1 . As this year’s ski season got underway, Noreis stood out in the crowd at a ski resort. With a swift turn, she glided fluently down the ski_______

Noreis has become a star at the resort in Lusten Mountains Ski Area, home to winter sports lovers. Dressed in her baby blue suit and white helmet, she _______ the other ski enthusiasts. But fluent skier now though she is, Noreis only _______ the sport when she was 75. Up until then, she had spent her days _______ the land on the farm.

_______ by her children, Noreis got on the ski run for the very first time in 2007. “The first day was not _______. However, I was able to walk on the skis after conquering the fear of falling, ” Noreis recalls. Starting on the _______ slopes, Noreis gradually advanced to intermediate runs, and has even got onto the advanced ones. When asked about the _______ she had encountered, Noreis said, “_______ comes from practice. Difficulties are unavoidable. Just get used to it. No one can ________ your age when everyone’s in a ski suit. ” Despite being the oldest at the resort, she thinks she glides as ________ as younger skiers.

These days, Noreis is determined to ________ as long as possible at the resort which has been listed among America’s top 10 destination is for sports lovers for six years________. “Health and ________ are the two things that doing sports has brought to me, ” says Noreis. “I don’t think age has much to do with my mindset. Old or young, I have been ________ and optimistic. ”

2 . It was the Spring of 2016, and 17- year-old Beat rice de Lavalette was waiting for a flight when she got hit by the terrorist bombing at Brussels airport. De Lavalette _________ both legs below the knee. Yet she says she wouldn’t be the person she is today if weren’t for those _________. She _________ as part of the U. S. Para-Equestrain team at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

She began _________ at early ages. Getting back in the saddle(马鞍) was no easy feat in terms of her _________ , but she was determined to do so as soon as she was able. Unsurprisingly, De Lavalette was _________ as she tried to come to terms with her injuries. Fortunately, De Lavalette got lots of help and _________ along the way --- from her family, her friends, --- and from her beloved horse, DeeDee. It has _________ a great deal of hard work for De Lavalette to get where she is today. Having to _________ to her body’s new normal was, in many ways, liking having to learn to ride all over again. But as her effort began to __________ , the Paralympics seemed the perfect outlet to __________ her hard-earned skills.

After making her first __________ as part of the U. S. Para-Dress sage team in 2020, De Lavalette set her sights on Tokyo. “The reason I’ve gotten to this level of __________ is because of my horses,” De Lavalette says. “I can’t change what happened, but I can __________ at being me. There are no ‘What Ifs’ I have a new life in front of me,” she says on her website. “What’s of __________ is that I'm alive and L feel that I will do something grand with my life.”