【推荐1】Did you know that there is a World Championship     1     (hold) each year for children who play golf? Sky Sudberry knows about it because she has participated in it several times.

Sky is a 5th grader at The Woodlands Preparatory School near Houston, Texas. She is also one of the best golf     2     (player) for her age in the world.

Her greatness comes from a few places. First, she has a real passion for golf. She loves     3     sport. She also works very hard and     4     (practice) every day. As golfing great Gary Player said “the harder you work, the     5     (lucky) you get.” Sky is a great example of this.

What is most     6     (inspire) to us is not just her work ethic or skill, but her positive attitude. Gary Player also said, “we create success or     7     (fail) on the golf course primarily by our thoughts.” The same is true for life. For a young person, Sky really seems to have a great attitude on the golf course,     8     she is winning or losing. And even more importantly her attitude off the golf course, in everyday life, seems to be just as positive.

Sky was featured     9     (recent) in a movie The Short Game,     10     tells the story of 8 children who were striving to win the World Championship.

This summer has been full of unforgettable moments. Among     1    (they), Su Bingtian, a 31-year-old runner, set     2     new Asian record of 9.83 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics semifinals (半决赛) on Aug 1st. Although he finished sixth in the final with a time of 9.98 seconds, he still made a history. “    3    (actual), I’m very happy to run under 10 seconds twice in such a short time”, Su said after the race. “Making it into the finals, I have already given all I have.”

Known     4     “Chinese flying man”, Su has been working hard     5    (achieve) his dream. In 2015, Su became the first Chinese to run 100m in less than 10 seconds. After that, Su competed in many international events and won a number of medals. Sadly, at the same time, he suffered greatly from his injury and his     6    (determine) to go on running was tested. He even     7    ( plan) to leave the field in 2017,     8     the wish to run in the 100m final in the Olympics brought him back on the field.

Now in his third Olympics, his     9    (amaze )performance has excited people both at home and abroad. Su Bingtian is really a living legend     10     success will surely encourage more young players in their sporting career (事业).

A new competition has been added to the calendar of world sports events — the Balloon World Cup. We are all familiar     1     the “sport” of keeping balloon up. Most of us have joined in the decades-old pastime of     2     (keep) a balloon up in the air without letting it touch the floor Spanish soccer star Gerard Pique loved this so much     3     he developed it into an international event. The first Balloon World Cup     4     (hold) in Spain on Thursday. Peru’s Francesco de la Cruz was the very first man     5     (win) world championship. He defeated Germany’s Jan Spiess in the final with a 6-2 victory.

Mr. Pique got his     6     (inspire) for the tournament from TikTok videos that went popular. He loved watching clips of the game     7     (play) by an American family during the COVID-19 lockdown. It then developed from the family’s living room into a “Keep-Up Balloon League” . Pique then made the game global. The contests took place on an 8m × 8m court,     8     contained living room furniture as     9     (barrier). Teams from 32 countries participated. Pique said, “It’s something     10     (total) different. Sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone and try new things.” There are hopes that it could become an Olympic event.