1 . 阅读下面句子,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Here are two athletes     1    are masters in their sports and also set good examples to others.

As a volleyball player, Lang Ping     2     (bring) honour and glory to her country. As a coach, she led the China women’s volleyball team to medals world championships and the Olympics. While preparing for the 2015 World Cup, one of her best     3     (player) had been injured, and the team captain had to leave. The team she had built was falling apart.     4     (face) such a big challenge, Lang Ping didn’t lose heart. She believed that they could win if they worked together as a team. Two weeks later, they were world champions! Then in 2016, Lang Ping led her volleyball team to Olympic gold in Brazil.

Michael Jordan, known     5     “Air Jordan”, changed basketball with his     6     (grace) moves and jumps. His skills were impressive, but the mental     7     (strong) that he showed made him unique. Jordan says that     8     secret to his success is learning from his failures. If he lost a game, he would practice much     9     (hard) and never give up. Jordan also learnt     10     (share) his success with others.

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或使用括号内单词的正确形式。

Chinese teenager Quan Hongchan is the     1     (young) of 431 athletes that China sent to Tokyo for the Olympics. If the Games had gone on as scheduled, she would have been too young     2     meet the minimum age (14) to compete in the diving competition. At such a young age, Quan was relatively unknown until winning the 2020 Chinese     3     (nation) championship at 13 years old. Now, she’s made Olympic history. Each of Quan’s dives was the highest of the five rounds of competition at the 10-meter platform.

Two scored perfect 10s from all seven     4     (judge).

Quan Hongchan     5     (amaze) the world with her perfect performance.     6     (surprising), it was     7     (she) first time to take part in the Olympic Games. For us, it was     8     unexpected win, but for her, it wasn’t. It is her hard work    9     brings her success. If the Tokyo Olympics had not been postponed by a year, we would have been robbed of     10     (see) her stunning flush.

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Stephen Curry’s grandfather built a simple basket by     1    (attach) a piece of plastic to a telephone pole. Stephen spent many childhood hours playing on this     2     (mud) basketball court. It was     3     he learnt to be creative and flexible as a player.     4     (know) where the ball would go wasn’t easy in those poor conditions. He had to adjust his own playing style as a result. Shooting with great    5     (accurate) was another thing he learnt.

Practising day in and day out helped Stephen     6     (sharp) his skills. Many people didn’t think he would be a successful basketball player,     7    he never gave up. His creativity and perseverance made him Davidson’s star player.     8     (select) for the NBA in 2009, he performed beyond everyone’s expectations with his accurate shooting and     9     (continue) efforts.

Stephen won his first NBA championship in 2015.After receiving the Most Valuable Player award for two years in a row, Stephen explained his philosophy. In his opinion,     10    he wanted to do was just be himself. What he did was to work every single day to get better. At the same time, what others thought of him didn’t influence what he became.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(l个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Lang Ping was a Chinese professional volleyball player when she was young and she brought honour and glory to China. Years later, she led the China women’s volleyball team     1     medals at world championships and the Olympics as a coach. And as a person, she     2     (love) by fans at home and abroad. During the preparation for the 2015 World Cup, she faced     3     great challenge: losing two important players. But Lang didn’t lose heart but     4     (hold) on to her belief.     5     (final), they became the world champions.

       Michael Jordan was known as “Air Jordan” and changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. His skills were     6     (impress), but the mental     7     (strong)   made him unique. Jordan always seemed     8     (find) a way to win in the final seconds of a game. He owed his success to learning from failures,     9     taught him to practise harder and never give up. In life, he also tried his best to help others. The Boys and Girls Club he started was a great try to help young people,     10     (make) him more popular among the young.

5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Thanks to the efforts made by former world martial art (武术) champion Chen Sitan and his wife Lin Xu, the ancient Chinese martial art tai chi has     1     (increasing) become a form of life for many New Yorkers.

Chen started learning martial art     2     the age of six. By the time he retired from his athletic career, he     3     (win) 32 gold medals in Chinese and international competitions. Having coached athletes in sports teams for years,     4     Chens went to the US in 2003 with the hope that they could bring Chinese culture for     5     (many) people around the world through tai chi.

The couple started teaching children tai chi in school and later     6     (establish) Sitan Tai Chi and Martial Arts. The school’s class schedule now includes various forms of tai chi, health qigong, and different levels of martial arts.

Lin said people from different age group came to     7     (she) classes for different purposes. “Young kids want to improve     8     (fit) and learn Chinese culture, adults take chances to relieve stress     9     (bring) by work, and retired people practise it to prevent health problems. To all of them, tai chi is the best choice, isn’t     10    ?” she said.

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On February 13, 2023, Wu Yibing made history,     1     (beat) John Isner to become the first man from China to win     2    ATP title.

Brought to a tennis court for the first time at just five,     3    (initial) encouraged by his parents as an exercise to lose weight. Wu soon had his talent     4    (discover) by his provincial junior team, kicking off a journey that would change the face of men’s tennis in China. In 2017, Wu Yibing     5    (make) a figure after winning the US Open boys’ tournament at 18 to become the first Chinese     6    (win) a major junior title. In 2018, Wu won his first ATP Challenger title in Shanghai. However, the brutally (残酷地)     7    (compete) nature of men’s pro tennis hit the rising Wu with a tough reminder after multiple     8    (injure)—to his elbow, lower back, shoulder and wrist—forced him to be away from the ATP Tour for close to three years.

“Looking back, I feel like I wouldn’t have been here if not for the ups and downs over the past few years. I take all the setbacks and struggles     9    an asset (资产) that helps me mature mentally now,” said Wu.”The championship today was a payoff for all the hard work and everyone     10    has supported me along the way”

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

“Living Legends of Sports” are athletes     1     are masters in their sports and also set a good example for others, like Lang Ping and Michael Jordan.

Lang Ping, a former Chinese volleyball player, is now the coach of the Chinese national women’s volleyball team. She brought honour and glory to her country both as a player and as a coach,     2    (win) the love from fans at home and abroad. At the 2015 World Cup, Chinese women’s team met with many difficulties. The team that Lang Ping built was falling apart because of     3    (lose) two important players.     4    (face) with such a big problem, she didn’t lose heart. She believed that her players had the     5    (determine) and talent to win by working together as a team.