After winning a precious silver medal at the 2006 Turin(都灵) Winter Olympics, pairs skater Zhang Dan became a household name in China and    1    (continue) to work in the sport since retiring from competition.

With the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics    2     (draw) near, the country is starting    3    exciting newera in its winter sports journey, of which Zhang Dan feels surely proud.

“    4    (final), this year, we have this wonderful opportunity    5    (host) the Beijing Winter Olympics. As a part of the Chinese ice and snow sports community, I’m so proud and excited to welcome the    6    (arrive) of Beijing 2022. I have witnessed China’s winter sports go from strength to strength through the years,” said Zhang Dan.

The most memorable moment of Zhang Dan’s career could     7    (consider) a perfect representation of the Olympic spirit.

Partnering with Zhang Hao at the 2006 Turin Games, Zhang Dan injured     8    (she) in a fall as the pair narrowly failed to do a quadruple salchow (四周抛跳), a jump    9    had never before been landed in competition. Rather than quitting, however, Zhang Dan skated through the pain to finish the program and won the silver medal.

Zhang Dan notes that experience has had a huge influence     10    her life. encouraging her to “be braver and directly face any difficulties with that Olympic spirit”. Now she hopes her story can inspire China’s young athletes at Beijing 2022.

China’s genius Pan Zhanle has put the swimming world on notice after breaking the men’s 100m freestyle Asian record on the opening day of the National Championships. The 18-year-old,    1    finished fourth in the event at the 2022 World Championships last year,    2    (clock) a time of 47.22 seconds in Hangzhou on Monday, 0.34 seconds faster than the previous record, set by South Korean Hwang Sunwoo at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

“I’m quite surprised by my    3    (perform) today,”said Pan. “I never expected that I would be able to complete the race in just 47.22 seconds.”

The result means Pan has become the 11th    4    (fast) men’s 100m freestyler of all time and removed current world record holder David Popovici to claim the top spot in the latest world rankings.

When    5    (ask) about his future ambitions, Pan said, “As    6    athlete, my final goal is to reach the very top echelons(梯队) of my sport. I hope one day I will have the chance    7    (compete) against Popovich and see how I measure up against    8    (he).” “Looking ahead, I will continue to work hard and struggle for success,    9    the goal of achieving great results at the upcoming Asian Games, and    10    (ultimate) pushing myself to even reater heights at the Paris Olympics.”

Nov 28 - Thousands of football fans paid their final respects to football legend Diego Maradona on Thursday. Huge crowds of people lined the streets to say goodbye to     1    (he). The car carrying his body     2    (cover) with the Argentina flag and a football shirt with his trademark number 10. Thousands more walked     3    (silent) past his coffin(棺木) as it was put on public display at the Presidential Palace. They were crying, blowing     4    (kiss) to their hero and praying(祈祷).

Maradona passed away     5     Wednesday, aged 60. He died of a heart attack. One fan said: “Maradona represents Argentinianess. He transcended football. He has my respect. I had to be here.”

Diego Armando Maradona is widely regarded as one of the greatest players     6     have ever stepped onto a football field. Many consider him     7    (be) the best. He captained his     8       (nation) team when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup. He scored the famous “Hand of God” goal against England in the quarter-finals. In that same game, he scored another goal that was voted as the greatest goal of the     9    (twenty) century. Maradona played for Barcelona in Spain and Napoli in Italy. Current Barcelona captain Lionel Messi said, “Maradona will never leave us because Diego is eternal(不朽的).” Brazilian legend Pele said he     10    (hope) to “play together in the sky” one day with Maradona.

Ever since he was a young boy growing up in Rosario, Argentina, Lionel Messi always dreamed     1     becoming a World Cup champion. Now, he has achieved this.

On Dec 18, Argentina     2    (defeat) France in the final of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. This victory has helped Argentina win     3    (other) World Cup after their last win in 1986. For a long time, Messi     4    (compare) with Maradona, an Argentina soccer legend.

With excellent skills and great accomplishments, these two players are both considered the     5    (great) players in their era. Maradona succeeded in helping his team lift the trophy in the World Cup. Yet, Messi hadn’t before.

Messi has won many honors, including FIFA World Players of the Year. While he led the   Argentina team     6    (take) part in World CuIp four times before, his team’s best result was     7    (mere) runner-up in the 2014 Brazil World Cup. Many Argentine fans felt disappointed and even suspected Messi didn’t want to win     8     World Cup for his country.

But now, all rumors are cleared away. With his     9    (persevere) and skills, the 35-year-old Messi completed the sport of soccer by winning the final trophy     10     still excited him.

Venus Williams and Serena Williams are both tennis     1    (champion). Venus is now 11th while Serena has moved up to 3rd in the world. They were     2    (bear) in a poor and dangerous area     3     was full of drugs and     4    (violent). Finally in 1991, their family moved (搬家) to a     5    (safe) area and since then they have never looked back.

The sisters’ father was strict with his daughters,    6    (train) them hard to compete     7     each other. Their mother     8    (teach) them at home so that they could complete high school. Today both sisters have expressed a keen interest in working in design after their careers come to     9    end.

The sisters’ road to     10    (succeed) has been amazing. Venus has won Wimbledon and the US Open twice, while Serena has continued to improve and made fantastic progress. In 2002 and 2003, she was the women’s singles champion at Wimbledon.

Hockey (冰球) goalkeepers are the rare athletes in team sports who can try to show their history, family and personality through the     1     (choose) of clothes. That’s no different at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

China’s goalkeeper Zhou Jiaying caught the attention of the world when she showed     2     with her dragon-themed pads(护膝) at the hockey competition in Beijing.

“She always     3     (want) to honor her Chinese heritage,” explained Chris Joswiak, who has helped to design the pads for     4     26-year-old goalkeeper.

Her notice to Joswiak and his team read, “I hope that immediately we Chinese people see the pads, they think, ‘That’s the Gold Dragons in the Forbidden City!’”

Zhou Jiaying helped create the pads by     5     (send) Joswiak several examples of Chinese-style dragons that could convey     6     she was looking for in her pads.

The design team worked up multiple     7     (sample) for her before she finally approved the one that she wore at the Olympic competitions.

To meet her deadline, the pads that     8     (typical) take about 8 to 10 weeks to build     9     (make) for her in less than two weeks.

Wearing her dragon pads, Zhou Jiaying stopped 22 of 23 shots in China’s win over Denmark on Friday. The Chinese team is scheduled     10     (face)Japan on Sunday.