similar Li Ning product. Success for Li Ning came quickly.