The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic (残奥会)Games brought the world's attention to sport like never before. It was admirable    1    (see) a small nation like the UK organize the Olympic for    2    third time in modern history.

Britain probably    3    (invent) quite a few modern sports. One is cricket (板球),    4    is now played at international level in a dozen countries. Tennis also first became popular here and Wimbledon is one of the four big tournaments every year. Golf    5    (suppose) to be Scottish in origin (起源)from a school of the same name.

Every town in Britain has football, rugby or cricket club (sometimes all three) and at least one swimming pool. Schools have a gymnasium and playing fields with a running track. As British is an island, there are lots of opportunities for practising water sports    6    well.

"Fair play" in British society is as important as    7    (win) or losing. Teamwork is also necessary in many areas of professional life. Even so, individualism (个性)and competitiveness make sporting champions. Steve Redgrave, winner of five gold    8    (medal) at five Olympic Games, says: "Being    9    (confidence)in yourself is the most important in sporting success.    10    (personal), it is the iron in the mind not the supplements (增补物）that wins medals."