After winning the championship in boys’ singles under 14 years old at the ASICS Tennis Junior Tour in Guangzhou in late August, 2022, Wang Fa has     1    (rapid) attracted attention on the Internet. He is known for carrying his tennis rackets in a bamboo basket,     2    (earn) him the name of “basket tennis boy”.

Wang Fa is a member of the Va ethnic group (佤族) in Cangyuan Va autonomous county, Yunnan province,    3     was just lifted out of poverty in 2019. Over the past six years, he, along with his     4    (fellow) at the Yunnan Wild Elephants Tennis Club,     5     ( improve) his skills and physical strength through training that includes running 9 kilometers and swinging his racket more than 7,000 times every day. “If it     6    (be) not for tennis, I would still be helping out my family with farm work back home,” he told China Daily.

Talking about his habit of carrying his tennis equipment in a bamboo basket—a symbol of the agricultural life of the Va ethnic group-Wang Fa said after the match that he carried his rackets this way     7    (honor) his hometown.

Before tennis, Wang Fa was just an ordinary boy from a village. But in 2016, he was chosen by a local club to learn to play tennis. At first, his parents didn’t agree at all because they could not afford it,     8     the tennis club offered to teach him free of charge. Zhang Xiaohong, Wang Fa’s head coach, founded the club in 2014, selecting around 20 talented local children and training them     9     free. “I want to take children to the outside world through tennis,” Zhang said. For Wang Fa, winning the ASICS Tennis Junior Tour title is just the beginning of a promising future. “I will head to the top spot on the     10    (profession) stage,” he said.

Famous for carrying his tennis rackets in a bamboo basket, Wang Fa, a 14-year-old dark horse,     1     won the U14 boys’ singles title in the Guangzhou stop of the 2022 ASICS Tennis Junior Tour, has become     2     internet sensation.

Wang, a Chinese Wa ethnic(佤族)boy, started to learn tennis after he was selected by Zhang Xiaohong, head coach of a tennis club in southwest China’s Yunnan Province in 2016. Over the years, Wang and his peers     3    (put) tremendous efforts into advancing their skills and acquiring knowledge. “    4     for tennis, I would still be helping out my family with farm work back at home, ” Wang said. “We always carry a bamboo basket when we work in the field. We all regard     5     as a typical farming tool of the Wa ethnic group. I carry my rackets in the basket     6    (primary) to honor my hometown, ” he added.

Home for Wang is a mountainous area named Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County.     7    (locate) in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, the county, composed     8     67 villages with a population of more than 40, 000, was lifted out of     9    (poor) in 2019. For Wang,     10    (win) this title is just the beginning of a promising future. The rising star said he would head to the top spots in the professional arena.

Here are two world-famous living legends.

One is Lang Ping, and     1     other is Michael Jordan. Lang Ping used to be a player, who brought honour and glory to her country. Years later she became a coach, who led the women’s volleyball team to medals at world championships 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, but 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    5     (champion)!

Michael Jordan,     6     ( know) as “Air Jordan”, changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan’s skills were     7     (impress), but the mental strength that he showed made him unique. Jordan says that the secret     8     his success is learning from his failures. Losing games taught him to practise harder and never give    9    . In life, Jordan has learnt to share his success with others. The Boys and Girls Club which he started in Chicago     10     (help) young people since 1996.

Nikhil Kumar is one of the best young table tennis     1    (player)in the United States. Less than a month after Kumar won the right     2    (compete)in them,the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games     3    (put)off until 2021. Like so many other Olympic athletes, he is now trying to stay sharp and in shape.

    4    is different are all the details of his training. All things considered, he says, everything seems to be working. “For my sport, a little lucky that we’re able to have everything indoors, and it’s not taking up too much space and everything,” Kumar said. “Not many sports are as lucky as ours are right now, to be able to have the opportunity to continue playing     5    a daily basis.”

The coronavirus pandemic(新冠病毒)has forced many athletes to be     6    (create)as they try to continue their training. But in some Olympic sports, working from home is fairly common. Kumar has been able to play table tennis with a robot     7    shoots balls at him.

Many competitors are facing tough issues during the pandemic.     8    , some have been lucky. Weightlifter Kate Nye trains at home in her garage. She said, “Everything kind of started shutting down, which     9    (affect)our lives in other ways—but weightlifting wasn’t one of them. I’ve just been going as    10    (plan).”

It’s well known that Chinese women’s volleyball team     1     (be) the national pride since it first won the championship in 1981. Whenever there was a competition for them, people across the country would cheer for them. But few knew how hard they worked     2     (make) it look so easy.

The movie Leap,    3     hit Chinese mainland on Sept 25, 2020, tells us the story behind the team. It shows several generations of volleyball players and their journey     4     becoming an international powerhouse.

What attracted people most were not only their     5     (impress) skills but also the mental strength they showed in the competition. To win the match, China’s ladies trained hard,    6     (live) a dull daily life of never-ending practice.    7    , they refused to quit working even after the stadium lights had gone out.

The road to the championship is not     8     smooth one. The Chinese women’s volleyball team has fallen to troughs(低谷). It is their spirits of never giving up and the strong determination     9     have led them to go through 40 years of ups and downs. It has     10     (gradual) become a legend in the hearts of Chinese people.

When Michael Jordan’s feet left the ground, time seemed to stand still. The player     1     became known as “Air Jordan” changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan’s     2     (skill) were impressive, but the mental strength that he showed made him unique. In the final seconds of a game, Jordan always seemed to find a way to win. Jordan says that the secret to his success is learning     3     his failures. Losing games taught him to practice harder and never give up.