1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Kobe Bryant is a famous basketball player. His talent can     1    (see) not only on the court, but also in his writing.     2    book The Wizenard Series: Training Camp came out in March.

The story is     3    the West Bottom Badgers, a youth basketball team. It’s made up of five books, with each     4    (focus) 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     5    (have) faith in the kids to succeed,     6    things change after a new coach joins the team.

After reading the book, we got to interview Bryant. He said he didn’t think he was going to be an author, but that he often tells stories to his daughters. This is one of the     7    (reason) 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 numbers - 8 and 24 - during his career.     9    number 24 means you need to work hard 24 hours a day     10    (succeed).

Our final thoughts on Bryant — he is cool and very funny.

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

On Feburary 22, 2018, Wu Dajing became the first Chinese man     1     (win) an Olympic short track gold medal,     2     (claim) China’s first gold medal at the Pyeongchang Games. And on November 11, Wu Dajing, 24, set     3     new world record. It took him just 39.505 seconds to finish the men’s 500-meter race at the 2018 Short Track World Cup,     4     took place in Salt Lake City, US.

Shaoang Liu, who competed against Wu at the World Cup,     5     (shake) his head in disbelief after the race. “It’s     6     (true) lucky to have been in a world record race,” Liu said. “The rest of us are all on a certain level but Wu is just, like, ‘up here’.” Indeed, every time Wu skates, he leaves his     7     (competitor) behind within seconds. Wu is untouchable, not only for dominating his sport, but also for his unusual     8     (high) (182 cm, tall for a short tracker).

Wu owes his success     9     his self-discipline. He started to skate at the age of 10. He gets up at 4 a.m. every day to practice. He never     10     (eat) meat or has carbonated (碳酸的) drinks, even though he loves cola very much. Only once has Wu broken his self-made rule—just after his win at the Winter Olympics.

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Jackie Robinson made his debut（初次露面）with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15,1947, and broke the color barrier    1    African Americans in baseball.

“It was the most     2    (eager) expected debut in the history of the national pastime," sports author Robert wrote. “It     3    (represent) both the dream and the fear of equal opportunity,

    4     it would change forever the color of the game and the attitudes of Americans."

    5    quietly tolerating harsh racist treatment from baseball fans and team members    6    (like), Robinson rose to Rookie of the Year and proved himself to be one of the most    7    (talent) and fiercest players in the game. Just two years into the Major Leagues, Robinson won the National League Most Valuable Player Award. He'd go on to play in six World Series and helped give the Dodgers     8     World Series win in 1955.

Off the field, Robinson was a forefather of the Civil Rights Movement, speaking out

against     9     (race) discrimination and     10     (push) baseball to use its economic influence to fight against racialism.

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Man Kaur started running in 2009,     1    she was in her 90s and began racking up medals. At 103, Man Kaur is not only going strong, she's getting others to follow in her footsteps as well.

India's oldest female athlete is spending her summer    2    (coach) 30 young athletes. Kaur and her 81-year-old son and trainer, Gurdev Singh,     3     (invite) for two weeks to several universities,    4    their methods made such an improvement in the students' performance that they were asked     5    (stay) through September.

This invitation came on the heels of Kaur's participation in the World Masters Athletics Championships in Poland earlier this year, where she    6    (win) gold in all four events. Though she was the only    7    (compete) in her age category for all four events, for the 60-meter dash, she had company from other categories: two 85-year-olds and three 90-year-olds. Though they weren't competing for the prize in her age bracket, they ran alongside her and     8     (eventual) ahead of her.

Ten years after she first started running, Kaur still loves it, according to her son. "She enjoys    9    company of her admirers," her son adds. "Every time she participates, she feels proud that people around the world feel     10    (inspire)."

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Shawn Cheshire is a blind cyclist who competed in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She lost her ability     1    (see) after an accident nine years ago. She has tried to become as     2    (depend) as possible in the last few years.

She said that,     3     a long time, she was in a really dark place and hated being blind. She said that sports and physical exercise gave     4    (she) another opportunity at living.

Earlier this month, Cheshire crossed 68 kilometers of steep and uneven ground in the Grand Canyon(大峡谷). She did so in 24 hours and 15 minutes,     5     is believed to be a record for a blind hiker (徒步旅行者). The     6    (early) record of 28 hours     7    (set) in 2014.

Three friends helped her during the Grand Canyon hike. They walked several steps apart. They guided and warned her of     8    (barrier). She listened for and followed the sound of a bell     9    (wear) by the lead hiker. She used hiking poles for balance.

Cheshire and her friends finished the hike on October 8, 2018. She said as the group neared     10     end of the trip, “I had a huge ball of emotion welled up in my chest –I cannot believe we just did that.”

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Lionel Messi，a player from the South American country of Argentina,     1     (be)the greatest soccer player alive today．At a young age，he     2     (move)to Spain and now plays professionally for the Barcelona soccer club．Messi started playing soccer at     3     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    5    growing much taller. 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 Barcelona club in Spain offered     8    (accept)Messi on the junior team and pay for the bills．The Messi family     9     (happy)took the offer and moved to Spain．In the Barcelona soccer club，Messi was one of the best     10     (player) through his teen years．With his incredible talent，Messi has surprised the world．