2 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Black Mamba a Legend That Will Never Die

It’s hard to believe Kobe is gone.

The NBA superstar,     1     great talent and win-at-all-costs spirit made him one of the most distinguished athletes in history, was the rare celebrity who didn’t need a last name.

Still youthful at 41, Bryant — who died in a helicopter crash on January 26 in California — looked     2     he could suit up any minute and drop 30 points on a rival(竞争对手) NBA team. It doesn’t seem that long ago that he was scoring 60 points in his final NBA game.

With a highly decorated career spanning 20 years — all with the Lakers — Bryant is all but     3     (assure) of being a first-ballot inductee (第一候选人) into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, alongside Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, later this year.

Bryant,     4     18-time All-Star, was famous for his astonishing scoring ability and his championship pedigree (总冠军血统). He teamed up with fellow All-Star Shaquille O’Neal     5     (win) three consecutive NBA titles from 2000 to 2002, and later won two more rings, in 2009 and 2010.

Known as the “Black Mamba”, Bryant finished his career with 33,643 points in the regular season, which put him at No. 3 among NBA’s scoring leaders, behind only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) and Karl Malone (36,928)     6     LeBron James surpassed him just one day before Bryant’s untimely death.

“Kobe was so much more than an athlete. He was a family man, which was     7     we had most in common. Whenever we got together, I would hug his kids and he would embrace     8    .” O’Neal wrote on Twitter.

“Kobe was one of the most extraordinary players in the history of our game with accomplishments that are truly legendary(传奇般的),” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. “But he     9     (remember) most for inspiring people around the world to pick up a basketball and compete     10     the very best of their ability.”

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Monte Evans has always been showing great interest in the power of sports to change lives,    1     （particular） for kids, but he never had the resources to turn his dream into    2    （real）. That is until he won a contest put on by Sam's Club in 2017. The Walmart giant was looking    3     ideas to help the local community and he was the winner for his idea for a sports club    4    would work with local schools to help improve kids^’ physical and mental health. The prize was a $ 1,000 gift card plus $ 25,000 to put towards     5     (he) business. He used the money to co-found the Competitive Edge Athletic Performance Center in Woodbridge, Virginia, and the Dale City "Lightning" Track Club.

"I've been able     6       (develop) sports training, local school and childhood obesity prevention programming, upgrade our training equipment,     7     secure training space," he says.

But the real winners are the kids -- in addition to providing athletic training, Monte also    8    (offer) educational programs to make sure they have everything they need to succeed as well-rounded adults. “I'm so     9    (pride) to know that our hard work and sacrifice     10    (value) in our community, he says.

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Man Kaur started running in 2009,     1    she was in her 90s and began racking up medals. At 103, Man Kaur is not only going strong, she's getting others to follow in her footsteps as well.

India's oldest female athlete is spending her summer    2    (coach) 30 young athletes. Kaur and her 81-year-old son and trainer, Gurdev Singh,     3     (invite) for two weeks to several universities,    4    their methods made such an improvement in the students' performance that they were asked     5    (stay) through September.

This invitation came on the heels of Kaur's participation in the World Masters Athletics Championships in Poland earlier this year, where she    6    (win) gold in all four events. Though she was the only    7    (compete) in her age category for all four events, for the 60-meter dash, she had company from other categories: two 85-year-olds and three 90-year-olds. Though they weren't competing for the prize in her age bracket, they ran alongside her and     8     (eventual) ahead of her.

Ten years after she first started running, Kaur still loves it, according to her son. "She enjoys    9    company of her admirers," her son adds. "Every time she participates, she feels proud that people around the world feel     10    (inspire)."

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In 1915,Maurice E. McLoughlin, a well-known tennis player, published an instructional autobiography     1     (call) Tennis as I Played It. Two years earlier, McLoughlin had become the first American finalist at the Wimbledon tournament in England and tennis fans were excited to uncover the secrets of his success. Anticipation for McLoughlin’s story grew even more in 1914.Winning a number of major tournaments that year, he     2     (declare) the Number 1 tennis player in the world. When Tennis as I Play It     3     come out in 1915,no one had any reason to suspect that it might have been written by     4     else. However, the author of Tennis as I Play was not McLoughlin at all, but the as-yet unknown novelist Sinclair, his ghostwriter. Why, then, is Tennis as I Play It considered the tennis player’s book?

A ghostwriter is an author who writes a text that is officially credited to another author, and the history of such practices is     5     (long) than we might expect. In other words, Tennis as I Play It was not the first famous ghostwritten book, and it won’t be the last. Ghostwriter can happen for a number of reasons, and     6     its merits are debatable, it remains an acceptable practice in the publishing world. Some in the industry suggest that as many as half of non-fiction books are written with the help from ghostwriter.

Today, ghostwriting     7     take a number of different forms. It is perhaps most prominent in the autobiographies and memories of celebrities. Is the practice restricted     8     celebrity autobiographies and memories? No, ghostwriting is equally prominent in lesser-known spheres as well. Political speeches, for example, are often credited to the politician who delivers them, and then that politician just reads the speech from a teleprompter. In addition, many popular songs claim a popular singer or performer as songwriter; therefore they have been shaped more by a producer than by any of the credited songwriters.

Ghostwriting--whether we approve of or not--is here     9     (stay).Sometimes as in the case of Sinclair Lewis, the ghostwriters will eventually become famous authors in their own right. Much more often, we are moved by the writing of authors     10     names we will never learn.

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Chinese tennis legend Li Na will be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.     1     (amazing), Li is the first Asian player     2     (receive) the sport’s ultimate honor. She was joined by Mary Pierce and Yevgeny Kafelnikov for the halls Class of 2019, which     3     (announce)at the Australian Open last month. Li retired in 2014 because of recurring knee injuries, eight months after winning that year’s Australian Open and     4     (rise) to a career-high second in the WTA ranking. Her first Grand Slam trophy came at the 2011 French Open,     5     she defeated four top-10     6     (opponent) along the way. To     7     (she) credit, those on-court achievements, along with L’s engaging     8     (personal), helped spur interest in tennis at home in China.

“I have loved seeing the sport grow in China,” Li said in     9     statement, “and I’m proud to be part of that history.” The formal induction ceremony will be held     10     July 20th in Rhode Island.

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