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A public memorial for Lakers great Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna     1    (hold) Monday at Staples Center.

Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, has spoken for the first time since the crash.

Michael Jordan also gave a     2     (move) speech about his close friend Kobe Bryant during the memorial.

“Maybe     3     surprised people that Kobe and I were very close friends. But we were very close friends. Kobe was my dear friend. He was like     4     little brother.”

In the past few years, Jordan’s crying emotion     5     (be) popular throughout the Internet. During this memorial service speech, Jordan also humorously teased Kobe to make himself cry again,     6     caused a burst of     7     (laugh).

“Now, he’s got me and I’ll have to look at another crying meme for the next …three or four years.”

“No one knows how much time we have. That’s     8     we must live in the moment, we must enjoy the moment, we must reach and see and spend as much time as we can     9     our families and friends and the people that we absolutely love.     10    (live) in the moment means enjoying each and every one that we come in contact with.”

“When Kobe Bryant died, a piece of me died.”

“Please, rest in peace little brother.”

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There were twenty-two children in Wilma Rudolph's family, and she was the    1    (twenty) child. As a little girl, Wilma had many illnesses.    2    fact, she spent most of her early childhood    3    (lie) in bed. When she was four years old, she was diagnosed (诊断) with a disease    4    can affect the muscles. Doctor said that Wilma would never walk. However, Wilma's large, caring family helped and encouraged her. Every week, her mother    5    (take) her on a long trip to a hospital for medical treatment. Suffering from the disease, Wilma herself was determined and never gave up. And    6    (final) one day she removed her wheelchair and started walking.

Wilma not only learned to walk, she also learned to run-and to run fast. She ran so fast that at the 1960 Rome Olympics Games, she became the    7    (fast) woman in the world and the first American woman    8    (win) three gold medals at one Olympics.

Wilma said that it was most important to be    9    (you) and believe in what you can do. And it is not what happens to you that matters,    10    how you respond to what happens.

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There are a great number of famous athletes     1     home and abroad. One of them is Lang Ping. She sets     2     example for us. When the Chinese team was preparing for the 2015 World cup, her determination     3     (test). One of the best     4     (play) got injured and the team captain left because of heart problems. She faced the     5     (difficult) of losing two important players. But she didn’t lose heart. She believed firmly that they could win if they worked together as a team. And they really made     6     two weeks later.

Michael Jordan became     7     (know) as “Air Jordan” and changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. His skills were     8     (impress), and the mental strength     9     he showed made him unique. When asked about his secret     10     his success, he said it was learning from his failures.

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As a player,Lang Ping brought honour to her country . As    1    coach, she led her team to medals in many games .As a person, she is loved by fans at home and abroad .When her team was preparing for the 2015 World Cup ,her     2     (determine) was tested .The team     3     she had built was falling apart . One of the best players had been     4     (injure) , and the team captain had to leave because of heart problems.    5     (lose) two important players was a big challenge , but Lang Ping didn’t lose heart .Two weeks later ,they were world champions !

Michael Jordan    6     became known as “Air Jordan ” changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan’s skills were    7     (impress) , but the mental     8     (strong )that he showed made him unique . In the final seconds of a game , Jordan always seemed to find a way    9     (win).Jordan says that the secret to his success is learning from his failures. Losing games taught him to practise harder and never give     10     . In life ,Jordan has learnt to share his success with others .

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Apart from working hard in sports, Kobe Bryant also challenges himself in other areas. Now he hopes to become famous for a completely     1     thing: writing. His book The Wizenard Series: Training Camp came out in March.

The story is     2     the West Bottom Badgers, a youth basketball team. It’s made up of five books, with each focused on the story of one character: Rain, Twig, Cash, Peno and Lab. All of the kids on this team come from a poor neighborhood. No one     3    (have) faith (信心) in the kids to succeed, but things     4     after a new coach joins the team.

After     5     the book, we got to interview Bryant. He said he didn’t think he was going to be an author,     6     he often tells stories to his daughters. This is one of the reasons     7     he wrote his own book. The book is based on parts of Bryant’s real-life experience,     8    (especial) when he played for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Bryant had two different jersey (秋衣) numbers --- 8 and 24 --- during his career. The number 24     9     you need to work hard 24 hours a day to succeed.

People Magazine noted that “Bryant is always breaking his limits both     10     and off the basket court.”

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Life is often a matter of waiting for the right moment to act. Sun Yang was the first Chinese man     1     (win) an Olympic gold medal in swimming. That moment     2     (come) last month, when he won the men’s 200-meter freestyle event at the Asian Games.

Sun has accomplished a Golden Grand Slam, having won the 200, 400 and 1, 500-meter freestyle events at the Asian Games, World Championships and Olympic Games. His     3     (patient) and persistence have paid off. The 26-year-old swimmer told Xinhua News Agency, “Not many swimmers could have waited for eight years over three Asian Games like me. My dream has     4     (final) come true.”

While Sun stood on a podium (领奖台)     5     (listen) to the Chinese national anthem (国歌) along with the silver and bronze medal winners, a technical problem caused the medalists’ flags to drop to the ground. Sun jumped off the podium, walked over to the officials and demanded that the flags again.     6     the end, the officials held the flags up themselves as China’s national anthem played a second time.

Many Chinese Internet users thought Suns reaction to the incident to be an act of patriotism (爱国主义). “    7     is great to win the championship, but    8    (see) our national flag go up again is also very important. Winning the title is an achievement     9     will be remembered, but raising the flag again is also of great     10     (important).”

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Lionel Messi，    1    player from the South American country Argentina，is one of the greatest soccer players alive today.At a young age，he    2    (move)to Spain and now plays    3    (profession)for the FC Barcelona.Messi started playing soccer at the age of 5 for a small soccer team    4    (own)by his father.Even as a young boy，he did very well.But when he was 11 years old，he found out he had a sickness which would prevent him from growing much    5    (tall)．There was a way to help him grow more，    6    his parents did not have enough money to pay for his medical needs.So，they looked around for a soccer club    7    would be able to do this for them.The clubs in Argentina couldn't help him，but the famous FC Barcelona in Spain offered    8    (accept)Messi on the junior team and pay for the bills.The Messi family happily took the offer and moved to Spain.In the FC Barcelona，Messi was one of the best    9    (play)through his teen years.    10    his incredible talent，Messi has surprised the world.