It’s well known that the China women’s volleyball team has been the     1    (nation) pride since it first won the championship in 1981. Whenever they had a     2    (compete), people across the country would cheer for them. But few knew how hard they worked    3    (make)their success look so easy.

A movie,     4    hit the big screen in 2020, tells us the story behind the team. It shows several generations     5     volleyball players and their journey of becoming an international powerhouse.

What attracted people most were not only the impressive skills of     6    (athlete) but also the mental strength they showed. To win matches, China’s ladies trained hard,     7    (live) a dull life of never-ending practice. They even refused to quit working even after the stadium lights had gone out.

The road to the championship is not     8     smooth one. The China women’s volleyball team once fell to the ground. It is their spirits of never giving up and the strong determination that     9    (lead) them to go through ups and downs in the past years. It has     10    (gradual) become a legend in the hearts of Chinese people.

Lionel Messi, a player from     1    South American country of Argentina, is the greatest soccer player alive today. At a young age, he    2    (move) to Spain and played     3     (profession) for the Barcelona soccer club. Messi started playing soccer at the 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    5    (find) to have a sickness which would prevent him from     6    (grow) much taller. There was a way to help him grow more,     7     his parents did not have enough money to pay for his medical needs. So, they looked around for a soccer club    8    would be able to do this for them. The clubs in Argentina couldn’t help him, but the famous Barcelona club in Spain offered     9    (accept) Messi on the junior team and pay for the bills. The Messi family happily took the offer and moved to Spain. In the Barcelona soccer club, Messi was one of the best players through his teen years.     10     his incredible talent, Messi has surprised the world.

Gu Ailing,     1     is born to an American father and a Chinese mother , decided to compete for China in the 2022 Winter Olympics in June,2019. Since then, the magical girl     2    (attract) many people’s attention and has been expected to be the next super sports star in China.

With the Winter Olympics     3     (go) on, it turns out that Gu Ailing did live up to the expectations and achieved good grades with two golds and one silver. At the same time, her     4     (academy) excellence is also known to the public.

People say that Gu Ailing is     5     genius, but Gu says that talent accounted for “only one percent”of her wins, adding that her hard work is     6     really counts. While going to school in San Francisco, Gu could only practice on weekdays. She spent eight hours going to the ski hill and back, doing her homework on the way and making full use of her time     7     (practice) skiing.

When it comes to the reason     8     ski-loving, Gu says that skiing gives her freedom and     9     (creative), especially when she     10     (perfect) controls her body and does tricks that others can’t do. Through telling her own stories, Gu hopes to encourage more Chinese girls to try skiing and other extreme sports.

Kobe Bryant passed away in a helicopter crash five months ago. His fans were so heartbroken that they held various     1    (activity)to honor him. Someone “updated” the superstar’s social media     2     April 1 to promote his sports fantasy novel, The Wizenard Series: Season One, to his fans around     3     globe. The novel revolves(围绕)around a basketball team, the West Bottom Badgers, and an incredible coach Rolabi,     4     is based on Phil Jackson, the former coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.

“The book stems from(源于)my goal of bringing joy back to youth sports, while     5    (teach)important life lessons.” Bryant said in an interview before his death. Apart from referring to his     6    (person)basketball experiences, he also draws from the more basic and psychological truths in sports: teamwork, training, perseverance and mental toughness.

While the announcement may not have come     7    (direct)from Bryant, many fans are hoping that the fantastic novel     8    (continue)his legacy. For many others,     9    , it was Bryant’s mentality that made him legendary(传奇的).     10    (know)as the “Black Mamba” for his passion, persistence, and fearlessness, Bryant will live on through the achievements he impressed upon the world.