Eileen Gu,     1     18 years old girl, was born and raised in California. She competed for her mother’s native China,     2     she won three gold medals: in half pipe, slope style, and big air.

However,     3     (win) these medals is incredibly tough     4     fear is everywhere. Gu’s relationship to fear was evolving. At first,     5     she recorded in her diary and entries was devoted to the subject of fear in all of its forms.     6     days going by, she     7     (begin) to write down her thoughts on fear — how she viewed it, how she managed it, how she hoped to overcome it. She said, “For the last ten of my 18 years, I’ve pursued a love affair with fear.”

Though it’s easy to label extreme sport athletes as     8     (fear) or unique, she has spent the countless hours practicing them. Instead of ignoring fear, she built unique relationships with it by developing a profound sense of self-awareness and making deliberate risk assessment.

As she entered her early adulthood, she was proud of the work she had done     9     (deal) with pressure. She focused on perspective, gratitude, and on the joy this sport brought her, regardless of     10     she was alone or in front of a worldwide TV audience. Though her views of herself and the world are constantly evolving, one thing is for certain: no matter how much time passes, she’ll always be a hopeless romantic when it comes to fear.

Stephen Curry,     1     father is Dell Curry, a famous basketball star, spent many childhood hours     2     (play) on the muddy basketball court. He learnt to be     3     (create) and flexible as a player and     4     (develop) his own playing style and shot     5     (accurate). Although Stephen was thought to be too short, too thin and too weak to follow     6     his father’s footsteps, he carried on and would not give up because playing basketball was his dream. As a result, Stephen ended up playing basketball at Davidson College.       7     (select) for the NBA in 2009, Stephen joined the Golden State Warriors. In 2015, he won his first NBA championship and led his team to their first championship since 1975. All his     8     (achievement) were made through his self­belief, perseverance and continuous efforts.     9     we learn from him is that anything is possible if you believe in     10     (you) and work hard.

It’s tough for any baseball player to get to the major leagues, but Jim Abbott had an extra obstacle that should     1     (overcome). He might have been an average person if he     2     (born) with a right hand.

But Abbott was not     3     (stop) from loving sports, and he was practising constantly. In high school Abbott     4     (participate) in school sports activities and became a pitcher (投手) for the baseball team. Later he won a baseball scholarship to study at University of Michigan. As a junior, he     5     (name) Big 10 Conference Player of the Year. For some time, many people thought that he     6     (limit) there since then, but in the 1988 Olympics he     7     (win) the Gold Medal Game 5-3 over Japan.

How did Abbott handle all this with just one hand? This is what fans often asked. Jim Abbott     8     (see) as a left-handed pitcher, not as a one-handed pitcher. “I didn’t grow up     9     (think) about not having a right hand,” he once said. When asked to explain how he     10     (make) it to the top, Abbott said, “The only thing that could stop me was myself.”

Once considered as one of the best and strictest referees (裁判) in the NBA, Javie is now working at a church in America.

Despite coming from a diligent family, sports were in Javie’s blood too. It was sports that really inspired him as a young boy. His father had a career as a football back referee for the football league,     1     his grandfather was an umpire (裁判员) for the baseball league.

In Javie’s     2     (young) days, a famous basketball team had picked him as a possible basketball player, but that was destroyed by an arm     3     (injure). He started as a baseball umpire and then shifted to a basketball referee,     4     (become) an NBA referee in 1986,     5     he quickly developed a bad reputation for his bad temper. In one game, Javie even drove out one of the     6     (announcer), and in another threw out a team mascot (吉祥物).

As his years in the NBA     7     (go) by, Javie developed a good reputation not only as one of     8     most feared referees but also a     9     (respect) one. In 2000, he began suffering     10     an arthritic (关节炎的) knee. So during the season, he was barely working. Surgery could only postpone the terrible situation. As a result, Javie had to change his job as a member of church staff in America.

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.”

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.