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Freedom above snow

With the Tokyo Summer Olympics behind us, people are turning their eyes to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games,     1     will start in five months. Freestyle skier Gu Ailing, 18, looks to be one of the superstars of the event.

Born to an American father and a Chinese mother, Gu     2     (decide) to compete for China in the 2022 Winter Olympics in June 2019. Just two months later, she bagged her first gold medal for China at the Australia New Zealand Cup. Her strength continued to grow as she won one bronze and two gold medals at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard and Freeski World Championships     3     March.

People say she is     4     (talent). But Gu says that talent counted for (占据) “only 1 percent” of her wins, adding that her hard work is     5     matters. While going to school in San Francisco, Gu could only practice on weekends. She spent eight hours    6     (go) to the ski hill and back, doing her homework on the way and making full use of her time at the hill     7     (practice) skiing.

Gu said she wants to encourage more girls in China to try skiing and other extreme sports, many of which have only been known there for 20 years, according to the Olympics website. She said skiing gives her “    8     (free) and creativity”, especially when she perfectly controls her body and does tricks that others cannot do.

Now she     9     (prepare) for the Winter Olympics as a full-time athlete. “Of course, I want to win medals and even golds,” Gu said. “But what’s     10     (important) is to bring out my own style, enjoy the game and love the sport.”

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World Wrestling Entertainment(WWE) superstar Charlotte Flair is leading by example by using her platform to show a woman's strength in a historically male-dominated sport.

At first, Flair    1    (inspire) to take up wrestling by her father and brother. “It was my little brother who motivated me to begin wrestling, ” she said. “Now I continue to live his dream and continue my father's career. ”

Being a woman in wrestling means being devoted to supporting other female athletes and fighting    2    women's strength. “It means that I get to use my platform to promote strength and confidence in    3    was once considered a man's world. I    4    (full) believe female athletes are superstars, ”Flair said.

While Flair's field    5    (focus) mainly on outside strength, she notes that inner strength is equally    6    (importance) in the world of sports entertainment. “As a female athlete, your inner strength is only as strong as your outer strength as long as you believe in    7    (you) , ”she said.

Flair,     8    feels most powerful in her wrestling boots, wants women and girls to be better by inspiring one another and working together. “Instead of    9    (compete) with one another in an unhealthy way, we should work together    10    (create) change, ” she said.

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John Henderson, 106, and his wife Charlotte, 105, from Austin, Texas are the oldest living couple on Earth. They have 80 years of     1    （marry）.

The couple, who met each other in 1934 while studying in the University of Texas, married in 1939. When     2    （ask）about their years together, Charlotte said. "We have always cared for each other. It is just one of those things that     3    （natural）comes to us."

Longhorn Village, the senior living community    4     the Hendersons live, helped the couple celebrate their anniversary by     5    （throw）huge party. At the party, the two lovebirds     6    （surprise）by a 1920s car, similar to the one John used to drive to impress Charlotte when they first met.

The couple's grandson said, "They are     7     wonderful couple and are glad to chat     8     others to share stories of the past. They have been living healthy and     9    （energy）life. Since 84 years ago, they     10    （attend）at least one football game a year.

"I am thankful for life itself and being able to live full life," said John.

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Shawn Cheshire is a blind cyclist who competed in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She lost her ability     1    (see) after an accident nine years ago. She has tried to become as     2    (depend) as possible in the last few years.

She said that,     3     a long time, she was in a really dark place and hated being blind. She said that sports and physical exercise gave     4    (she) another opportunity at living.

Earlier this month, Cheshire crossed 68 kilometers of steep and uneven ground in the Grand Canyon(大峡谷). She did so in 24 hours and 15 minutes,     5     is believed to be a record for a blind hiker (徒步旅行者). The     6    (early) record of 28 hours     7    (set) in 2014.

Three friends helped her during the Grand Canyon hike. They walked several steps apart. They guided and warned her of     8    (barrier). She listened for and followed the sound of a bell     9    (wear) by the lead hiker. She used hiking poles for balance.

Cheshire and her friends finished the hike on October 8, 2018. She said as the group neared     10     end of the trip, “I had a huge ball of emotion welled up in my chest –I cannot believe we just did that.”

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Lionel Messi，a player from the South American country of Argentina,     1     (be)the greatest soccer player alive today．At a young age，he     2     (move)to Spain and now plays professionally for the Barcelona soccer club．Messi started playing soccer at     3     age of 5 for a small soccer team     4     (own)by his father．Even as a young boy,he did very well．But when he was 11 years old, he found out he had a sickness which would prevent him    5    growing much taller. There was a way to help him grow more，    6     his parents did not have enough money to pay for his medical needs．So，they looked around for a Soccer club     7     would be able to do this for them．The clubs in Argentina couldn’t help him，but the famous Barcelona club in Spain offered     8    (accept)Messi on the junior team and pay for the bills．The Messi family     9     (happy)took the offer and moved to Spain．In the Barcelona soccer club，Messi was one of the best     10     (player) through his teen years．With his incredible talent，Messi has surprised the world．