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.

Chinese volleyball superstar Zhu Ting has inspired a new English word “Stay awesome and ZHU perb!”    1    (call) by Volleywood, a US-based volleyball website. The word combines “Zhu” and “superb”, describing the 24-year-old player’s dominance (主导) on the court.

Last month, Zhu announced that she was joining the Tianjin women’s volleyball club for the     2    (approach) season, after China’s women’s volleyball team won the FIVB Women’s World Cup on Sept 29.

Zhu's productive scoring    3    (perform) has put her among the Top 10 Global Outstanding Athletes for this year’s Heracles Prize of the Big Ben Award.    4    the captain, Zhu created the new golden age of women’s volleyball in China. Zhu    5    (consider) to be a national hero by many people in China. Although it hasn't been easy for Zhu to get to     6    she is, she’s a superstar now.

    7    (bear) into a farming family in Henan province, Zhu earned a chance to attend a local sports school at age 13. Young Zhu got homesick during the first few months of training, but with her father’s    8    (inspire) words, she made progress    9    (steady). Zhu quickly moved up, from the provincial youth team to the national youth team. She became famous by helping China’s U20 team win the 2013 FIVB U20 World Championship. Shortly after, Zhu became    10    national team member and began playing under legendary coach Lang Ping.

Born in December 2006, Zhang Jiacheng lost his right arm in an accident at the age of 5,     1     was a disaster for such a young kid. However, he     2     (quick) got used to it and learnt to use his left arm and hand. He never lost his love for basketball. At 12, he began playing basketball. At first, he     3     (find) even the simplest moves difficult, but he never lost heart. Every day, he plays basketball after school     4     some of his friends no matter     5     the weather is like. Within two years of practice, he broke three basketballs. His practice and game videos at home and on the court have been viewed about 32 million     6     (time) on a social media platform so far. Fifteen short videos     7     (post) by him have earned him over 1 million likes in just a few days. His excellent     8     (perform) in dribbling (控球) gained wide attention in China. What’s more, his skills     9     (praise) by an NBA star last month. “There will be a much larger platform for Zhang to play on,” Zhang’s coach says,     10     (add) that the boy has outstanding talent. “Give it a try, or give it up,” Zhang wrote when posting one video.

Basketball fans around the world are mourning the     1    (die) of American superstar Kobe Bryant. Bryant, along     2     his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people,     3    (kill) in a helicopter crash Sunday in California. 41-year-old Bryant was an 18-time All-Star player and     4    (win) five NBA championships and two Olympic gold medals. He is considered one of the     5    (great) basketball players of his generation. The helicopter     6    (carry) Bryant and the others crashed into a hilly area in foggy conditions outside Los Angeles.    7    caused the crash is under investigation (调查).It took place about thirty-two kilometers from Bryant’s Mamba Sports Academy, a basketball training center in Newbury Park, California. Bryant was on his way     8    (attend) a youth basketball competition with his daughter. When he retired from the NBA in 2016, Bryant was     9     third-leading scorer in NBA history with 33, 643 points. He is     10    (wide) expected to be elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this year.

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

Basketball hero Kobe Bryant's death has drawn an outpouring of shock and sadness across China. Basketball fans in China are now sad after learning that the former Los Angeles Lakers' 18-time NBA All Star had died at the age of 41 in a helicopter crash     1     Sunday in California. Bryant was among nine people on board,     2     (include) his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, who all died in the disaster    3     occurred in the heavy fog.

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).”

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.

10 . Chamberlain, the first player     1     ( score) more than 3,000 points in a season, was born in Philadelphia in 1936. He was the only one of the 11 children who     2     ( be ) tall. As a child, Chamberlain had     3     (vary) health problems and he nearly died of pneumonia when he was ten.

Chamberlain is the only NBA player who averaged more than 50 points per game for an entire season. At one point, Chamberlain was so much     4    (good) than all the other players that they changed the     5     (rule) of the game to try to stop him. He joined the NBA’s Philadelphia Warriors in the 1959—1960 season and was     6     immediate success. Chamberlain     7    (name) the most valued player four times in the league.

Chamberlain ended his career after five     8       (amaze) seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers. By the time he retired, he held many NBA records: he scored 50 or more points 118 times and 60 or more points 32 times,     9     won him the title “outstanding player of his generation”. Would     10     be interesting if Chamberlain played with Michael Jordan?