Known as “Air Jordan”, Jordan changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan’s skills were     1     (impress), but the mental strength he showed     2    (make) him unique. The secret to his success is learning from his     3    (injure). In life, Jordan has learnt to share his success with others. The Boys and Girls Club     4    he started in Chicago has been helping young people since 1996.

Lang Ping,     1     is former Chinese volleyball player, is now the coach of the Chinese national women’s volleyball team. At the 2015 World Cup, Chinese women’s team     2     (meet) many difficulties. The team that Lang Ping built was falling apart because of losing two important players, but she believed that her players had the     3     (determine) and talent to win by working together as a team. They did make     4     . She has a great effect       5     the country and people.

As a player, Lang Ping brought honour and glory to her county.     1     a coach, she led the China women’s volleyball team to    2     (medal) at world championships and the Olympics. As a person, Lang Ping    3     (love) by fans at home and abroad.     4     the Chinese team was preparing for the 2015 World Cup, her     5     (determine) was tested. The team that Lang Ping     6    ( build) was falling apart. One of the best players had been injured, and the team captain had to leave because of heart problems.     7    (lose) two important players was    8    big challenge, but Lang Ping did not lose heart. She had faced difficulties before, and she knew that     9    (she) young players could win if they worked together as a team.     10    (final), they were world champions! Then in 2016, Lang Ping led her volleyball team to Olympic gold in Brazil.

Lang Ping and Michael Jordan are athletes who are masters in their sports.

When the Chinese team was preparing for the 2015 World Cup, her determination     1     (test). The team that Lang Ping had built was falling     2    .Two players had to leave.     3     (lose) two important players was a big challenge, but Lang Ping did not lose heart. She knew that her young players could win    4     they worked together as a team. Two weeks later, they were world champions!

Michael Jordan    5     became known as “Air Jordan” changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. His skills were impressive, but the mental    6     (strong) that he showed made him unique. Jordan says that the secret to his success is    7     (learn) from his failures. Losing games taught him    8     (practise) harder and never give up. In life, Jordan has learnt to share his success with others. The Boys and Girls Club which he started in Chicago    9     (help) young people since 1996. They set good    10     (example) for us and we are proud of them.

It’s never easy for    1    Asian athlete to shine in track and field events. But Su Bingtian, 28,    2     (know) as the “Chinese flying man”, became the first male Chinese sprinter (短跑运动员) to win a    3    (globe) medal in an individual event.    4    March 3, he took the silver in the men’s 60m final at the World Indoor Championships in the UK. In the final, Su Bingtian ran his personal best of 6.42 seconds,    5    (break) the Asian record of 6.43, which he also set last month in Germany.

More impressively, a Chinese athlete    6    (achieve) a milestone in 2004,    7    Liu Xiang won a gold medal in Athens in the 110m hurdles. Inevitably (不可避免地), Su is compared to Liu. “Liu Xiang is my idol and also my friend.” Su told Xinhua News Agency.

As a matter of fact, Su had expected    8    (win) a bronze during the final. “There is no difference between silver    9    bronze. Even a bronze could prove that Chinese sprinters have made breakthroughs in many major world    10    (competition)” he said.

Both Paul and I were huge fans of the NBA, and we used to play on the court     1    was next to our building. Paul’s favourite player     2    (be) Tyrone Bogues, who was only 1.6 metres tall, which made him the     3    (short) player ever in the NBA. Paul was only 1.6 metres tall too, and he used Bogues as his     4    (inspire), practising very hard. Although Paul tried     5    many times for making our school basketball team, our coach was not so sure, so Paul was still usually on     6    bench, which was really tough on him.

Our team was playing our main competitors this week. During the competition, a player and I crashed     7    each other and my knee hurt badly, which made me give up the game. The last quarter was about     8    (begin), and my team was behind by 10 points. With our team’ suggestion, our coach permitted Paul to play the game. All the extra hours that Paul had spent     9    (practise) alone paid off. He made shot after shot. When the game ended, our team had won by 2 points. Because of his excellent performance, Paul     10    (praise) by his coach and earned his place on the team.

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.