Running is very relaxing and beneficial. It is a great sport for beginners. You do not need any special equipment. Just a good pair of running shoes will do. Running     1     (help) you get fit and prevents you from diseases. It will give you good upper and lower body strength. It makes your heart     2     (strong) than before and allows more blood to flow around your body. It also strengthens your immune system. Besides, anybody who is feeling down can go for a run     3     (cheer) themselves up.

I experienced the Naadam Festival in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region for the first time this year. Naadam means “games” in Mongolian, and it     1    (represent) by three events: horse racing, wrestling, and archery. Mongolian wrestling is different from the wrestling in the Olympic Games. There are no rounds, and     2    (wrestle) are not separated by weight. Though the three events all left a deep impression     3     me, I liked horse racing best. I was surprised     4    (see) that riders were boys and girls! People say it is     5     children are lighter and the horses can run faster and farther.

My dad is an enthusiastic (狂热的) runner who     1     (great) influenced me when I was young. So I was very sporty before the age of 14．However, when my family moved, my new school didn’t pay much attention     2     sports and had no after-school activities like football or running. Over the next few years. I stopped exercising apart from during Physical Education lessons at school. I looked like I was     3     (health). However, I was not.

One day, I was late for a bus, tried to run after it and in under a minute was out of breath! This made me realize how unfit I was.     4     (help) myself get in shape again. I made a (n)     5     (decide) that I would take up a kind of sport.

A friend of     6     (I) suggested a swimming pool     7     is close to my house. Now, I’m a swimming lover! I find swimming in the pool very     8     (relax).I swim for an hour three times a week. I hope that I will soon start to feel     9     benefits of regular exercise, and     10     fitter than before.