There was     1     story about a high school cross-country race in Texas in 2016.

Cross-country     2     (be) actually the name of an event where the runners compete on the ground instead     3     running in a circle on a flat surface. Some cross-country courses send runners around a waterway, through the woods or up and down hills.

The high school cross-country race     4     (take) place in Texas. It     5     (name) the Gingerbread Jamboree (姜饼聚会) at that time. About 20 high schools sent runners there. The course was five kilometers long.

A camera set up next to a wide mud pit (泥坑) recorded some     6     (amaze) scenes. The slow-motion video showed one runner taking off like a high-jumper, taking hold of his knees and then landing on the mud pit. But that was not all. Just seconds     7     (late), while other runners managed     8     (stay) clean and dry, another runner jumped and dived chest-first into the water.

About 1 million people have watched the video since it came out on Facebook. One thousand people left     9     (comment) on the Facebook post (帖子)，    10     is called "Dear Cross Country. . . Welcome Back".

Running is good for your health. It may help to protect you    1    heart disease and other health problems. Running may also help you live longer.

According to a research    2    ( conduct) in the US recently, runners are a great deal    3    ( health) than non-runners. In fact, the I runners live, on average, three years s longer than the non-runners.

Running may be good exercise, but it can be difficult on the body. Here    4    ( be ) commonly shared ideas among fitness experts to lower the risk of injury for people running regularly.

Do not run too much, too soon or too fast. Most people get running injuries when they push    5    ( they) too hard.

Get good running shoes. You should find the shoes    6    offer the best fit and support for your feet. More    7    ( important), you should have a new pair of shoes every 500 to 800 kilometers.

After each run, write down notes about what you    8    (do) and    9    you felt. You may find that your knees hurt when you run sometimes. Or perhaps you feel great when you have    10    rest between running days. These notes will help you make the best plan for running.

A week ago, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan     1     Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, were promoting the Summer Olympics in Tokyo as the comfort the world needed     2     (show) victory over the coronavirus pandemic.

On Tuesday, the virus won out. I.O.C. and Japan     3     (formal) agreed to Postpone Tokyo Olympic Games,     4     had been scheduled to begin in late July, until 2021.

The decision became all but inevitable after the     5     (nation) Olympic committee in Canada announced on Sunday that it was withdrawing from the Games, and Australia’s committee told its athletes that it was not possible to train under the widespread     6     (restriction) in place to control the virus.

At a time when Japan’s economy is already     7     trouble, the delay of the Olympics could deal a serious blow. In a report early this month, Nikko Securities predicted that a cancellation of the Games     8     (reduce) by 1.4 percent of Japan’s economic output.

The complications will spread beyond the Games themselves. The international     9     (govern) bodies for track and field and swimming, for example, planned to hold world championships in 2021 and will have to work with     10     (they) athletes and host cities to possibly reschedule those events.