In 2021, Su Bingtian did what no Chinese runner had done before. The 32-year-old runner set     1     new Asian record of 9. 83 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics semifinals (半决赛).       2     he finished sixth in the final with a time of 9. 98 seconds, he still made a victory.   “    3     (actual) I’m very happy to run under 10 seconds twice in such a short time”, Su said after the race. “Making it into the finals, I have already given all I have.”

Known     4    “Chinese flying man”, Su has been working hard to achieve his dream. On May 30th, 2015, Su became the first Chinese     5     (run) 100m in less than 10 seconds. After that, Su competed in many international events and won a number of     6     (medal) Sadly, at the same time, he suffered greatly from his injury and his     7    (determine) to go on running     8     (test). He even planned to leave the field in 2017, but the wish to run in the 100m final in the Olympics brought him back on the field.

In his third Olympic Games, Su,     9     amazing performance excited people both at home and abroad, has finally achieved his long-time goal. Su Bingtian is really a    10    (live) legend and his success will surely encourage more young players in their pursuing their goals.

When it comes to volleyball, we can’t help     1     (think) of Lang Ping. Lang Ping used to be a     2     (fame) player. Now she is also known     3     a coach. Led by her, Chinese women volleyball team won the world championship in 2019,     4     made the whole nation excited.

Lang Ping was born in Tianjin in 1960. Lang began playing volleyball as a teenager and     5     (eventual) joined the national team in 1978. Her height made     6     possible for her to play volleyball well. With time going by, Lang Ping played better and better. Lang Ping and her teammates played so well that they won champions several     7     (time) in the 1980s.

After she     8     (retire) in 1986, Lang Ping coached volleyball in Italy and America. In 1995, she returned to China to work as a coach. She was too busy with her work to take care of her family. In 2016 Chinese women volleyball team won     9     gold medal at the Olympics in Brazil. Because of the victory, Lang Ping became the first person in the volleyball     10     (win) an Olympic gold medal as both a player and a coach. And, Lang Ping and her team won another world championship in 2019 for our motherland.

Phelps     1     (suffer) hyperactivity (活动过度) disorder as a child and     2     (encourage) to take up swimming at seven to control his energy. Over the years he developed into a champion swimmer, beating record after record. “I was trying     3     (see) what I could really do and where my potential could go”, said Phelps.

It’s well known that the China women’s volleyball team has been the     1    (nation) pride since it first won the championship in 1981. Whenever they had a     2    (compete), people across the country would cheer for them. But few knew how hard they worked    3    (make)their success look so easy.

A movie,     4    hit the big screen in 2020, tells us the story behind the team. It shows several generations     5     volleyball players and their journey of becoming an international powerhouse.

What attracted people most were not only the impressive skills of     6    (athlete) but also the mental strength they showed. To win matches, China’s ladies trained hard,     7    (live) a dull life of never-ending practice. They even refused to quit working even after the stadium lights had gone out.

The road to the championship is not     8     smooth one. The China women’s volleyball team once fell to the ground. It is their spirits of never giving up and the strong determination that     9    (lead) them to go through ups and downs in the past years. It has     10    (gradual) become a legend in the hearts of Chinese people.

When Michael Jordan’s feet     1     (leave) the ground, time seemed to stand still.   The player who became known as “Air Jordan” changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan’s skills were impressive, but the mental strength that he showed made him unique. The secret     2     his success is learning from his failures. “I can accept failure; everyone     3     (fail) at something. But I can’t accept not trying,” Jordan said that losing game     4     (teach) him to practice harder and never give up.

Jordan says that the secret to his success is learning from his failures. “I can accept failure; everyone     1     (fail) at something.     2     I can’t accept not trying.” Losing games taught him to practice     3     (hard) and never give     4    . In life, Jordan has learnt to share his success with others. The Boys and Girls Club     5     he started in Chicago has been helping young people since 1996.

When Michael Jordan’s feet left the ground, time seemed to stand still. The player who became known as “Air Jordan” changed basketball with his graceful moves and     1     (jump). Jordan’s skills were     2     (impress), but the mental strength that he showed made him unique. In the final seconds of a game, Jordan always seemed to find a way     3     (win). Jordan says that the secret     4     his success is learning from his failures. “I can accept failure; everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”     5     (lose) games taught him to practise harder and never give up. In life, Jordan has learnt to share his success with others. The Boys and Girls Club     6     he started in Chicago has been helping young people since 1996.