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.

Su Bingtian of China set a new Asian record when he clocked 9.83 seconds in the men’s 100-meter sprint(短跑) semifinal at the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics.     1     he ranked sixth in the final, he     2    (clock) a respectable 9.98 seconds, 0.18 seconds behind winner Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy.

Besides     3    (set) the shortest time record for Asia, Su is also the first Chinese to make     4     to the men’s 100-meter Olympic final. He has done remarkably well, considering that at 32, he is much older than his     5    (compete), who are mostly in their 20s or even younger. Also, his 172 centimeter height is not     6     one would call a dream height for a sprinter.

The spirit of going beyond himself and the Olympic motto inspired Su     7    (deep), who continued even though most of his teammates retire by the time they turn 28. When Chinese athlete Liu Changchun participated in the men’s 100-meter and 800-meter events at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, the entire Chinese team     8    (make) up of just 6 persons, and Liu had to rely     9     donation from local Chinese-Americans to pay for his return fare.

For the moment, the days of weakness has long been a thing of past, and we hope Chinese sportsmen realize more glorious achievements in the days     10    (come).

Chinese Women's Volleyball Team once achieved great honor in the last century,     1    inspired so many people throughout the whole country. But during the last decade, as the old volleyball players retired     2    the new ones were not strong enough, the team met with various     3    (difficult). After     4     (win) an important match, Chinese Women's Volleyball Team announced     5     (they) return. Chinese Women's Volleyball Team had a very important match     6       Brazil team in the Rio Olympic Games. The hope to win was very little, because Brazil team was the champion of last two Olympic Games and Chinese team only won one match for the last 18 records. What's more, almost all the audience     7    (support) Brazil team. It seemed that to win the match was     8     (possible) for the Chinese team, but under the guidance of coach Lang, the girls were very strong and determined     9       (fight) for the last minute. Even when they lost the first game, they never gave up.Especially for the last two points, they were so brave and     10    （final） won the match.