PE,     1     is short for physical education, is a very important part of almost all the educational systems in the world. Students need to develop their physical health besides the subjects     2     they learn at school. In order to do this, they take part in various kinds of physical activities.

To know why PE is important, it is best to look at some of the positive benefits     3     it can provide. Firstly, this subject helps students achieve the primary goal of PE,     4     is physical fitness. It can also help students develop the strength of their muscles. Secondly, physical education can teach students a set of all-important values including teamwork and respect. A PE teacher     5     teaching methods are many and various can develop students’ ability to cooperate (合作) with one another in class. At the same time, students will realise they should treat the people     6     they play with and against as they’d like to be treated themselves. Thirdly, physical education is a source of enjoyment and leisure especially for students     7     are under great study pressure. By simply taking PE classes    8     are organised at school, they can spend some quality time away from their studies. In this way, they can achieve healthy minds and bodies.

“Hold on! Five seconds left!” Twenty students gathered in a circle, holding a plank (平板支撑) in a gym in Tianjin University.

It was a course offered by the university, through which students can lose weight while earning two academic     1     (credit) or additional awards such as bikes     2     swimming cards if they reached a weight-loss target.

“I ate a lot but seldom did exercise on campus,” said Ma Wenzhuo, a student of the university. He hopes to take control     3     his weight and become handsome.

Ma was the first group of 20 students,     4     (choose) from 107 applicants,     5     joined the 21-day weight-loss course. The course was open to students with a body mass index (质量指数) of over 26,

“We provided     6     (vary) courses including kickboxing (跆拳道), yoga and qigong, a system of breathing and exercise designed     7     (benefit) both physical and mental health, to improve students’    8     (strong), endurance, speed and dexterity (灵活),’’ yoga teacher Jin Shiyu said.

    9     (eat) too much with high amounts of fat and calories and less exercise have led to an increase in obesity. Obesity     10     (become) a growing problem in China in recent years.