Julia Marino, who recently won the silver medal in women’s snowboard slope style at the 2022 Winter Olympics, debriefs her favorite food     1     (provide) to the athletes in Beijing.

“I’ve    2     (probable) had like 200 dumplings since I’ve been here,” said Marino. “I get back from the mountain -- dumplings.”

Jenise Spiteri,    3     was born in California of Maltese ancestry, is the only athlete representing Malta at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

“This morning I     4     (be) too nervous to swallow any food so I put some red bean paste buns in my backpack. I didn’t realize that I still had     5     in my pocket when I did the run, so I was like ‘Oh okay! Now I can finally eat it’.”

Chinese hospitality is fully enjoyed by global athletes at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as the Games are providing 678 dishes to athletes from diverse     6     (culture) backgrounds with     7     (element) of the Chinese Lunar New Year and environmental protection highlighted to maximize the dietary experience of global athletes.

The menu had 678 dishes and     8     (design) to meet the different dietary needs of athletes while also taking     9     consideration religious diversity.

By integrating (合并) cuisines from all over China, the menu includes famous local dishes     10     (vary) from Sichuan and Hunan cuisines for their spicy flavor, to rather light Cantonese food, allowing global athletes to fully experience the Chinese cuisine.

The stamps and the mini sheet of five competition venues (场馆) of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 came out     1     June 23, the Olympic Day. The stamps of competition venues are     2     important witness to the achievements of the Beijing Winter Olympics venue construction.

The set of the stamps     3    (consist)   of four stamps and one mini sheet.The value of the whole set is 10.80 yuan,and the     4     (plan) circulation is 7.5 million for the stamps and 6.3 million for the mini sheet.

China Post has also made a variety of other     5    (product) such as first day covers postcards, stamp folders, and stamp albums. Among     6    (they), the carved postcards of the competition venues use the same machine, same technique and same printing technology as the zodiac (生肖) stamps，    7    fully displays the architectural image and structural beauty of the venues. Postmarks of the places of the venues    8     (apply) to the stamps which is circulated in limited guantities. Stamp folder entitled the Light of the Mark     9     (skillful) displays all the 12 competition venues of the Games. Stamp collection entitled Building a Dream of Olympic Winter Games contains layout 1, layout 2, first day cover and mini sheet of this set of stamps. It is also worth     10     (pay) attention to.

The Beijing Winter Olympics     1     (hold) in less than one month. In these     2     (excite) final stages, one can recall the electric feeling of a mere 14 years ago     3     all eyes of the world turned to China for the Summer Olympics and Paralympics.

The Games in 2008 marked     4     new chapter for modern China as a proud moment for its people, with former International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge describing the games as “truly     5     (exception)”.

Indeed as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who has accepted an invitation from the IOC to attend the Beijing Winter Games, has said, “The Olympic spirit brings     6     humanity’s best, teamwork and solidarity, talent, tolerance.”

Having started my role as UN Resident Coordinator in China almost one year ago, it is a privilege     7     (lead) the United Nations in China in this New Year and at this auspicious moment as the Games return to Beijing.

    8     the world still battling challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis, compassion, solidarity and friendship among     9     (nation) have never been more critical.

As Olympians and Paralympians from every colour and creed begin to assemble in Beijing for the Winter Games, let us look back at the legacy of the Games in China’s     10     (develop) story and challenges ahead, from then to now.

Lyons, head of Team USA to the Beijing Winter Olympics,     1     (describe) the facilities and services at the Games as “impressive” and said that the US athletes were satisfied.

The     2     (organize) have made every effort to make     3     possible for all athletes to make the best of their potential. As the host city of the 2022 Winter Games, Beijing has done what it can to offer the best facilities and services,     4     which most athletes are quite satisfied according to interviews with them.

Sports can definitely promote friendship between peoples from different countries and     5     (positive) impact international relations. The “ping-pong diplomacy” of 51 years ago is     6     case in point, which opened the door to friendship not just between the Chinese and US players, but also the development of relations between China and the United States.

In the frustrations that have soured bilateral(双边的) relations in the past couple of years, an opportunity     7     (offer) in the current Games for athletes from China and the US to communicate and hopefully promote more understanding between the two peoples. With the Beijing Games, China hopes that the Olympic Spirit can function as a vehicle     8     (convey) to the world that there is more to international relations than geopolitical games. The friendship forged between athletes from different countries should deliver a message to politicians in all countries     9     globalization and multilateralism are the right way for the international community to seek common development and address the common challenges     10     (face) humanity.

Curling is a team sport, which is played on ice. It is one of the interesting     1     (event) at the Winter Olympics.     2     (tradition) curling teams are made up of four players. It is played on a very long line of     3     (special) prepared ice called a Sheet. A sheet of curling ice is 45 metres long     4     five metres wide. At each end of the sheet there are two circles that look like target, known as houses. Each house     5     (consist) of four rings which help define which curling stones are closest     6     the centre. An average game of curling lasts up to three hours. Teams are given a set amount of Thinking Time     7     (depend) on the rules and number of ends. In the ten-end games, each team receives 38 minutes of thinking time. To play curling, a set of stones     8     (need). They are made of     9     special type of granite (花岗岩) and weigh almost 20 kilos each. Each curler has their own brush and a pair of special curling shoes to be able to slide with a stone during the game.     10     curling may be a “slow” sport, it’s still full of skill, suspense (悬念) and excitement!

With just half a month to go to the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, the excitement is growing among winter sports athletes and fans from around the world. The best winter athletes     1     (gather) in China to compete for 109 gold medals.

The opening ceremony is scheduled     2    (take) place on 4 February 2022, with the closing ceremony on February 20. Two ceremonies will both take place at the National Stadium,    3    was the main Olympic stadium used for the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

Although Beijing will act as     4     host city of the Games, the winter sporting events will     5     (actual) take place in three different clusters：one in Beijing     6     (it), one in Yanqing, and one in Zhangjiakou, around 200 km away from Beijing but reachable in an hour via high-speed train.

A giant panda     7     (name) Bing Dwen Dwen is the official mascot (吉祥物) of the Games.

The mascot embodies the    8    (strong) and willpower of athletes and will help to promote the Olympic spirit. The emblem (会徽) is based     9     the Chinese character for winter, 冬. In its upper part is the figure of a skater and in the lower part a skier. The form of “Beijing 2022” combines Chinese calligraphy and papercutting, highlighting the Chinese     10     (culture) elements in its design.