As a player, Lang Ping was     1     (remark) for bringing honour and glory to China. As a coach, she led the China women's volleyball team to medals at world championships and the Olympics. As a person, Lang Ping is loved by fans at home     2    abroad. When the Chinese team was preparing for the 2015 World Cup, her     3     (determine) was tested. The team that Lang Ping    4     (build) was falling apart. One of the best players had been injured, and the team captain had to leave because of heart problems. Lang Ping was seized by     5    burst of sadness, but she did not lose heart. She had faced difficulties before, and she knew that her young players could live up     6    her expectations and could never     7     (defeat) if they carried on     8     (cooperate) with each other as a team. Two weeks later, their efforts paid     9    and they were world champions! Then in 2016, Lang Ping led her volleyball team to Olympic gold in Brazil.

Chinese shooter Yang Qian won the first gold medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the women’s 10m air rifle (气步枪) on July 24, 2021.

Yang was born in 2000 in Yangjianong,     1     small village in Ningbo. In 2011, she     2     (select) among the shooting team of Ningbo Sports School,     3     she started her shooting career. In 2019, Yang became a member of the national shooting team.

Yu Lihua, Yang’s first shooting coach at Ningbo Sports School, said in an     4     (excite) voice, “It is the first time that my student has won a gold medal in the Olympic Games. I’m so proud of Yang Qian.     5     (athlete) in the Olympic Games should not only have great skills     6     also adjust their own mood to deal with anxieties. Yang Qian has such good sportsmanship     7     (control) herself well under pressure.” Yang’s mother, smiled through tears as her daughter won the     8     (compete). Zhu Xiaomei, her instructor back then, said, “Yang’s success will encourage both teachers and students     9     (great). As long as they work hard, they     10     (be) the top talents in their own field, like what Yang has achieved.”

Both Paul and I were huge fans of the NBA. My favourite player was LeBron James. Paul’s favourite player was Tyrone Bogues     1     was only 1.6 metres tall, which made him the     2    (short) player ever in the NBA. Paul was only 1.6 metres tall too, and he used Bogues as his     3    (inspire), practising very hard.     4     Paul tried out many times just for making the team, our coach was not so sure. Paul was still usually     5     the bench, which was really tough on him.

This week, The Lions were playing our main     6    (competitor), The Bears. During the competition, a player and I crashed into each other and my knee hurt     7    (bad), which made me drop out of the game. The last quarter was about     8    (begin), and our team was behind by 10 points. With our team’s suggestion, Paul     9    (permit) to play by our coach. All the extra hours that Paul had spent     10    (practise) alone paid off. He made shot after shot. When the game ended, our team had won by 2 points.

Both Paul and I were huge fans of the NBA, and we used to play on the court     1    was next to our building. Paul’s favourite player     2    (be) Tyrone Bogues, who was only 1.6 metres tall, which made him the     3    (short) player ever in the NBA. Paul was only 1.6 metres tall too, and he used Bogues as his     4    (inspire), practising very hard. Although Paul tried     5    many times for making our school basketball team, our coach was not so sure, so Paul was still usually on     6    bench, which was really tough on him.

Our team was playing our main competitors this week. During the competition, a player and I crashed     7    each other and my knee hurt badly, which made me give up the game. The last quarter was about     8    (begin), and my team was behind by 10 points. With our team’ suggestion, our coach permitted Paul to play the game. All the extra hours that Paul had spent     9    (practise) alone paid off. He made shot after shot. When the game ended, our team had won by 2 points. Because of his excellent performance, Paul     10    (praise) by his coach and earned his place on the team.

“Living Legends of Sports” are athletes who are     1     (master) in their sports and also set good examples for others, like Lang Ping and Michael Jordan.

Lang Ping, who is a former Chinese volleyball player, is now the coach of the Chinese national women’s volleyball team. She brought honour and glory to her country both as a player and as a coach,     2     (win) the love from fans at home and abroad. At the 2015 World Cup, Chinese women’s team met many difficulties. The team that Lang Ping built was falling apart because of     3     (lose) two important players.     4     (face) with such a big challenge, she didn’t lose heart. She believed that her players had the     5     (determine) and talent to win by working together as a team. They did make     6    .

Michael Jordan is one of the most famous basketball players in the world. He played so well     7     people called him “Air Jordan”. Not only were his skills     8     (impress), but also the mental strength he showed     9     (be) unique. He says the secret to success is learning from failures. Failure taught him to practise harder and never give     10    . He started the Boys and Girls Club in Chicago in 1996, and he has been helping young people since.

Before the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, visually-impaired (视力受损的)Chinese runner Liu Cuiqing put a lot of stress on     1    (she) to do well. Finally, she made it. She won two gold medals with the help of her sighted guide Xu Donglin and brought honor and glory for China.

In 2010, she joined the national athletics team    2     was made up of disabled people. She has had to experience countless challenges. “As a blind person, I learn things     3    (slowly) than other people do,” she said. Sports competitions for disabled     4    (athlete) require blind runners to be assisted by a guide. Liu met Xu in 2013 and since then, the two     5    (train) hard together, linked by a thin rope. “To other people, this may just be     6    ordinary rope, but to us, it is the eye, the direction and trust. We depend     7     the rope to feel the turns and the distance between us. Only when she trusts me     8    (complete) is she able to run boldly(大胆地),” Xu told CCTV.

At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games, after    9    (cross) the finish line, Xu fell heavily because of a pain in his right knee. “In fact, when I was running, my leg was already so    10    (pain) that I could not feel anything. I only had one thought, which was to accompany her (Liu) to the end,” he told CCTV after the race.