Nowadays, football is one of the most popular sports in the world. Its history    1    (go) back over two thousand years to ancient China,    2    was known as cuju then. Modern football started in Great Britain, where the new game rules    3    (make).

Football is simple and very cheap     4    (play), which is perhaps the basis of the popularity. People needn’t expensive equipment    5    the football doesn’t cost much money.

Another factor behind    6    (it) global popularity is the creativity on the field. It is attractive    7    millions of people. People can see children playing with a ball everywhere. People also can feel the    8    (excite) of a game even without recognising the skill of professional players.

What’s more, it has become one of the    9    (good) ways for people to communicate. It doesn’t require    10    (word), but everyone can understand it. It breaks down walls and brings people together on and off the field.

Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen were two of the most well-known    1     (explore) of the 20th century. The race between them to Antarctica in    2     early 20th century received wide attention.

Amundsen was the first     3     (leave) on 8 September, 1911, reached the Pole on 14 December and returned safely to their starting base on 25 January, 1912, ten days ahead of their planned schedule, thus     4     (win) the race.

However, the journey for Scott was     5     (difficult) than expected. On their way to the Pole, his two sledges    6    (break) down and then the horses began to have serious difficulties with the snow and the cold. When they arrived, they were shocked to find they lost the race. On their return journey, they were extremely tired and running out of food. What was worse, they     7     (catch) in a terrible storm on their way to one of their food bases. None of his team survived. However, they found some valuable rocks,     8     proved the continent of Antarctica was covered by plants in the distant past.

Although Scott and his team lost the race and didn’t survive, they were regarded     9    heroes for their honesty, sincerity, bravery and the great courage     10     (show) to the world.

What makes something a sport? Traditional definitions usually included some physical activity     1     shows athletic ability or strength. But some sports can take the form of mental competitions. For instance, chess     2     (recognize)as a sport by the International Olympic Committee in 1999. Now, some people wonder     3     eSports should also be considered sports.

The word eSports is short for electronic sports. It is     4     form of competition in which professional players or gamers play video games either in teams or individually.     5     (typical), the winners receive prize money at the end of the competition.

The first eSports event was the one     6     (hold)by Stanford University in the 1970s, for the game Spacewar! Over the next 30 years, video games exploded in     7     (popular). More and more countries, such as South Korea, China and the United States, started to develop eSports into an industry. In the 2000s, television broadcasts of the competitions,       8     (feature) games like Street Fighter III, StarCraft, and Counter-strike, became popular. In the 2010s, thanks     9     online streaming services, eSports grew rapidly with more worldwide tournaments, more viewers, and larger     10     (prize). In 2020, the industry made more than US$1 billion for the first time ever.

Hello, everyone! Welcome to our city! I’m your tour guide today. You     1    (show) around the city. As you can see, at present, some places     2    (rebuild) in order to make the city more beautiful. Look! A new supermarket     3    (build) in the centre. And the main roads     4    (widen) so far. Next, let’s come to the museum where many artworks     5    (exhibit). What’s more, a new one     6    (construct) behind it next year. And now we’re coming to the park in which you can see that different kinds of activities     7    (do) by people of all ages. A singing competition     8    (hold) here yesterday. But no pets can     9    (allow) to be walked in the park. Oh, look! There is a juice shop where fresh and delicious drinks     10    (prepare) for you if you feel thirsty.