1 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Gao Tingyu thrilled the home crowd by becoming the first Chinese man to claim an Olympic gold medal in speed skating,     1    (win) the 500 meters on Saturday.

“Gao has conducted an     2    (extreme) fast and excellent performance at the Speed Skating Oval. And the March of the Volunteers will be played again inside the stadium.” said the message from the General Administration of Sport shortly     3    the competition. This was also the fourth gold medal for Team China at the Beijing Olympic Winter Games     4     the first Olympic gold in the country’s speed skating history.

In 2018, the highly potential Gao already got a bronze medal at Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea, as he said after the win in Pyeongchang: “I feel like that my capacity has reached the point     5     I can compete for Olympic medals. As long as I’m in a stable state of mind, I think for me the opponent is only     6    (I).”

Ever since he     7    (admit) into China’s speed skating team in 2015, Gao has won championships in competitions     8     (hold) home and abroad. He has suffered from severe back     9    (injury) and had an eight-month break before competing in the China Speed Skating Championship in 2021.

Gao was also the     10    (nation) flag bearer of the opening ceremony of Beijing 2022 on February 4.

2 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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 higyly 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.”

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Eileen Gu,     1     freestyle skier, is one of China’s biggest stars at the Winter Olympics. Gu jumped into the top position with her third run,     2    (score) 94.50. Her total score was 188.25 in the event’s debut at the Winter Olympics.

Born in the US, Gu started on the snow at the age of 3, competed in national competitions at 9 in the US and won her first World Cup event at 15. At the age of 16, Gu applied for Chinese nationality and decided to compete     3     China. It was a decision met with shock and confusion from her growing fan base but Gu was determined, sharing her reasoning on Instagram at the time. She said it     4    (influence) by the country’s plan to attract 300 million people to ice and snow sports in the buildup to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

People say she is talented.     5     Gu says that talent counted for (占据) “only 1 percent” of her wins, adding that her hard work is what matters. While going to school in San Francisco, Gu could only practice at     6    (weekend). She spent eight hours going to the ski hill and back, doing her homework on the way and making full use of her time at the hill     7    (practice) skiing.

Gu said, “I want to win a gold medal, but doing     8    (I) best seems more important. I hope more youngsters, especially girls, will try skiing and other extreme sports, many of     9     have only been known in China for 20 years.” She also said skiing gives her “    10    (free) and creativity”, especially when she perfectly controls her body and does tricks that others cannot do.

7 . 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。

The home crowd erupted when China's Eileen Gu won the Women's Freeski Big Air gold in Beijing. Gu jumped into the top position with her third run,     1     (score) 94.50. Her total score was 188.25 in the event's debut at the Winter Olympics.

The 18-year-old,     2     also goes by her Chinese name, Gu Ailing, is a freestyle skier, model and grade-A student with     3     American father and a Chinese mother. She grew up in the United States. It was there    4     she grew to love skiing. By 2018, she was representing the US in the world cup for the sport.

Then, she decided to switch from representing the US    5     representing China. The decision met with shock and    6     (confuse) from her growing fan base but Eileen Gu was more than    7     (determine), sharing her reasoning on Instagram at the time.

“This was an    8     (incredible) tough decision for me to make...Through skiing, I hope to unite people, promote common understanding, create communication and forge friendships between    9     (nation). If I can help to inspire one young girl    10     (break) a boundary, my wishes will have come true.”

8 . 阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Gao Tingyu thrilled the home crowd by becoming the first Chinese man to claim an Olympic gold medal in speed skating,     1    (win) the 500 meters on Saturday.

“Gao has conducted an     2    (exciting) fast and excellent performance at the Speed Skating Oval. And the March of the Volunteers will be played again inside the stadium.” said the message from the General Administration of Sport shortly     3    the competition. This was also the fourth gold medal for Team China at the Beijing Olympic Winter Games     4     the first Olympic gold in the country’s speed skating history.

In 2018, the highly potential Gao already     5    (get) a bronze medal at Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea, as he said after the win in Pyeongchang:“ I feel like that my capacity has reached the point     6     I can compete for Olympic medals.

As long as I’m in a stable state of mind, I think for me the opponent is only     7    (I). ”

Ever since he     8    (admit) into China’s speed skating team in 2015, Gao has won championships in    9    (competition) that were held home and abroad. He has suffered from severe back injuries and had an eight-month break before competing in the China Speed Skating Championship in 2021.

Gao was also the    10    (nation) flag bearer al the opening ceremony of Beijing 2022 on February 4.

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Gu Ailing,     1     is born to an American father and a Chinese mother , decided to compete for China in the 2022 Winter Olympics in June,2019. Since then, the magical girl     2    (attract) many people’s attention and has been expected to be the next super sports star in China.

With the Winter Olympics     3     (go) on, it turns out that Gu Ailing did live up to the expectations and achieved good grades with two golds and one silver. At the same time, her     4     (academy) excellence is also known to the public.

People say that Gu Ailing is     5     genius, but Gu says that talent accounted for “only one percent”of her wins, adding that her hard work is     6     really counts. While going to school in San Francisco, Gu could only practice on weekdays. She spent eight hours going to the ski hill and back, doing her homework on the way and making full use of her time     7     (practice) skiing.

When it comes to the reason     8     ski-loving, Gu says that skiing gives her freedom and     9     (creative), especially when she     10     (perfect) controls her body and does tricks that others can’t do. Through telling her own stories, Gu hopes to encourage more Chinese girls to try skiing and other extreme sports.