Gail Devers, an American athlete and also a three-time Olympic gold medalist in track and field, got her first one in 1992.     1     made Devers’ win so special was not just the nature of the race but also the journey she had taken     2     (get) there.

In the years leading up to the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Devers experienced a series of     3     (extreme) unpleasant health complications (并发症) which brought her close to retirement before her athletics career had even begun. It was not until she visited many health experts     4     Devers finally learned she had Graves’ disease, an autoimmune disorder (自身免疫紊乱). She cried the moment she knew it. Luckily, somebody appeared and had a     5     (solve) for her.

Thirty years went by. Today, Devers wants to raise awareness for the disease and     6     (it) symptoms (症状). “If there are 10 million people who could have Graves’ disease, then our job is to make sure that 10 million people can     7     (treat),” says Devers.

She also says, “My Graves’ disease has made me who I am. Therefore, I always tell people that if I had my life to live over, I would ask for this disease again,” she says. “I believe I’m stronger at     8     (have) to go through what I went through. Everybody is faced     9     challenges. We all feel like sometimes walls are closing in on us     10     there’s no way out. What do you do? You remember that strength and resilience that you have when you step on the line.

After winning the belt for the first time in 2020, Zhang Weili believed that her dream had come true. However, just one year later, failure became     1     new challenge for her. After her losing the gold, public opinion     2     (come)in waves. Some netizens acted     3     angry parents, blaming(责备)her for “not training seriously by participating in     4     (variety)of shows and posting videos on TikTok” and “    5     (lose)face and blaming the judges for her defeat”. Zhang Weili described that “Many videos on Tik Tok are talking about me”. The cruelty of losing the title was     6     (particular) highlighted at that moment.     7     (interview)by the local newspaper, Zhang Weili sighed, “Actually,     8     (competition) sports is also cruel. After you win, everyone will listen to what you say and interview you.     9     after you fail, no one will listen to what you say; your words are excuses and reasons.” In 2022, Zhang Weili experienced a comeback: she knocked out the UFC women’s strawweight world champion Carla Esparza and regained the belt,     10     brought her into sharp focus of the media again.

With Eileen Gu     1     (win) the gold medal in the women’s freestyle skiing big air competition at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, one of the     2     (factor) that has drawn     3    (globe) attention is her education. Apart from skiing, the 18-year -old athlete has a successful career in modeling and     4     (gain) admission to Stanford in December, 2021.

Now, many parents in China owe Eileen Gu’s success     5     her mom. But parents trying to turn their children into another Eileen Gu may be disappointed to find the cut-and-paste function does not work in real life. We should acknowledge that economic status plays     6     important role in a person’s development. Sports take a lot    7     (much) than a pen and some paper. Young athletes take private lessons, buy equipment, and pay entry fees to compete in tournaments. All add up and become costly. Yet all of these are nothing     8     (compare) with skiing. Eileen was fortunate to have all the stars in the direction of her success. For many Chinese parents,     9     they often fail to realize is that financial, academic and social resources     10     (need) to ensure their children achieve success.