From China’s Changcheng Research Station in the South Pole to Tuktoyaktuk, Canada in the North Pole, Guizhou runner Bai Bin took 433 days and ran 24,000 kilometers     1     (finish) this journey.

Born in Guizhou province, Bai     2     (be) a running enthusiast (爱好者) since childhood. In 2006, Bai took 50 days to run from Guiyang to Lhasa. In 2011, Bai took 150     3     (day) to run from Istanbul to Xi’an. His former experience in grueling (激烈的) sports laid the foundation (基础) for him to push his limits. In 2018, Bai and his friend Li Zhenyu planned the route for     4     (run) from the South Pole to the North Pole. According     5     the plan, the route will be by way of 219 cities and towns in 14 countries. His journey     6     (start) on March 2, 2018. In addition to running, the     7     (extreme) hard environment was a challenge for him. With the help of     8     (he) team, local citizens     9     overseas Chinese, Bai overcame difficulties and arrived in the North Pole on May 8.

However, Bai is continuing on to     10     new challenge. Next, he plans to cross the Bering Strait from the Arctic Ocean and run back to Xi’an.

Chinese teenager Quan Hongchan won the gold medal for the women’s 10-meter platform diving at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Thursday.

Not only is Quan the youngest     1     (compete) in the women’s diving field, but also she’s the youngest of 431 athletes     2     China sent to Tokyo for the Olympics. If the Games had gone on as     3     (schedule) last summer, she would have been too young to meet the minimum age (14)     4     (take) part in the diving competition. Now, she’s made Olympic history.

Each of Quan’s dives was the highest of the five rounds of competition at the 10-meter platform. Two scored perfect 10s from all seven     5     (judge). Only one judge found a flaw (瑕疵) with her final dive,     6     (give) her a 9.5 next to six 10s. But it didn’t count, thanks to diving’s scoring system. The two highest and two     7     (low) scores are thrown out and multiplied (乘) by the dive’s degree of difficulty. That means only the three middle 10s counted     8     her final dive and added up 96 when multiplied by the 3.2 degree of difficulty.

At such     9     young age, Quan was a totally unknown until winning the 2020 Chinese national Championship at 13 years old. She     10     (be) a 17-year-old veteran (老手) when the Paris Olympics start in 2024.

There is a growing interest in rock climbing. So far there     1     (be) an improvement in technology and techniques to perform it. The sport is     2     (attract) to a growing number of people. Although rock climbing has risks and physical challenges, people still have several reasons for taking it up.

Some sportsmen feel that rock climbing can never become boring. This is because they have different places to go climbing. Additionally, there are several challenging routes to climb. If they are not satisfied     3     walls at their location, they may go elsewhere     4     (experience) other challenging walls.     5     (obvious), it offers great fun and adventure to people when they go high up on walls. When they push themselves beyond the expected limits (极限), they get     6     sense of achievement. Many people feel that rock climbing also gives them a feeling of freedom, as they can go wherever they want.

There are many sportsmen     7     also recognize rock climbing as a physical challenge where they always move up the levels. After     8     (cross) a set level, they move to the next and then to the next. And they can always give a fight to their previously (先前地) achieved     9     (goal). It all depends on their physical     10     (fit) and skill levels.

There is a growing interest in rock climbing. Recently, there     1    (be) an improvement in technology and techniques to perform it. The sport is getting more     2    (attract) to many people. Although rock climbing has risks and physical challenges, people still have several reasons to take it up. Some sportsmen feel that rock climbing can never become boring. This is     3    you have different places to go climbing. If you are tired     4    walls at your location, you may visit elsewhere     5    (experience) other challenging walls.   

    6    (obvious), it offers great fun and adventure to people when they go high up on walls. When they push themselves beyond the expected limits, they get     7     sense of achievement. There are many sportsmen     8     also take rock climbing as a physical challenge where they always move up the levels. After     9    (cross) a set level, they move to the next and they can always find a fight to their previously achieved     10    (goal). It all depends on their physical fitness and skills.

Tai Chi Chuan,     1     is famous as a kind of martial art, has been practiced China for centuries. It combines slow movements, deep breathing and thinking. Every movement in Tai Chi represents     2     important part of old Chinese philosophy—harmony.

Tai Chi is a term in the Chinese     3     (tradition)philosophy. It comes from The Book of Changes(《周易》). In the time of Song Dynasty, Zhou Dunyi     4     (write) the book Theory of the Tai Chi Pictures. The inventors of Tai Chi     5     (inspire)by this book and invented Tai Chi Chuan with the continuous movements of drawing circles in the air by     6     (guide) the breath with the willpower. They also absorbed the thoughts of the Taoist, such as the concept of Yin and Yang. Tai Chi provides the mental relaxation and physical     7     (fit).

Tai Chi is an unusual form of martial arts where we believe     8     building mental and physical strength. It is     9     (particular) different from western types of sports such as football where the harder and quicker are the better.

Today, Tai Chi is so popular in the west. Some health professionals have regarded Tai Chi as one of the     10     (benefit) forms of exercise.

A swing (秋千) could be important for learning, according to one girls’ school. At Brighton Girls, a private school for children     1     (age) 4-18, a swing is to be installed in the sixth-form study center after some of the teenagers asked for one.

After some research, the headmistress, Rosie McColl, said she discovered a swing would be     2     (benefit). She said, “I knew     3     student in a previous school who used to go out and swing in a park between lessons.     4     (current), what we are doing is bringing the swing into the school     5     (help) build a culture. This leads to better results     6     students in terms of both their wellbeing and academic achievement.”

Recent studies show physical activity can improve brain function as well as calming the mind and body, at a time when     7     (anxious) among teenagers is at record levels. So far, McColl’s decision     8     (support) by parents, including Sam Cartwright-Hatton, a psychologist at Sussex University,     9     wrote a letter to the government before schools returned in September calling for new, more creative lessons to help children settle back into class.

McColl advises students     10     (prepare) for exams over the Christmas holiday to find a swing in a local park between revision classes. “No one is ever too old to go on the swings, to play, to think and to dream,” she said.