1 . The World Cup is an international football competition that takes place every four years. The first World Cup event _________ in 1930 and it has only been cancelled twice in the history of the competition - in 1942 and 1946, _________ the Second World War. The World Cup can take place anywhere in the world. In 2018 the host country was Russia, in 2014 it was Brazil, in 2010 it was South Africa, and this year, in 2022, the _________ country is the State of Qatar. It is _________ time that a country in the Middle East is hosting the World Cup and only the second time that a country in Asia is hosting the _________.

While the World Cup usually takes place in the months of June and July. It is incredibly _________ in Qatar during the summer months, and _________ the competition will take place in November and December this year. There are 32 national teams participating. These teams were _________ through qualifying matches. There will be a total of 64 _________ played over the 28-day World Cup. These will take place in eight stadiums across the State of Qatar. The opening match __________ at Al-Bayt Stadium on the 20th of November between Qatar and Ecuador after the opening ceremony.

2 . Besides her strong professional skills, the diving gold medal winner Quan Hongchan does have an unusual personality. She is always attracting audiences (观众), which has led to her _______.

At the 19th World Championships (锦标赛), Quan Hongchan _______ to Chen Yuxi by 0.3points. She made major mistakes, and still did not lose the audience’s _______ for her. It is believed that she will return to be the king. In the mixed all-around final, Zhang Jiagi was temporarily (临时) _______. Quan Hongchan took the place of her and had to challenge the 10-meter platform and the 3-meter board. However, with the first jump of Quan Hongchan, the doubts before the competition _______.

Quan Hongchan is really born for _______. She is the one that not only has excellent _______, but also trains so hard off the _______. From her challenge to the 3-meter board, you can see the results of her usual _______. In addition to ________ skills, Quan Hongchan has a particularly ________feature, that is, she won’t be influenced by the surrounding environment, and her ________ on the game is great.

Now, Quan Hongchan has become a world champion (冠军) and has become a “popular fried chicken”. She ________ the camera that she was a “funny girl”. Perhaps this is her ________. She is a child who is very ________, simple, and talkative.

3 . Nicole was always insecure about herself. She didn’t like how she looked. She thought she was too _______ and thin. She tried to gain _______ , but she never could. Most people would love to be in Nicole’s _______ though. Nicole also didn’t know why she was so _______ . She wished she could easily talk to others and make new friends.

Nicole’s _______ was so low that her friends started to get annoyed with her. Nicole’s mom _______ her to join a sports team at school. Nicole did not want to, because she didn’t want to be _______ . After several days of _______ , Nicole finally gave in to her mother’s request. Nicole decided to _______ the basketball team. She used to play it when she was younger. It ________ that Nicole was tall.

When Nicole went to try-outs, she ________ all the people she was competing against. She started to ________ herself to the other girls, and found they were all shorter than her, but they were more confident. Nicole tried to put them out of her mind. The coach asked the girls to shoot free throws, run short distance, and then ________ , asked them to play a game. Nicole was doing well, and she was ________ . She didn’t realize that she still had basketball skills. Nicole helped the team win and became confident about herself. She ________ she was good at something.

4 . During the Tokyo Olympic Games, Sunisa Lee won her first gold medal as the youngest member of the 2020 US women’s Olympics gymnastics team. _________ she finished the Games, Lee continued to perfect her _________ as a member of Auburn University’s gymnastics team. Like most Olympic athletes, this 18-year-old was _________ trying to challenge herself.

For Lee, that included _________ a surprisingly difficult move called The Nabieva. It was _________ after the woman, Tatiana Olegovna Nabieva, who introduced the move. It _________ “laying out vertically over the high bar, swinging around, and then passing over the bar backwards before grabbing (抓住) it again”. It was _________ a “G”, which was the _________ rating (等级) on the difficulty scale.

In fact, The Nabieva had only been _________ by the NCAA Code of Points for college competitions just three days before Lee gave it a __________. Fortunately, this gymnastics superstar didn’t need much __________ to decide whether or not to include it in her __________. Before the move got approved at the college level, she had already __________ it three times a day! However, there was still a lot of __________ when it came time for Lee to perform because the __________ between Auburn and the competing team, Kentucky, were very close.

Excitedly, Lee __________ all 10 scores on the beam (平衡木). Soon after, the moment that she had been __________ to perform The Nabieva finally arrival. As soon as Lee safely landed on the ground, the crowd went wild knowing that they had just __________ gymnasium history! And these __________ performance pat Auburn over the top with a 197. 925-197. 150 win over Kentucky.

Lee has already proven she’s a force that shouldn’t be __________, and we can’t wait to watch as she continues to grow!

5 . Last week, we went to the park again. My little five-year-old daughter Ruthie seemed _________ standing at the base of the huge rock climbing wall. On our first visit, Ruthie had _________ me to let her try climbing the wall, but I had _________ her, afraid that she was undersized. _________, this time the tiny girl made it to the top, while kids twice her size _________ about halfway up. When she touched the _________, I asked, “How do you do that?”

“I just do it,” she said with a shrug, and started on her second pass. Seemingly, if l learnt the _________, I could climb the wall myself. _________ I doubted if I could even do it, with a little _________ I entered the arena (运动场). As I began my __________, I was excited by my own __________ for trying something so difficult. Then, only ten feet up, my __________ and my toes started to tire, and there was __________ no place to rest. My __________ disappeared with the anxiety that I was going to __________ and fall.

__________ will lock up our muscles and minds. To perform well, we have to stay relaxed. “Just do it,” I __________ myself, climbing bravely. One, two, three----I was at the top. I did it!

That day on the rock wall __________ me in my life. Whenever __________ envelope me in icy anxiety, I continue moving by __________ myself of the secret of doing something hard and scary: Just do it.

6 . Jonathan lost his mother at an early age, so his father brought him up alone. Jonathan loved to play________and his father was always there to________Jonathan at every game. Being________sized and weaker than other teammates, Jonathan wasn’t allowed to play in the main team. Nevertheless, he continued with his practice with full________. Finally, his determination carried him through. The________decided to let him join the main team eventually.

One day during practice, the coach met him with a telegram. Sadly Jonathan read it and________to the coach, “My father died this morning. Will it be all right if I miss________today?” The coach gently said, “Take the rest of the________off, son, and you needn’t come to the game on Saturday.” On the day of the game, Jonathan’s college football team was losing badly to the other team. The coach and the players had all________hope. Suddenly, Jonathan appeared and________the coach to allow him to play this match. At first, the coach refused. However after a lot of________, the coach gave in. No sooner had Jonathan joined the team than their scores started to improve before both the teams were________.

However, the real cheer came during the crucial________seconds when he ran all the way for the________touchdown. His team members were________. They won! The coach went up to Jonathan,________was seated alone beside the field, “Kid, you were________! Tell me________did you do it? “He looked at the coach, and said,” “Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was________?” The young man forced a smile, “Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could________me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!”

7 . I started skiing when I was three years old. My mom worked as a ski instructor as she also loved the snow. While the other ______ in my group were whining(哭闹) and complaining, I was busy learning skiing. And at the age of four, I was ______ through the snow with my mom. I remember falling once and realizing that the ______ was taller than I was.

When I was seven, I decided I wanted to take my skiing to the next level and join a ______. There were two options: racing, a popular event for girls, and free skiing, an event mainly for ______. Siding the chairlift(登山吊椅) with my mother, I would see free skiers flying and spinning through the air. I ______ knew which team I wanted to join: free skiing.

As soon as I joined the team, I was placed in a low level. ______, I soon climbed the rankings until I came to the ______ group. At that point, I was the only girl on my team. Although being a girl in a male-dominated sport can be difficult, I’m actually thankful that I’ve had the ______ that I never had.

Life is not going to be a smooth road for all of us, and building ______ early on is important. My experiences have made me tougher and have ______ me to meet my setbacks with open arms. In fact, after this encounter, I’ve become a better skier. However, there is no way that I could have done it without my supportive ______ always behind me and my ______ coach always, always behind me as well.

I encourage you all to ______ your comfort zone to show the boys that girls are just as ______ as they are.

8 . Harper Gage was 5 years old when she took part in the world Karting Association’s national go-kart (卡丁车) race. Harper thought she would _________ in the top half for her age group. But her first season as a go-kart racer did not end the way she _________.

Harper was the sixth out of 17 racers near the end of the eight-lap race. _________, her car’s engine died with only two laps to go. “She’s pretty _________.” her mother, Lauren Gage, said after the race. “But we are so _________ of her.”

Just one year, Lauren _________ that her daughter should race. Harper was born with hearing loss in both ears._________, she can hear clearly when wears hearing devices. But the devices don’t fit under Harper’s race helmet (头盔), so she races _________ them. Harper doesn’t think hearing loss puts her _________ in the race. The engines are so __________. Harper said that she can hear when another car is close and ready to get ahead of her.

Harper learned about go-karts at age 3 and loved it when her family __________ a racetrack. She told her parents she wanted to __________ it, too. Lauren was worried that Harper would crash into another go-kart since she wouldn’t __________ it. But Tom Gage Harper’s father, told his wife that their daughter would be OK. When Harper turned 5, her amateur (业余的) racing career began, but she wishes to race __________ one day.

When asked about her __________, Harper shyly giggled and said, “I want to drive fast.”

9 . Before COVID I used to go swimming a lot. I’d also do yoga a couple of times a week, but because of the situation, everything suddenly ________. To be honest, I was kind of at a loss what to do with myself.

One day as I was ________ Facebook, I saw a Mirthy event. Being an ex-teacher, this seemed really interesting so I thought I’d give it a ________! I really enjoyed it. After this event, I looked around the ________ and saw it also provided yoga classes. ________, I felt that the ________, Elaine, was really patient and ________ to the audience. After one class I was absolutely ________. I really can’t say enough about these ________ events because they’ve ________ me to a whole new world.

This community is so lovely that I ________ quite a lot since first joining. I’ve been doing both the live exercise classes and the live talks. You really feel like you are ________ with everybody else! We all know that mental stimulation (激励), especially as you get older is the key to good ________. So, when COVID really took over and we were ________, I became very inactive and didn’t care really about anything anymore. I had ________ to look forward to, and now with Mirthy I really do. Mirthy.co.uk now offers ________ of events too. Sometimes you just want to watch it back at a later date.

I’ve ________ for 45 years, so I’m a great believer in lifelong learning. Some people just go into retirement (退休) and think, “oh, I can ________ now” — but you need more, something to keep you ________ and interested in the world. Give Mirthy a couple of weeks and just join the occasional event and you will ________ it.

10 . The girl Guo Yujie got a perfect gift on Saturday-a gold medal of Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. The teenager, who turned 18 on March 16, sped to the _________ in the women’s sprint standing event to claim the first-ever Winter Paralympic gold medal for a Chinese woman on _________. She hoped to tell the young people with disabilities that they should keep _________.

Guo was born in Shangyi county, Zhangjiakou, with _________ on her left hand. She first tried _________ when she was 11. “I was happy when I was skiing,” Guo said. She then _________ to become a cross-country skier and biathlete. Her decision was also _________ by her family.

In biathlon(冬季两项), Guo _________ her lack of stamina(耐力)in skiing with accuracy and speed in the shooting part. “I just _________ the quick change between high-speed racing and controlling my breathing for ____________. I hope more young people with disability can find their ____________ in snow sports. Actually, disabled people are not ____________ at anything. We can take part in the Winter Paralympics and become ____________. People shouldn't look down on themselves just because of their disabilities,” Guo said.

Guo’s ____________ is the result of five years of hard training. She said that her parents, relatives, and friends watched her compete live on TV. “They are all very proud of me. ____________, I have lived up to their expectations.”