The International Olympic Committee     1     (delay) the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Gaines to next year because of the threat the COVID-19 poses to the world generally.

    2     the IOC and the 2020 Olympics organizers once considered     3     (hold) the Games without viewers     4     (reduce) the risk of virus transmission (病毒传播), the Japanese government always insisted that the Tokyo Olympic Games would be held in stadiums full of viewers, because the     5     (absent) of sports fans would greatly reduce the level of competition.

Yet the delay of the Tokyo Olympics will have a big impact on Japan’s economy. The direct economic loss could be about $6 billion, mainly because of the increased operating costs,     6     (include) the cost of venue maintenance (场所维护) and repair. Small and medium-sized Japanese businesses in the tourism and catering sectors, most of     7     expenses are made up of labor costs, will suffer the greatest losses.

The delay of the Tokyo Games will also have a huge impact on global sport events. Over the years, international sports events     8     (follow) an Olympic-centric schedule, which ensures that no other global sports events are held during the Summer Olympics. But now it could clash with (冲突) such major sports events     9     the World Aquatic Championships and the World Athletics Championships. Incomplete data suggest the delay of the Tokyo Games     10     (force) at least 33 major sport events to be rescheduled.

After my speech about how everyone can benefit from football, Michael, a short and thin boy, approached me. Although I told him about our_______ and his weakness, every effort was_________He was_______   joining us. I knew he would probably not_______ it, but by the_______   of my speech, I allowed him to have a go.

On the opening day of practice, we started a one-mile jog around the track. Repeatedly Michael fell, each time _______ himself up. The same thing happened for weeks. Gradually, Michael gained strength both socially and _______. He began to laugh and made friends with most of the teammates. By the last week of practice Michael could run the mile without _______ One day after practice, the team captain, Steve, came up to me. He was _______ but kind of lazy. Steve pointed to the field where Michael was ________ all alone and asked me why he was still out there. I told Steve to ask him. The next day, I was ________ to see Steve exercising right next to Michael.

Our big game came. At first, we were losing ________ twelve points. I could see that some kids had already ________. But Michael was playing as hard as he could ________ the team to keep trying. Finally, we ________ the game in the last ten seconds.

At our celebration dinner, we always gave a big award to the most ________ player. Steve had scored the most points that season, and everyone ________ as he received his award. " There's someone who ________ it more than I do," Steve said," Everything I accomplished, and everything the team accomplished this season, is________ one person. " The entire team cheered once more as Steve turned the ________ over to Michael.