Football is the most popular outdoor game all over the world. It is one of the oldest game and is played in many     1     (country).

As a sport    2     helps improve concentration and creates team spirits, football requires a lot of physical     3     (strong). This game started from Italy where there was a village    4     (call) Rugby and according to some sources, the game originated from China.

The game can be used     5     (reduce) stress and can be played by peopleof all ages. The game is played by hitting the ball     6     a foot so it is called football. So far, it     7     (become) a very popular game in many parts of the world. People are     8     (excite) to see their favorite team win.

There are different kinds of football rules known as “Football Codes”. However, the way that football is played is    9     (actual) similar everywhere. It is played by two teams with eleven players in each team and two judges and each game lasts for 90 minutes, with    10     break of 15 minutes. The aim of the players is to score and prevent the opposite team from making a goal.

Ancient Greek athletes and modern athletes differ greatly in their dressing.

In ancient Greece, competing without clothes     1    (be) once fashionable. Legend has it that     2     Olympic athlete named Orsippus was running     3     his loincloth (缠腰布) slipped off. Rather than stopping     4    (hide) his shame, Orsippus held on straight to the end and won the race. That spirit made Orsippus’ actions in the race a model to be followed.

However, when it comes to the modern Olympics, clothing not only serve as a sign of a truly civilized society, but also plays an essential part     5     athletes’ performance. It can hold the muscles in place and allow the power of muscles to be     6    (exact) directed to the task at hand. Very smooth clothing can also reduce the     7    (resist) that the body suffers when moving through air or water. One of the convincing     8    (example) comes from swimming.

In fact, the sport very nearly becomes a competition in engineering rather than just in the     9    (athlete) abilities of the human body. When swimmers competing at the 2008 Beijing Olympics broke 25 world records, there were 23 of them by athletes wearing a specialized full-bodysuit     10    (call) the LZR Racer.

Still consider the CBA China’s     1     (popular) basketball league? Think again!

With over 10,000 spectators (观众)     2     (roar) on their feet every night,     3     amateur inter-village basketball tournament held last week in Southwest China’s Guizhou province has become a massive hit online.

In 2018, the village-level tournament     4     (include) in the Chi Xin Festival, which celebrates harvest on the sixth of June on the lunar calendar. Since then, the annual competition has become a center for enthusiasts from nearby and many who drive up to 200 km from Guiyang and surrounding areas     5     (experience) the unique gathering.

“The number of spectators and the participating areas that the tournament covers     6     (increase) for four continuous years, and the key to its popularity is     7     this tournament truly belongs to local people and connects neighborhoods like no other event does. The proximity (邻近) to each and every player and spectator makes it special,” said Cen Jianglong, a co-organizer of the tournament,     8     has played basketball recreationally for 20 years.

During the four-day competition, over 50 million online     9     (view) had tuned in to watch live streaming of the games. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian also joined in the fun, sharing a video clip of the games on Twitter accompanied by the message: “The rural basketball match in Guizhou is on!     10     a great atmosphere!”