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 .

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.

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.

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.”

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).”

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)."

Chinese tennis legend Li Na will be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.     1     (amazing), Li is the first Asian player     2     (receive) the sport’s ultimate honor. She was joined by Mary Pierce and Yevgeny Kafelnikov for the halls Class of 2019, which     3     (announce)at the Australian Open last month. Li retired in 2014 because of recurring knee injuries, eight months after winning that year’s Australian Open and     4     (rise) to a career-high second in the WTA ranking. Her first Grand Slam trophy came at the 2011 French Open,     5     she defeated four top-10     6     (opponent) along the way. To     7     (she) credit, those on-court achievements, along with L’s engaging     8     (personal), helped spur interest in tennis at home in China.

“I have loved seeing the sport grow in China,” Li said in     9     statement, “and I’m proud to be part of that history.” The formal induction ceremony will be held     10     July 20th in Rhode Island.

It’s never easy for     1     Asia athlete to shine in track and field events. But Su Bingtian 28,     2     (know) as the “Chinese flying man”, became the first male Chinese sprinter to win a     3     (globe) medal in an individual event.     4     March 3, he took the silver in the men’s 60m final at the World Indoor Championships in the UK. In the final, Su Bingtian ran his personal best of 6.42 seconds,     5     (break) the Asian record of 6.43, which he also set last month in Germany.

The last time a Chinese athlete achieved a milestone was in 2004,     6     Liu Xiang won a gold medal in Athens in the 110m hurdles. Inevitably, Su     7     (compare) to Liu. “Liu Xiang is my idol and also my friend,” Su told Xinhua News Agency.

As a matter of fact, Su had expected     8     (win) a bronze during the final. “There is no difference between silver     9     bronze. Even a bronze could prove that Chinese sprinters have made breakthroughs in major world     10     (compete),” he said.

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.”

When we talked about NBA, many people will think of Yao Ming. There is no doubt that Yao Ming is a Chinese hero. On October 16, 2013, Yao Ming announcedhe    1    open the NBA Yao School. This was really    2    （excite）news!

    3    （look）at the name of the school, many people would think that the school is going to train NBA    4    （talent）. But the truth is not like    5    they expected. The NBA Yao School provides after-school basketball training and health programs. Its students include boys and girls over 16 years old     6     are very good at playing basketball. The school aims     7    （teach） the importance of teamwork, leadership(领导素养) and communication in a fun basketball environment.

Yao is quite glad to be a part of the school, because it has always been his dream to    8    （positive）influence young people’s life through sports.

Now, basketball fans in China are looking forward to getting basketball training, and the NBA Yao School is a great choice. In the school, students have chances to meet NBA stars. The stars can offer     9    （suggest）on how    10    （play） basketball well.