Finding time to exercise can be hard in our busy lives. So maybe it would help       1     there was “a best time” to exercise? Could exercising at certain times help realize our fitness goals? The answer is “yes”.

There are clear     2    (benefit) to exercising in the morning. Many of us have more free time then     3     (compare) with later in the day, and it may therefore be     4    (easy) for us to stick to a morning workout routine. A study found participants who exercised in the morning increased their physical activity throughout the day, were less distracted by food, and     5     (sleep) better. Exercising on an empty stomach before breakfast could also burn more fat and increase metabolism (新陈代谢)，which means you’ll continue to burn calories (卡路里) throughout the day.

So, good news for early birds,     6     what if you’re not a morning person? Working out in the afternoon or evening also     7    (have) benefits, just different ones. For example, your body’s ability     8    (perform) is at its best in the afternoon. Additionally, in the afternoon and evening, your reaction time is quickest, and your heart rate and blood pressure are lowest, which reduce your chance of injury while     9    (improve) your performance.

So what time is best?     10     seems the answer is: whatever time is best for you!

China came in second place in     1     FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup final on Saturday in Sydney, Australia. It was like that history repeated itself because 28 years ago, China finished the World Championship     2     silver medals in Australia as well. Chinese players have every reason to be proud of themselves despite the loss in the final. After eight games in 10 days, Chinese players matched the best record in     3     (nation) team history.

Zheng Wei, China’s head coach remained clear-minded about the latest achievement and wanted her team to continue to grow. After     4     seemed to be some years, at the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup, China reached their first semifinals in major (重大)     5     (compete) in almost thirty years before losing to the United States in the final. “This result is better than expected, as our initial (最初的) goal was     6     (do) better than the last time,” Zheng said in an interview with Xinhua on Sunday,     7     (add) that her players dared to fight in their own style, which is     8     (true) amazing. Chinese player Han Xu     9     (give) one of the All Star Five. “Though we didn’t make     10     (its), we feel that we showed our best and hope to get better results in the future,”Li told Xinhua.

The Tour de France is the most important bicycle race in the world. The three-week-long race,     1     was first organized in 1903, is     2     (tradition) held in July. Although the route of the race changes slightly every year, it always contains a mixture of the flat stages at the     3     (begin) and the difficult stages across the Pyrenees and the Alps.

Each of the teams that can enter the Tour de France    4     (include) nine riders. And each team has a leader, usually the     5     (good) cyclist in the team. The other members of the team support him. They help him come back to     6     front line if he falls behind or they block off attacks by other teams. The main goal of every team is     7     (have)one of their athletes in the yellow jersey (运动套衫), which always belongs to the leading cyclist in the overall race. The time of each stage     8     (add)up.

The ranking is also important. The best mountain rider wears a polka-dot jersey and the best young rider wears a white jersey.     9     , not all cyclists of the Tour de France make it to the finish line. Many drop out because of injuries or because     10     (they) bodies cannot cope with the physical strain (损伤) of a three-week tour.

Nowadays, football is one of the most popular sports in the world. Its history    1    (go) back over two thousand years to ancient China,    2    was known as cuju then. Modern football started in Great Britain, where the new game rules    3    (make).

Football is simple and very cheap     4    (play), which is perhaps the basis of the popularity. People needn’t expensive equipment    5    the football doesn’t cost much money.

Another factor behind    6    (it) global popularity is the creativity on the field. It is attractive    7    millions of people. People can see children playing with a ball everywhere. People also can feel the    8    (excite) of a game even without recognising the skill of professional players.

What’s more, it has become one of the    9    (good) ways for people to communicate. It doesn’t require    10    (word), but everyone can understand it. It breaks down walls and brings people together on and off the field.

Li Yue     1     (bear) with asthma and he never thought he’d be a runner! He only joined his local athletics club because his doctor told him that in     2     (he) particular case exercise could improve how his lungs work. But before he knew it, he was taking part     3     local races. This year he won silver in the under 18’s 10,000 metres!

Sarah didn’t do any exercise—not even any jogging not so long ago. Then she discovered an app     4     (call) Running Power,     5     lists your performance against other     6     (run) in your social network. Now she no longer uses the app, but she has fallen in love with running.

David is a computer engineer. The work can be quite     7     (stress) at times, though, which in turn makes him feel anxious. To help deal with this, he goes running as often as he     8     (possible) can.

Grace entered the Great Gorilla Run in London this year. This is a programme run by The Gorilla Organization     9     (raise) money to save the world’s last remaining gorillas from dying out. Each runner receives a gorilla suit and off they go! The funniest moment was when someone watching the race offered her     10     banana—a real treat for a running gorilla!

French Prime Minister announced on March 14 that the country would be closing all the restaurants, cafes and clubs. But one runner, Elisha,     1     32-year-old restaurant worker, didn’t let the French government’s order prevent him     2     training for a marathon among the coronavirus pandemic (疫情期间).

Last week, he ran the length of a marathon—on his 23—foot long balcony. And he did it in six hours and 48 minutes, a personal record nearly double     3     of his previous finish time.

“My only pleasure is running, no matter what the time,” Elisha told CNN. He devoted his run to medical staff     4     (work) through this pandemic,     5     he feels are doing an extraordinary job. Although Elisha has run 36 marathons, he said his balcony marathon was the most challenging of all.

Due to the short length of the balcony, he ran about 3,000 laps.     6     (luck), Elisha said his girlfriend was there to support him,     7     (feed) him Coca Cola to help him refuel. Elisha said the experience was worthwhile. Some people, he said, even reached out to say they     8     (inspire) by him.

As in France, during the pandemic, many teachers in our school tried their best to run at home or on the rural path to     9     (strong) their body so that they would be     10     (energy) to give a net-lesson.

Tennis super star Naomi Osaka lit the 2020 Tokyo Olympics flame. The Games     1     (official) started, although a year late. A possible fifth wave (波) of COVID-19 in Japan’s capital put in doubt     2     or not they would go ahead. COVID-19 greatly influenced the event. There     3     (be) no fans and several athletes couldn’t attend the Games after testing positive (阳性的). Japan hoped the Games would show     4     (it) culture to the world. The opening ceremony (仪式) ended at midnight with     5     amazing fireworks show.

Only 950 people attended the opening ceremony. Attendees     6     (include) Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and the US First Lady Jill Biden. Emperor Naruhito declared (宣布) the Games open. President of IOC Thomas Bach said: “It is very     7     (difference) from what we imagined, but let us value this moment because finally we are all here together. Today is a moment     8     hope.” Naomi Osaka posted a message on Twitter after     9     (light) the flame. She said it was “undoubtedly the     10     (great) honour (荣誉) I will ever have in my life.”