Quan Hongchan, a 14-year-old girl from Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province. She won the gold medal in the diving （跳水）event at the Tokyo Olympic Games on August 5th, 2021. She was not only the youngest member of the Chinese team, but also it was her     1     time to take part in the Olympic Games, scoring three full marks out of five movements. And finally, she got the     2     score in Olympic diving event. She is called “a talented player ”.

Quan Hongchan’s parents are both farmers, and her mother is ill at home. The poor family let her become very brave, and she     3    to learn diving at the age of seven. She was very hard-working, so she made progress     4    . In 2020, Quan Hongchan beat the strongest opponent（对手）in the Olympic qualifying tournament（预赛）, and became the champion. Such an excellent performance earned her a place on the     5     team. Winning two championships at the Olympic trials（选拔赛）was less than seven     6     after joining the team.

When she was     7     about the purpose of diving, she said, “Because of the illness, my mother has spent a lot of money on her treatment, so I feel I have to earn a lot of money, and then send it home to my mother’s treatment.” In the end, the government helped     8     out . Quan Hongchan’s family said they just want to live a quiet life. It is their     9     wish that their daughter can go to university and they are very thankful to all the people.

Lastly, when Quan Hongchan was interviewed, she said, “In the past, I thought I was     10     my best to improve the living standard in my family. And now I think I’m right.”

Kyle Maynard was born on March 24, 1986 in the USA. Although he came into the world with no hands or     1    , his parents still love him very much. When he was about three years old, his parents made a big     2    .

They knew they couldn’t do things for him all the time. So they pushed their son to learn how to take care of     3    . With lots of practice, Kyle learned to feed himself, stand on his own, walk, etc.

Like many other children, Kyle dreamed of     4     a football player. It seemed like a(an)     5     dream, but he didn’t give up. He joined the football team. His world completely     6     when he got into sports. He grew confident (自信的) and felt hopeful about the future.

Later, Kyle took up mountain climbing. On January 15, 2012, he reached the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. It is the     7     mountain in Africa.

Kyle     8     never stopped pushing himself. He now is not only a football player, but also a writer and businessman. “Sometimes you can’t     9     any light at the end of the tunnel (隧道), but you have to keep fighting. Work hard. No excuses. Then you will find     10    ,” said Kyle.

On May 12, 2008, a terrible earthquake     1     Wenchuan, Sichuan. With the help of the whole nation, people there have returned to     2     life. Let’s see some of their stories.

On that day 13 years ago, a house     3     down. 20-year-old Jiang Yuhang was in it. He couldn’t move his body. 125     4     later, some firefighters (消防员) from Shanghai saved Jiang. “The firefighters gave     5     a second life. I wanted to be one of them, ” Jiang said. At the end of 2018, his     6     came true. Now Jiang is a firefighter of the same team in Shanghai.

Dai Guohong and his classmates were under their broken classroom     7     the earthquake happened. He was saved at last, although (尽管) he lost his legs.     8    , most of his classmates died. Dai started swimming in 2009 to keep     9    . Later he won many swimming games. In 2018, he became a volunteer (志愿者) in Chengdu.

Li Xinyun, a 7-year-old girl from Mianzhu, lost her right hand in the earthquake. She started to practice     10     with her left hand. And in just three months, she could write quite well. Now she is a student in Central China Normal University.

Stay alive and work hard. While there is life, there is hope.