1 . Golden Generation

A national team, mostly consisting of teenagers, pushed China to its biggest-ever medal achievement at the Winter Olympics. At the same time, a series of breakthroughs at the Games _________ the country’s emergence as a much more well-rounded force on the ice and snow.

_________ the heroics of teenage sensation Gu Ailing and seasoned aerials(空中技巧滑雪)masters Xu Mengtao and Qi Guangpu, China _________ four gold to top the freestyle skiing medal standings for the first time after its Winter Olympic debut in 1980.

Gu Ailing also became the first athlete _________, and the youngest _________, to win three medals(golds in Big Air, halfpipe and silver in slopestyle)in three different freeski _________ at the Olympics, throwing her to international super-star reputation as the _________ of Beijing 2022.

Needless to say, another teenager star, Su Yiming, also became a _________   name by winning China’s first snowboarding gold medal in Big Air after claiming a silver in slopestyle. Su’s _________ helped the host finish a highest-ever third on the Games’ overall medal standings, ____________ nine gold, four silver and two bronze-its biggest-ever medal achievement at the Winter Games. China’s ____________ best was a tally of 11, including five gold, at the 2010 Games in Vancouver.

“The ____________ of the new generation on the Olympic stage, even seeing the emergence of teenagers, ____________ a great future for winter sports in our country,” said Li Yang, manager of China’s Big Air, slopestyle and halfpipe national programs.

“With winter sports becoming popular in our country amid the fast social and ____________ development, I believe more and more young people will ____________ skis and snowboards to enjoy the sport, just as young as Su and Gu did when they were little, which will ____________ expand the talent pool for our future national programs,”Li said.

The Beijing Winter Games also ____________ the first time that China’s snow sports teams outperformed the country’s traditionally strong ice sports squads in the medal numbers, securing investment in high-performance training programs and ____________ the foundation for even better results at the next Winter Games in Italy.

“____________ we keep the tendency going, I believe we will ____________ a stronger performance in four years' time at the next Olympics in 2026,” said Yang Yang, China’s first Winter Olympic gold medalist, in women’s short-track speed skating at the 2002 Games.

2 . It’s my dream. I’m nine years old now, but have been _______ competitively since I was six. I love it, because it makes me feel good. I have a lot of _______   to use up and I can do it by just moving my legs.

One recent Sunday morning, my mum drove me to a 5km race in Minnesota.

The starting line was _______   because there was also a 10km race. That morning, I was running confidently and feeling _______   . At one point, I came to a _______ in the course. A woman who was directing us _______ the route I thought I was meant to take and told me to go the other way. I was confused, but I had to follow her _______.

After a while I saw route directions for a 10km race. I was worried, thinking I was _______, but had to keep going. My body started to get _______. I said to myself, “You’re almost there. Just keep __________.”

__________ I saw the finish line. I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t even know I was running a 10km and I had __________ it. I didn’t do this on purpose. It was a __________. I felt happy and proud. It was my first time running such a(n) __________.

It has made me want to do more 10km races. I hope my story __________ other people to run, too.

3 . For many of us, it takes a long time to build good exercise habits. However, with gyms _________ across the country, many people have seen their exercise routines disappear. A _________ gym owner in Illinois anticipated that, and did his part to make sure that _________ stay active and meet their _________ goals.

Drew Whitted, _________ of the Be Strong Gym in Bloomington, Illinois, allowed his members to _________ more than $ 40,000 worth of workout equipment to _________ at home, free of charge, during the state’s stay-at-home order. He said that he didn’t want people to _________ their workouts — and he’s glad to see how it’s bringing families together. “Now I see a whole _________ , getting through this shelter in place, getting through this __________ time doing these workouts together, bonding together, becoming   __________ , and happier together as a family,” he told CNN.

About 80 members took him up on the offer, signing out __________ ,but Drew held some back, so he could hold online training sessions every day. The small business owner has __________ to retain and pay all eight of his employees, and has offered members a free month when the quarantine (检疫隔离) is __________ . Gym member Paulette Cocco was blown away by the __________ : “He had recently put a lot of __________ into getting new equipment,” she told CNN. “I mean, his equipment is really beautiful, so it was a __________ sacrifice.”

She added that she would personally be paying him for the __________ month, anyway. The rest of Paulette’s family has recently started working out at home with her, and they are __________ to join the gym when it reopens. Whitted has __________ no worries about the equipment making its way back to the gym when it reopens, saying that members will be excited to work out together again.