Today I will introduce two of the “Living Legends of Sports” to you, One is Lang Ping, and     1    other is Michael Jordan. Lang Ping is     2     (know) to Chinese people as a player and a coach. As a player, Lang Ping brought honour and glory to her country. As a coach, Lang Ping     3     (lead) her volleyball team to Olympic gold in Brazil in 2016.

Michael Jordan is famous as “Air Jordan”,     4    showed great mental     5     (strong) in the games. He says that the secret     6    his success is learning from failures. He also says that he can accept failures,     7    he can’t accept not trying.     8     (lose) games taught him to practise harder and never give     9    . Besides, he has learnt to share his success with others.

Although they are in different sports, they are both     10    (master) and set good examples for others.

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).”

Stephen’s grandfather built a simple basket by attaching a piece of plastic to a telephone pole along a narrow dirt road,     1     was near the small town of Grottoes. Stephen spent many childhood hours playing on this     2    (mud) basketball court, where he learnt to be creative and flexible as a player. The bumps and rocks that lined the road under the basket caused the ball to bounce in all directions,     3     which Stephen learnt to know where the ball     4    (go) and shoot with great accuracy.

    5    , Stephen was thought by many people to be too weak and too short     6    (follow)in his father’s footsteps. But he didn’t give up because     7    (play) basketball was his dream. He finally ended up playing college ball at a small, little-known school. His     8    (create) and perseverance made him Davidson’s star player.

He performed beyond everyone’s     9    (expectation) with his accurate shooting and continuous efforts. After receiving the Most Valuable Player award for two years in a row, Stephen explained his philosophy: What he wanted to do was just be himself. Inspiring others to believe in     10    (them), he showed that anything is possible through his self-belief, hard work and perseverance.

In the field of sports, there are some famous living    1    (legend), such as Lang Ping and Michael Jordan.

As a player, Lang Ping brought not only honour but also glory to her country. As     2    coach, she led the China women’s volleyball team to medals at world championships as well as the Olympic Games. As a person, she     3    (love) by fans at home and abroad.Before the 2015 World Cup, she faced a great challenge.That was    4    one of the best players had     5    (injure) and the team captain had to leave because of heart problems. However, Lang Ping didn’t lose heart and she led her volleyball team    6     (win) the championship.

Known as “Air Jordan”, Jordan changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan’s skills were     7    (impress), but the mental strength he showed made him unique. The secret     8     his success is learning from his    9     (fail). 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.

It can be easy to miss the wonderful performances of Klay Thompson if you watch at the Golden State Warriors(金州勇士) team in the NBA.

NBA Most Valuable Players Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant tend     1    (get) most of the attention, while Andre Iguadola     2    (watch) closely as well. But then Thompson, 26, does something to make you suddenly remember how special he is, too.

His 60-point game against Indiana on Dec. 5 was an excellent game in     3     has already been an amazing season. Scoring 60     4    (point) in a game is one thing, and it has only happened 66 times in the history of the NBA. But to do it in less than three quarters of play—29 minutes—    5    (be) something very special indeed.

Even     6    (hard) to believe was the fact that Thompson only dribbled(运球) the ball 11 times and held it in his hand for just 88 seconds during     7     whole game.

"I am going to watch the tape of this game and see what I did well and     8    (obvious) celebrate this tonight, because it's something I never thought I could do while     9    (grow) up," Thompson told reporters after the game.

Klay Thompson already knew a lot about basketball early in his life. His father Mychal Thompson, the 1978 No 1 overall pick(选秀状元) in NBA, had a lot of influence     10     him while he was growing up.

Lang Ping and Michael Jordan are     1    (master) in their fields and have set good examples for us. Lang Ping brought honor and glory to her county by leading her volleyball team to     2    (medal) at world championships and the Olympics. Once, Lang Ping’s     3    (determine) was tested because the team that Lang Ping had built was falling apart. One of the best players was     4    (injure) and the team captain had to leave because of heart problems. But Lang Ping didn’t lose heart. At last, Lang Ping led her volleyball team to Olympic gold. Michael Jordan, known     5     Air Jordan changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan's skills were     6    (impress), but the mental strength that he showed made him unique. Jordan says that the secret to his success is learning from his     7    (failure). Losing games taught him to practice harder and never give     8    .