The 9, 000-plus volunteers at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games have played     1    vital role in ensuring that all aspects of life for the sportsmen, both on and off the field of play, have gone     2    (smooth).

To meet the diverse needs of the para     3    (athlete) and all participants, the volunteers     4    (go) through a strict training program, which included training for basic medical and first-aid, how to use wheelchairs, and the     5    (guide) on when to provide assistance and     6    to communicate best.

Liu An’ an is one of the volunteers to have also served at the Beijing 2008 Summer Games. Back then, Liu was a sophomore student at university. Now, 14 years later, she is still at university but this time she acts     7    a lecturer, leading a team of her own students as volunteers at Beijing 2022.

Liu has spent over 150 days training and     8    (participate) in these Games. She is     9    (responsibility) for the traffic permits of all sorts of transportation vehicles, and needs to coordinate with over 100 different departments, including venues media, transportation and security.

“Becoming a volunteer     10    has served both at the Beijing 2008 Summer Games and the Beijing 2022 Winter Games is a great honor for me, and I feel a strong sense of pride and responsibility,” said Liu.

The opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games    1     (take) place at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province    2     Saturday evening.

The ceremony    3     (theme) “Memories of Jiangnan” used the element of water    4     (showcase) the region’s natural beauty and cultural charm,     5     was a feast for the senses with stunning visuals.

During the parade, images of West Lake were projected (投射) onto the floor screen,     6     (allow) athletes and spectators to enjoy the city’s picturesque scenery in an immersive way. The     7     (enter) of the Chinese team was accompanied by a breathtaking visual representation of the motherland’s mountains and rivers. Also, netizens     8     (fascinate) by the display of oriental东方的aesthetics美学, strength of technology and warmth of art.

The opening ceremony    9     (definite) boasted many historic firsts. Not only did it break new ground in terms of technology using digital ignition (点火) for the first time, but also drew inspiration from    10     (tradition) culture, combining Hangzhou charm and Chinese elements.

Fall marks cricket fighting season in China, a sport     1     (believe) to date back more than a millennium. In recent years, it’s gained     2     (popular) with new generations.

Here’s     3     the game works. Two crickets ——always males     are weighed to the closest hundredth of a gram     4     then paired off by weight class. They     5    (place) in a clear plastic ring nearly the size of a dinner plate, with a dividing wall     6     (separate) the two insects. A referee signals go time, then slides out the ring divider to let the bugs face off.

The owners poke a special reed (芦苇) in to brush their crickets, which drives them to fight. A referee closely monitors the tiny fighters, noting     7     number of attacks and retreats.Cricket enthusiasts w ax poetic about a certain province because of the fierceness of its six-legged fighters. Ningyang county in Shandong produces especially desired bugs, the sale of which brings     8     about 600 million yuan in revenue a year.

Zhao Jiuling is a     9     (commit) cricket competitor. Each night, he cooks a nutritious meal of grain and bean powder for crickets.“They’re very     10     (pick) about both their food and mates,” he said. “Sometimes they don't like each other. Domestic violence happens both ways. Sometimes the females eat the males,” he added.

The medals of the 19th Asian Games were created after nearly two years of team effort.

“We     1     (have) no idea at the beginning. To be honest, it was difficult to deliver Hangzhou’s thousands of years of culture and showcase its unique features to the world in such a small medal,” Zhang recalls.

    2     more than 20 drafts, the final design of the medal features the natural landscape of Hangzhou in the style of a traditional painting--    3     (mist) hills, a rippling lake, and rolling mountains on the front,     4     the back face features the logo of the Olympic Council of Asia.

The design of the medal     5     (highlight) Hangzhou’s ecological importance, with its beautiful scenery, clear water and rolling hills. The bridge-shaped buckle (锁扣) at the top of the ribbon (带子) symbolizes     6     famous water towns of the Yangtze River Delta region.

    7     (participate) in the opening bidding (招标) for the Asian Games project, their designs stood out from more than 4,200     8     (competitor).

“Having the opportunity to participate in the design of the Games is     9     (actual) a lifelong pursuit for us as designers,” says Fang.

The team conducted a great deal of initial research     10     (select) elements that can represent Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and China.

At an indoor soccer field, two Frisbee(飞盘) teams are engaging in a competition. “By cooperating with team members, the players     1     catch the frisbee in the assigned area can score for their team,” said 22-year-old player Rui.

China’s craze with Frisbee started last year in Shanghai, but it     2     (spread) to many other cities across the country ever since. On Xiaohongshu, a social media platform, there have been more than 80, 000 posts     3     (feature) Frisbee, reflecting Chinese youngsters’     4     (enthusiastic) for this fast-moving, non-contact sport.

Rui has been into Frisbee for less than six months. Relatively new     5     she was, Rui quickly became a team leader thanks to her experience in soccer. “Frisbee is a friendly game for girls, as physical contact is not allowed,” said Rui. She has invited six friends of a similar age     6     (participate) in the sport. According to Wu Chunhu, head of the Qipan club, Frisbee combines the characteristics     7     many other sports, including soccer, basketball and rugby, while maintaining its unique features.

As China builds     8     (it) into a strong sporting nation, and health awareness increases, more people — especially those     9     (bear) between 1995 and 2009 — are taking up new sports like Frisbee, Wu noted. Growing up in a different environment from their elders, they have witnessed China’s rise as a     10     (globe) economic powerhouse and formed a new outlook on life. For Ge Ziwei, a Post- 1990 Frisbee fan, the sport is not only fun to play, but also allows him to expand the range of his social circle.

Pillow (枕头) fighting is moving out of the bedroom and into the boxing ring. The Pillow Fight Championship, or PFC, plans     1     (hold) its first live, pay-to-watch event in Florida     2     January 29,2022.

Steve Williams had the idea of     3     (turn) a children's game into a professional fighting spot. The head of PFG said professional pillow fighting will have the     4     (excite) of hand-to-hand fighting without the violence (暴力) of mixed martial arts, or MMA, and boxing, Ho said it was not a joke.

The athletes in January's event come     5     (most) from MMA and boxing. But Williams said the athletes are not going to get     6     (injure), "The fighters don't like to be hurt, and those     7     want to see good competition just don't want to see violence."

Since many people grew up pillow fighting with     8     (friend) or relatives, Williams hopes the new sport will be popular and can attract a large audience, including children.

“You can call it     9     unusual sport, but we think it's going to have main appeal (吸引力),” he said. “Think about how they mixed country music with rap music and     10     (bring) these different audiences together. That's what we're doing, and we hope it brings in a different kind of viewer."

The Qatar 2022 World Cup     1     (begin) on November 20 is the 22nd edition of the competition and the first winter edition in the history of the competition. There are thirty-two teams joining in it.

The Qatar World Cup is the first competition     2    (play) in the Arab world. Qatar was awarded hosting rights for football’s showpiece tournament 12 years ago. The Official Mascot (吉祥物) for the Qatar World Cup     3    (call) La’eeb, in the form of a traditional keffiyeh headdress, but with eyebrows, eyes and mouth, and a lively,     4    (outgo) personality. His name, La’eeb,     5    (mean) super-skilled player in Arabic, and according to FIFA, he encourages everyone to believe in     6    (they), and he can bring the joy of football to everyone. Soccer’s governing body’s goal with the mascot is to appeal to audiences of all     7    (age).

The official song of Qatar World Cup is “Hayya Hayya”,    8    means “Better together”.It is performed by Cardona,     9    American singer, Davido, a Nigerian singer and Aisha, a Qatari artist.     10    bringing together voices from the Americas, Africa and the Middle East, this song shows how music and football can unite the world.