In China, a large number of people take the sport of pigeon racing very    1    (serious). Many competitors spend big money getting their    2    (hand) on top-performing birds. One such competitor is 57-year-old Yu Yuguang. He says he gets so excited waiting for his pigeons    3    (arrive) at the end of a race that his heart starts beating fast. “Those are the most intense and enjoyable moments of a pigeon race.” Yu told Reuters News Agency. Recently, his 7-month-old pigeon     4    (name) “Little Ancestor” placed first in a Chinese Racing Pigeon Association race. The race started in Lang fang, near the Chinese capital Beijing,    5    it ended in Shanghai. The win earned Yu $760 in prize money. That amount, however, is far     6    (little) than the $30, 600 he spends on his 500 pigeons each year.

Pigeon racing has a long history in China. It began as a sport enjoyed mainly by very rich people. But the country’s economic development over the years     7    (allow) the sport to spread beyond     8    wealthy. “Membership in the Chinese Pigeon Association has jumped     9    tens of thousands in the 1980s to about 400,000 today,”    10     (say) the group’s vice president, Huang Jian.

Football is the most popular outdoor game all over the world. It is one of the oldest     1     (game) and is played in many countries.

Football     2     helps improve concentration and creates team spirit requires a lot of physical     3     (strong). This game started from Italy where there was a village     4     (call) Rugby and according to some sources the game originated from China.

The game can be used     5     (reduce) stress and can be played by people of all ages. The game is played by hitting the ball     6     a foot so it is called football. So far, it     7     (become) a very popular game in many parts of the world. People are     8     _(excite) to see their favorite team win.

There are different kinds of football rules known as “Football Codes”. However, the way that football is played is     9     _(actual) similar everywhere. It is played by two teams with eleven players in each team and two judges and each game lasts for 90 minutes, with     10     break of 15 minutes. The aim of the players is to score and prevent the opposite team from making a goal.

The International Olympic Committee took the extraordinary step Tuesday of     1     (postpone) the 2020 Tokyo Games, which     2    (schedule) to start on July 24, because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Just how extraordinary was the step? This marks only the     3    (four) time since the first modern Olympics in 1896 that the Games have been affected     4    outside forces. The other three occasions were cancellations during the first and second World Wars. So this is the first time the Olympics have been postponed, rather than    5    (cancel).

“The Tokyo Olympics will still be held,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters in Tokyo after a call with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on     6    matter.

The IOC later said in a     7    (state) that the Games will be “rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not     8    (late) than 2021!”

This time around, it’s a pandemic(疫情), not a war,     9     is changing the Olympics schedule. The IOC said that “The leaders agreed that the Olympic Games in Tokyo could stand as a beacon of hope to the world during these times and that the Olympic flame could become the light at the end of the tunnel in which the world finds     10    (it) at present.”

Africa on G8 Agenda

The     1     (politics) leaders from eight of the world's wealthiest nations will meet in Scotland this summer.   They will   discuss the   topic   of Africa     2     detail. There are many problems for African people     3     (solve), such as     4     (poor), sex education and health care. People from all     5     the world have demanded that the leaders     6     (cancel) the debt of Africa's poorest countries to help them escape the     7     (pain) pasts.

London Wins

On July 6, 2005, London was being announced by the IOC in Singapore to be the host city for the 2012 Olympic Games. London now has the distinction of being the first city     8     (host) the event three times. The good news made the people in London     9     delighted that they celebrated     10     everywhere.

9 . We all know the Olympic Games.    1    do you know the Mud Olympic Games which are sports games in the mud?

Every year,about 400 people from all over Europe meet in a small town in northern Germany    2    (take) part in the Mud Olympics—the    3    (muddy) sports meeting in the world.It is held    4    the the beach when the tide is out,so it is very muddy.The sports meeting    5    (have) many traditional sports like football,volleyball and bicycle races,as well as some special and new activities    6    (play) in the mud.It raises money for a local charity.

The advertisements of the sports meeting are    7    (real) interesting.One of the    8    (advertisement) said,"If you want to play,just put on the clothes that you don't mind    9    (get) covered in the mud and join us!Viewers are more than welcome.So if you don't care about the mud    10    can get you dirty,come and enjoy yourself!