It has been reported that     1     31st FISU World University Games came to a close on Tuesday night in Chengdu, Sichuan Province,     2    (win) wide praise from officials and athletes alike. Declaring the games closed, Leonz Eder, acting president of the International University Sports Federation, said the event has made the dreams of student-athletes come true     3     they have won medals or not, because their experience in the city has been gold medal standard.

The closing ceremony was held at the Chengdu Open Air Music Park. It is the first time in the world that the closing ceremony of a large international sporting event     4    (hold) in a park, according to the organizers of the games. “It was aimed     5    (leave) the audience worldwide with fond memories of a unique Chengdu, from     6     they got to know China and fell in love with its people,” the organizers said. A total of 6,500 student-athletes from 113     7     (country) and regions competed     8     269 events of 18 sports at the Chengdu games, which opened on July 28.

China     9    (successful) got 103 gold medals, 40 silver medals and 35 bronze medals. Japan was in second place with 21 gold medals. Republic of Korea and Italy both won 17 gold medals and 18 silver medals and ended up in third and fourth places, respectively. During the ceremony, the FISU flag was handed to a     10    (represent) of Rhine-Ruhr, Germany, which will host the next FISU World University Games in 2025.

The ancient Olympic Games began in the year 776 BCE.     1     , they died out around the year 393. It was in 1896, in Athens that the modern Olympic Games     2     (hold) first. A Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin     3     dream was that the Olympics would make it possible for people     4     ( live ) side by side in peace brought the Olympics back to life. Since then, motivated by the Olympic motto “Faster, Higher, Stronger”, thousands of     5     (high) trained and talented athletes     6     (devote) themselves to achieving sporting excellence and pushing the boundaries of human achievement, such as Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Jessica Ennis-Hill and so on.

Chinese athletes have also made important     7     (contribute) to the Olympics. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, China returned     8     the Olympics after 32 years’ absence and Xu Haifeng won our country’s first-ever gold medal. At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Liu Xiang became the first Asian     9     (win) the gold medal in the men’s 110-metre hurdles. In 2008, in addition to hosting the Olympic for the first time, China also ranked first in the medal table. The year 2022 was another historic moment for China, as Beijing won     10     election to host the Winter Olympics.

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

Steve Williams had the idea of     2     (turn) a children’s game into a professional fighting sport. The head of PFC said professional pillow fighting will have the     3     (excite) of hand-to-hand fighting without the violence of mixed martial arts, or MMA, and boxing. He said it is not a joke.

The male and female athletes in January’s event come     4     (most) from MMA and boxing. But Williams said the athletes are not going to get     5     (injure). “The fighters don’t like to be hurt, and there are a lot of people     6     don’t want to see the blood. They want to see good competition, and they just don’t want     7     (see) the violence.”

Since many people grew up pillow fighting with friends or relatives, Williams     8     (hope) 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),” he said. “Think about how they mixed country music     10     rap music and brought these different audiences together. That’s what we’re doing, and we hope it brings in a different kind of viewers.”

What makes something a sport? Traditional definitions usually included some physical     1     (activity) that show athletic ability or strength. But some sports can take the form of mental competitions. For instance, chess     2     (recognize) as a sport by the International Olympic Committee in 1999. Now, some people wonder if e-sports should also be considered sports.

The word e-sports is short for electronic sports. It is a form of competition in     3     professional players or gamers play video games either in teams or individually.     4     (typical), the winners receive prize money at the end of the competition.

The first e-sports event was the one     5     (hold) by Stanford University in the 1970s, for the game Spacewar! Over the next 30 years, video games exploded in popularity. More and more countries, such as South Korea, China     6     the United States,     7     (start) to develop e-sports into an industry. In the 2000s, television broadcasts of the competitions,     8     (feature) games like Street Fighter III, StarCraft II, and Counter-Strike, became popular. In the 2010s, thanks     9     online streaming services, e-sports grew rapidly with more worldwide tournaments, more viewers, and     10     (large) prizes. In 2020, the industry made more than $1 billion for the first time ever.

The opening, ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou was     1     magnificent display of Chinese culture and innovation. The ceremony was a feast for the senses, with stunning visuals, innovative     2     (perform), and a tribute (致敬) to the history and culture of Asia.

The ceremony was themed “Memories of Jiangnan”, using the element of water to showcase the region’s     3     (nature) beauty and cultural charm. It also combined elements of Liangzhu culture and the Qiantang River tides,     4     (reflect) China’s long and storied history and cultural heritage. The opening ceremony also     5     (break) new ground in terms of technology, using digital ignition (点火)     6     the first time to integrate the concept of “Digital China” into the ceremony.

    7     (additional), the ceremony used a large number of drone performances     8     (create) a stunning visual spectacle. The opening ceremony was a fitting way to kick off the Asian Games,     9     is a celebration of sport and unity. The ceremony was a reminder of the rich cultural heritage of Asia     10    the power of sport to bring people together.