Thousands of fans lined up in the middle of the night to get a glimpse of the Argentina soccer team that won the 2022 World Cup finals ahead of    1    is scheduled to be a day of celebrations in Buenos Aires.

Members of the team,     2    (lead) by captain Lionel Messi, were all smiles as they stepped down from the plane in Ezeiza. They were welcomed by rock band La Mosca singing Muchachos,     3    song that was written by a fan to the tune of an old song by the band. The    4    (fresh) crowned champions of the world boarded an open-top bus and some of them could    5    (see) singing the words to Muchachos.

The bus moved at a snail’s pace as fans surrounded the bus on a highway, eager    6    a glimpse of the players. The players slept at a hotel for a few hours before    7    (board) a bus later on Tuesday to head to the Obelisk, the landmark of Buenos Aires after the team won the country’s third World Cup, and    8    (it) first since 1986.

The World Cup and the success has brought much-needed good news for a country where almost four-in-10 people live in    9    (poor) because of economic depression for years.

President Fernandez said, “Let the happiness that    10    (unite) Argentina with so many countries in the world serve as an example: Our societies need unity and peace.”

“Living Legends of Sports” are athletes who are     1     (master) in their sports and also set good examples for others, like Lang Ping and Michael Jordan.

Lang Ping, who is 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 many difficulties. The team that Lang Ping built was falling apart because of     3     (lose) two important players.     4     (face) with such a big challenge, she didn’t lose heart. She believed that her players had the     5     (determine) and talent to win by working together as a team. They did make     6    .

Michael Jordan is one of the most famous basketball players in the world. He played so well     7     people called him “Air Jordan”. Not only were his skills     8     (impress), but also the mental strength he showed     9     (be) unique. He says the secret to success is learning from failures. Failure taught him to practise harder and never give     10    . He started the Boys and Girls Club in Chicago in 1996, and he has been helping young people since.

Living Legends

Whether as a player     1    as a coach, Lang Ping brought glory and won medals for China,     2    (make) her honoured by fans.     3    (face) with challenges, she never lost heart. Even though she lost two of her most important     4    (player), she led her team     5    world championship and then to Olympic gold of 2016. Air Jordan’s skills were     6    (impress), but     7    mental strength that he showed made him unique. The secret to his success is learning from failures.     8    was losing games that taught him to practise     9    (hard) and never to give up. The Boys and Girls Club which he started in Chicago     10    (help) young people since 1996.

Before the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, visually-impaired (视力受损的)Chinese runner Liu Cuiqing put a lot of stress on     1    (she) to do well. Finally, she made it. She won two gold medals with the help of her sighted guide Xu Donglin and brought honor and glory for China.

In 2010, she joined the national athletics team    2     was made up of disabled people. She has had to experience countless challenges. “As a blind person, I learn things     3    (slowly) than other people do,” she said. Sports competitions for disabled     4    (athlete) require blind runners to be assisted by a guide. Liu met Xu in 2013 and since then, the two     5    (train) hard together, linked by a thin rope. “To other people, this may just be     6    ordinary rope, but to us, it is the eye, the direction and trust. We depend     7     the rope to feel the turns and the distance between us. Only when she trusts me     8    (complete) is she able to run boldly(大胆地),” Xu told CCTV.

At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games, after    9    (cross) the finish line, Xu fell heavily because of a pain in his right knee. “In fact, when I was running, my leg was already so    10    (pain) that I could not feel anything. I only had one thought, which was to accompany her (Liu) to the end,” he told CCTV after the race.

Lang Ping and Michael Jordan are masters in their fields and have set good examples for us. Lang Ping brought honor and glory to her country by     1    (lead) her volleyball team to win medals at world championships and the Olympics. Once, Lang Ping’s     2    (determine) was tested because the team that Lang Ping had built was falling apart. One of the best     3     (player) was injured and the team captain had to leave because     4     heart problems. But Lang Ping didn’t lose heart. At last, Lang Ping led     5     (she) volleyball team to win Olympic gold. Michael Jordan,     6    (know) as “Air Jordan”, changed basketball with his     7    (grace) moves and jumps. Jordan’s skills were impressive, but the mental     8    (strong) that he showed made him unique. Jordan says that the secret to his success     9    (be) learning from his failure,     10     taught him to practice harder and never give up.

Here are two world-famous living legends. One is Lang Ping, and the other is Michael Jordan. Lang Ping used to be a player, who brought honour and glory to her country. Years later she     1    (become) a coach, who led the women’s volleyball team to medals at world champion-ships and the Olympics. When preparing for the 2015 World Cup, the team     2     Lang Ping had built was falling apart. One of the best players     3     (injure), and then the team captain had to leave because of heart problems.     4     (lose) two important players was a big challenge for Lang Ping,     5     she did not lose heart. She knew that her young players could win if they worked together as a team. Two weeks later, they were world     6       (champion)!

Michael Jordan,     7     (know)as “Air Jordan”, changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan’s skills were     8     (impress), but the mental strength that he showed made him special. Jordan says that the secret     9     his success is learning from his failures. Losing games taught him to practise harder and never give up. In life, Jordan has learnt to share his success with others. The Boys and Girls Club he started in Chicago     10     (help)young people since 1996.

Lionel Messi,     1     athlete from the South American country, is one of the greatest soccer players alive today. At a young age, he moved to Spain and now plays     2     (professional) for the FC Barcelona. Messi started playing soccer at the age of 5 for a small soccer team which     3     (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     4     (sick) which would prevent him     5     (grow) much taller. There was a way to help him grow more, but his parents did not have enough money for his medical needs. So they looked around for a soccer club     6     would be able to do this for them. The clubs in Argentina couldn’t help him.

    7     the famous FC Barcelona in Spain offered     8     (accept) Messi on the junior team and pay     9     the bills. The Messi family happily took the offer and moved to Spain. With his incredible talent, Messi     10       (surprise) the world since then.