When the starting signal sounded, Qian Hongyan pushed herself in the pool. She won the silver medal in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke (蛙泳) final in the 11th National Games for Persons with Disabilities     1     (hold) in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province.

Qian, from Luliang, Yunnan Province, lost both legs.     2     caused that was a traffic accident when she was 4 years old. Since then, she     3    (become) well-known for moving around while balanced on an orange ball, earning     4    (she) a nickname, basketball girl.

Qian’s enthusiasm for swimming dates back to 2007. At 11 years old, she     5    (invite) by the coach Zhang Honghu to join the swimming club for people with disabilities. However, without legs, Qian found it difficult to keep balance in water. “Swimming without legs is like handling a boat     6     a rudder (舵). I tended to sway (摇摆) due to a poor sense of direction,” she said.

To help her overcome     7     difficulty, her coach made a tailor-made training plan for her. Every day, she practiced swimming for at least four     8    (hour). She made intense efforts to strengthen her arm and balance,    9     helped her successfully get used to the water. “I like swimming. It changed my life and helped me see     10    (extreme) wonderful things,” she said in an interview.

Have you ever dreamed of being famous     1     a musician? At first many singers may form a band to practice their music. And then they may get the chance to give     2    (perform) in pubs or clubs. Later they may gradually become popular. However, the Monkees started in     3     different way. They began as a TV show. The TV organizers had put an advertisement in a newspaper,     4     (look) for rock musicians who could act as well as sing.     5     (honest) speaking, only one of them was good enough and the other three members pretended     6     (sing). So it couldn’t     7     (call) a real band in the beginning. Anyhow,     8    they showed to the audience was really creative and they became popular. After a year or so, they worked harder, produced     9     (they) own records and started touring. In about 1970, the Monkees broke up but they reunited in the mid-1980s and in 1996 produced a new record, with     10     they became more successful.

As the coronavirus (冠状病毒) outbreak continues, many Americans are afraid of     1    (use) public transportation. They also are looking for ways     2    (get) exercise without having to go to a gym, as well as approaches to enjoying the outdoors. So, it is not     3    (surprise) that the pandemic (流行病) has led to a major increase in bicycle sales.

In the United States, bicycles at big stores like Walmart have sold out. And small bicycle stores cannot keep up with demand     4     “family-style” bicycles: the low-cost, easy-to-ride models. “The bicycle industry is seeing its biggest sales increase since the oil crisis of the 1970s,” said Jay Townley,     5     industry expert. “People...have panicked.” Townley said. He     6    (compare) the sale of bicycles to the rush to buy products like toilet paper at the start of the pandemic.

The rise in bicycle sales is not happening just in the United States. Cities like Manila in the Philippines and Rome, Italy have created bicycle paths for the growing number of people     7     want to avoid public transportation. In London, city     8    (official) plan to ban cars from some central roads.

Bike shop owners in Manila say demand is even     9    (strong) than what they see at Christmas time. In Italy, the government’s economic support plan included a 500-euro payment to help with the cost of a bicycle.

Of course, you can only buy a bicycle if you can find a bicycle. In the U.S., the shortages now mean     10     may take many months to get one.

Great Britain is made up of four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In the 16th century, Wales    1     (join) to England. In the 18th century, they were linked to Scotland. They were united     2     (peace) instead of by war.     3    , just as they were going to get Ireland     4     (connect) to form the United Kingdom, the southern part of Ireland broke away, so only Northern Ireland was joined to the Great Britain.

England is     5     (large) than the other 3 countries and for     6     (convenient) it was divided into three zones: the South of England, the Midlands and the North. Most of the population are settled in the South, but most of the industrial cities lie in the Midlands and the North.

The United Kingdom has a long history to explore,     7    can help you understand much more about the country and     8     (it) traditions. London is the capital city     9     the great historical treasures. It has the oldest port built by     10    Romans in the 1st century AD, the oldest building begun by the Anglo-Saxons in the 1060s and the oldest castle constructed by later Norman rulers in 1066.

Set in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Battle at Lake Changjin topped the Chinese mainland box office according to the China Morie Data Information Network. The film    1     (direct) by Chen Kaige, Hark Taui and Dante Lam, does     2     extraordinary job of highlighting the bravery and tenacity (不屈不挠) of the heroes in the war from multiple     3     (angle).

However, the real battlefield is     4     (impressive) than the scene in the film. The war was on in the freezing temperature of around -40℃. Chinese People’s Volunteers soldiers not only needed to fight    5    United Nations forces, but had to battle over the nature with     6     (they) strong will. In order not to expose the target, the solders remained motionless in the ice and snow, and when the follow-up soldiers arrived, all 125 officers and soldiers were found frozen to death .

What    7    (make) people moved is not the film itself but the heroes of the war years.     8     is shown in the comments of the audience, the spirits of the heroes who fought     9     (brave) for our county and the people have aroused their national pride and reminded them     10     (value) today’s peaceful life.