Lang Ping announced on Wednesday that she has stepped down as head coach of China’s national women’s volleyball team.

    1    (know) as the “Iron Hammer” during her playing career, Lang Ping is one of the most     2    (influence) figures in the world. She took over the Chinese women’s team for the second time in 2013.     3    Lang’s guidance, China won Olympic gold in Rio 2016, as well as 2015 and 2019 World Cup titles. But China failed     4    (progress) through the group stage at last month’s 2020 Olympic Games after losing against Turkey, the United States and Russia.

Since 2013, the 60-year-old legendary coach     5    (lead) China to win the Rio Olympics gold, two World Cup championships, one World Championships silver and one bronze. Lang emphasized her    6     (enthusiastic) for volleyball, but said it is not possible for her to coach the Chinese team forever. For Lang, Tokyo may see    7     end of her Olympic story, but for her team, it begins a journey     8     Paris 2024, which    9    (expect) to be a new high in their careers.

“    10     happened in Tokyo is a precious experience for those young players. I told them don’t forget this. They need to remember the failure and find out how to recover when they encounter difficulties in the next Olympics.”

Drinking green tea three or more times a week could extend your life by 15 months,     1     study has suggested.

Researchers have found that regular tea drinkers live longer with lower risk of     2    （develop）cardiovascular（心血管的）disease or a range of other conditions.

The study     3     (carry)out in China, where most of the residents drink green tea. Researchers found no evidence that drinking black tea, which     4     (be)more popular in the JK, could help you live a longer life. The analysis     5     (base)on the study was designed     6     (predict)the risk of cardiovascular disease. Those adults, none of     7     had any history of heart attacks, strokes（中风）or cancer, were divided into two     8    （group）—those who drank green tea three or more times a week and those who drank less than this. The research found that a 50-year-old regular green tea drinker would suffer     9     heart disease or strokes 1. 41 years later than a non-tea drinker and would live 1, 26 years longer. They had a 20-percent lower risk of heart disease and strokes and a 15-percent lower risk of early death     10     (general), the study suggested,

No trip to Sydney is complete     1    a visit to the Sydney Opera House and the Harbor Bridge.     2     , these are also some of the city’s most crowded spots, so if you want to avoid the masses, you can check out Sydney’s less-known     3    (attract), too. One example is the historic fish market(the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere(半球)), which can     4    (explore)on behind-the-scenes tours.     5    (learn)more about the city’s most famous buildings, consider signing up for an architecture tour, such as one of the Sydney Architecture Walks,     6     focus on everything from famous structures such as the Sydney Opera House to fascinating, lesser-known districts, such as Walsh Bay Finger Wharves-an area with a number of historic     7    (industry)buildings, including some of the     8    (large)timber(木料)structures ever built. We also recommend a visit to Darling Square’s The Exchange, a civic(市的)center and library. This splendid building, Wrapped in wooden panels,     9    (open)in late 2019. It is the first Australian project designed by Kengo Kuma,     10    legendary Japanese architect.

Zhang Guimei, devoted to education in China’s southwestern borders for 40 years, is     1       “mother” for more than 170 children, motivating young girls from poor families in mountainous areas. She has lit up hopes of many for education.

Zhang was born in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang province in 1957. She came to Yunnan province at 17,     2     (respond) to the call of the country to support the development of border areas. Teaching at a middle school there, she saw the low     3     (admit) of girls to high school. It saddened her so much to find out that these girls     4     (abandon) their school work long before due to poverty.     5     , Zhang decided to build a free all-girl high school in 2002, in hope of changing the destiny of the girls in the mountain.

In 2007, Zhang went to Beijing as a deputy for the 17th CPC National Congress. Her speech “I Have a Dream”     6     (address) at the meeting made her dream of building a free all-girl high school known     7     all. A year later, the school was completed as the first free all-girl high school in China.

On June 29, Zhang     8     (award) July 1st Medal at a ceremony in Beijing,     9     she said she did this out of her gratitude and love for the country, as well as her identity     10     (origin) as a CPC member. As long as she was still capable, she would stand in the classroom to give her all without regret.

Tai Chi, a centuries—old Chinese martial art and     1     internationally popular form of exercise, has been added     2     the UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage(非物质文化遗产) list. For more than 10 years, China has been trying to have Tai Chi     3     (recognize)officially by the UNESCO on the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity(人类).

“Tai Chi is not just a sport to make people fit,     4     it contains Chinese culture and life attitude,” said researcher Yan Shuangjun. “The application     5     (start)from 2008 and now we gain a victory     6     will help this sport reach more places.”

Tai Chi has a massive and devoted following. Millions of elderly Chinese people practise it every day in parks, and famous people and other public figures regularly make public     7     (refer)to their practice of it for the health benefits it is said to provide. According to the Mayo Clinic in the United States, doing Tai Chi can result in     8     (reduce)stress, anxiety and joint(关节)pain.

The traditional Chinese martial art was born in the village of Chenjiagou, in central China’s Henan Province, in the 17th century. It now has more than 100 million practitioners     9     (globe). In China, it is common that Tai Chi     10     (show)in film and on TV.

As a child, I started learning to play the piano,    1    was my favorite musical instrument.    2    （play）the piano was one of my entertainments. I could adapt to my teacher's teaching style. At that time, I imagined becoming a    3    （compose）. The reason why I was forced to give up when I started my middle school was that I had to concentrate more on my studies. It was    4    （evidence）that my piano teacher took responsibility    5    and devoted    6    （he）to his job.

It's one of my biggest regrets to stop practicing the piano when I recall sadly today. During the following years, I kept telling my piano teacher, who was in charge of our school music teaching, that I would return. How I could find time to do that again was what I often thought about. However, I didn't keep my promise because I was occupied with my study. I remember one day he wanted to see my performance the next afternoon but I said to him, "From two to five tomorrow afternoon, I    7    （have）classes at school." Gradually, I lost touch with my teacher. Some years later, my teacher died. As    8    consequence, I was very sad and I could barely control my feelings because I lost such an outstanding teacher I would never see. He was a very warm and gentle person. It hurts me to think he may have been    9    （disappoint）that I never returned. I haven't taken music lessons since then but to be honest, I wanted to. Sitting at the piano, I couldn't help recalling many memories—the time of my practicing at home and playing before my teacher and the time my teacher instructed me after I played an entire piece of music incorrectly in front of her colleague. I was so embarrassed that I could hardly say anything. But his comforting me    10    （intimate）helped ease my shame. These memories, however, good or bad, never caused my courage for playing the piano again.

It is not too late to update your knowledge about EDG. On Saturday night November 7, a five-person team of the Chinese e-sports club,     1     (know) as EDward Gaming, won the 2021 League of Legends (LoL) World Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland.

The hashtag #EDG is champion#       2     (attract) 209 million viewers by Sunday morning, with the number still rising. The livestreaming of the championship had more than 200 million viewers on two major domestic smartphone apps, and the number was boosted by viewers on other channels.

In other words, about one     3     thirty people on the planet witnessed the success of the Chinese e-sports team.

The team has made very good use of the opportunity to share Chinese culture with the world. At the beginning of the championship in early October, the members of EDG and other staff displayed tai chi martial arts and       4     (tradition) Chinese costumes in Reykjavik,     5     (roll) a "Chinese hurricane" in the Icelandic capital. Now the posting of photos and videos on social networks have spread that hurricane to the whole world.

With the       6     (popular) of digital technology, new forms of cultural exchanges have been emerging, of     7     e-sports are of the hottest. Unlike texts and videos, e-sports break the barriers of language and are understandable around the world.

Also e-sports appeal most to those in their early 20s, as shown by the fact that almost nothing could keep college students’ carnival     8     bay at 2 a.m..     9     the fans’ passion reflects is the fascinating popularity of e-sport in China.

With more Chinese star gaming clubs and teams emerging, the industry is expected to     10     (far) prosper and continue spreading Chinese culture to the world.