For the sake of your fitness or slimness, besides dieting—cutting out junk food, you need to participate in sports as well, starting from some easier ones    1    more skillful and    2     (compete) ones, such as doing push-ups, jogging, track and field, soccer(playing the captain is even more interesting), skiing or even boxing and marathon as long as you have enough strength. You can also go to the gym for graceful gymnastics because working out makes you sweat. At the beginning you will find it hard, but before long you will make    3    .

Remember the 2018 Beijing Olympics, which    4    (host) in China as a huge success with numerous spectators? So many international athletes got    5    (involve) in various events,    6    the Chinese athletes did awesome jobs, with some masters    7    (create) legends and championships, winning medals and glory for our countries, and setting amazing examples. Even if they suffered    8     (injure)(sometimes their bones fell apart) and failures now and then, they persevered instead of losing heart or    9    (quit) with positive and strong determination, believing    10    they have stuck to with willpower will eventually make a difference, which does make sense.

Ski jumping     1     (feature) in each Winter Olympics since 1924. Compared with other ski sports, ski jumping is     2     (safe) because it’s a single and independent action. Ski jumpers need to jump off a high platform alone,    3     requires a strong will and focus. In addition to mental strength, flexibility is vital     4     ski jumpers. They need to stretch out their bodies and keep a posture for a long time while going down from a ramp.

In Chinese history, the Yellow River is not just a river; it stands for the origins of culture and civilization. It played     1     important role in the early development of Chinese civilization.

The Chinese refer to the Yellow River as “the Mother River”. That is     2     the Yellow River was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilizations in the Xia and Shang eras — the richest region in early Chinese history.

Two million years ago, Peking man used     3     (live) in the Yellow River Basin. Moreover, the Chinese regard yellow     4     a color of ancient origins: a symbol of the loess (黄土) land the Yellow River flows through, the emperor, the yellow skin of the Chinese, and the legendary Chinese dragon, from which the Chinese assume     5     (them) to develop.

Confucianism and Taoism were not established until the Zhou Dynasty. Centuries     6     (late),Buddhism (佛教) was successively established there. These three religions spread through the Yellow River area,     7     (keep) a balance between each other. The religious culture in the Yellow River Basin has a much     8     (long) history, however. Actually, a long time ago, the Yellow River valley     9     (give) birth to the most basic form of Chinese religion: worship (崇拜) of ancestors to pray for blessings. Ancestor worship strengthened blood     10     (tie), maintained family identity, and promoted the power struggle in the Yellow River civilization.

The Double Ninth Festival, also known as Chongyang Festival,     1     (take) place on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. On this day, people hold many activities, such as enjoying the chrysanthemum (菊花), inserting Zhuyu, and     2    (drink) chrysanthemum wine. Also, a story about the     3     (tradition) festival is often told

During the East Han Dynasty, there was a devil of the plague (瘟魔) in the Ruhe River. Once it showed up, people got sick and even died. People living around the Ruhe River suffered a lot because     4     the disease caused by the devil

There lived a man named Huan Jing.     5    (he) parents died from the plague and he almost died. After here covered, Huan Jing decided to learn magic arts and kill the devil. Huan Jing heard that there lived an immortal (神仙) in the eastern area. He took a long journey and     6     (final) found the immortal. The immortal heard the man’s story and     7     (move) by his determination, so the immortal agreed to teach him     8     to kill the devil.

One day, the immortal told Huan Jing the devil would show up again on the ninth day of the ninth month, and he asked Huan Jing to go back     9     (fight) against it. When Huan Jing went back, he told the villagers to Bo to a mountain and sent everyone a Zhuyu leaf and a glass of chrysanthemum wine. When the devil emerged, it Rot dizzy from the scent of the Zhuyu and the chrysanthemum. At that time, Huan Jing took the sword     10     killed the devil.