Though not    1     (have) a home team to cheer for,Chinese fans and enterprises remain     2    (enthusiasm) about the Qatar World Cup,held for the first time in the Middle East,which opened on Sunday.

Cheered on by an excited crowd at Al Bayt Stadium in north Doha, the 2022 FIFA World Cup started on Sunday with a Group A game between the host team and Ecuador,     3    raised the curtain on the first edition of the tournament held in winter in the Northern Hemisphere in an Arab country.

Although Team China failed    4    (enter)the Cup finals for the fifth consecutive(连续的)time, Chinese fans are likely to remain strong.

Even with international travel still a challenge due to the COVID-19 pandemic,at least 7,000 tickets for the tournament had been sold to Chinese fans by mid-October,said Mohamed Al-Dehaimi,Qatari ambassador to China. Support from China has also come in a more concrete way,with most of the tournament’s stadiums, its official transportation system    5    its accommodation facilities featuring contributions from Chinese builders and providers.

Eager to promote their brands overseas, Chinese enterprises, led by official FIFA    6     (sponsor) —Wanda Group, Hi-sense Group, smartphone manufacturer Vivo and dairy brand Mengniu—have provided more sponsorship revenue(收入)    7     the host than companies from any other nation, with    8    (approximate)$1.4 billion in total investment, according to Global Data.

“To have a close    9     (connect)with the World Cup is still considered the most direct way to sell their brands and products in the international market when the occasion only    10     (happen) once every four years.” Song Xiangqing, an economist and vice-president of the Commerce Economy Association of China,told Beijing Business Today.

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 move, 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    3    (stop) exercising apart from during Physical Education lessons at school. It looked like I was     4     (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.     5     (help) myself get in shape again, I made a(n)     6     (decide) that I would take up a kind of sport.

A friend of mine suggested a swimming pool     7     she goes to a few times a week. Now, I’m a swimming lover! I find swimming in the pool very     8     (relax). I swim for    9     hour three times a week. I hope that I will soon start to feel the benefits of regular exercise, and will become     10     (fit) than before.