My dad is an enthusiastic (狂热的) runner who     1     (great) influenced when I was young. So I was very sporty before the age of 14. However, when my family moved, my new school didn’t pay much attention     2     sports and had no after-school activities like football or running. Over the next few years. I stopped exercising, apart from during Physical Education lessons at school. I looked like I was     3     (health). However, I was not.

One day, I was late for a bus, tried to run after it and in under a minute was out of breath! This made me realize how unfit I was.     4     (help) myself get in shape again, I made a(n)     5     (decide) that I would take up a kind of sport.

A friend of     6     (I) suggested a swimming pool     7     is close to my house. Now, I’m a swimming lover! I find swimming in the pool very     8     (relax). I swim for an hour three times a week. I hope that I will soon start to feel     9     benefits of regular exercise, and     10     (become) fitter than before.

Kung fu, also     1    (name) as wushu or Chinese martial arts, is     2    important part of traditional Chinese culture.

It is     3    (probable) one of the earliest and longest lasting sports. The theory(原理)of kung fu is based     4    classical Chinese philosophy. Over its long history it has developed as a unique combination(结合体)of exercise, practical self-defense, and art. There are many     5     (form) of kung fu, namely Shaolin Kung Fu, Wing Chun, Tai Chi, etc. Each form of kung fu     6    (have) its own principles and techniques. It is in the late twentieth century     7    this term was used in relation to Chinese martial arts by the Chinese community.

Historically, the influence of Chinese martial arts can     8     (find) in books and in the performance art. Recently, those influences have appeared in the movies and television that have a much     9     (wide) audience. As a result, Chinese martial arts have spread beyond (超出) its ethnic roots and have a global influence. Nowadays, it is regarded as a traditional sport becoming more and more popular     10    even stands as a representative (代表) of Chinese culture.