After winning a precious silver medal at the 2006 Turin(都灵) Winter Olympics, pairs skater Zhang Dan became a household name in China and    1    (continue) to work in the sport since retiring from competition.

With the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics    2     (draw) near, the country is starting    3    exciting newera in its winter sports journey, of which Zhang Dan feels surely proud.

“    4    (final), this year, we have this wonderful opportunity    5    (host) the Beijing Winter Olympics. As a part of the Chinese ice and snow sports community, I’m so proud and excited to welcome the    6    (arrive) of Beijing 2022. I have witnessed China’s winter sports go from strength to strength through the years,” said Zhang Dan.

The most memorable moment of Zhang Dan’s career could     7    (consider) a perfect representation of the Olympic spirit.

Partnering with Zhang Hao at the 2006 Turin Games, Zhang Dan injured     8    (she) in a fall as the pair narrowly failed to do a quadruple salchow (四周抛跳), a jump    9    had never before been landed in competition. Rather than quitting, however, Zhang Dan skated through the pain to finish the program and won the silver medal.

Zhang Dan notes that experience has had a huge influence     10    her life. encouraging her to “be braver and directly face any difficulties with that Olympic spirit”. Now she hopes her story can inspire China’s young athletes at Beijing 2022.

It was a successful afternoon all-round for France on Sunday. The team     1     (book) its ticket to the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup with    2    3-1 victory over Poland. And members of the team hit a number of historic marks.

France’s goalkeeper Hugo Lloris made his 142nd appearance,    3    (come) level(平齐的) with Lilian Thuram as his country’s most-capped player. Up front, Olivier Giroud became France’s     4    (lead) men’s scorer with his 52nd goal for Les Bleus, breaking Thierry Henry’s record.

    5     , the star of the show on Sunday was Kylian Mbappé,    6     continued his record-setting pace with a forceful double. At just 23 years of age, Mbappé is one of the most exciting talents in world football, and     7     (consistent) delivers on the biggest stage for France.

Having helped secure the nation’s second World Cup title in 2018 as a 19-year-old, he is continuing his     8    (dominate) four years later. His double in the match    9    Poland means he has scored five goals at this year’s tournament(锦标赛), as he leads the race for the Golden Boot award, two goals ahead of Lionel Messi, Giroud and a host of other players.

However, more significantly, Mbappé has scored nine goals in World Cups, becoming the first player     10    (reach) that mark before his 24th birthday. Mbappé passed two footballing legends with his double. Both Diego Maradona and Cristiano Ronaldo have eight World Cup goals to their names.

Eileen Gu, also     1     (know) by her Chinese name—Gu Ailing, was born in 2003 in San Francisco. Her father is American and her mother is Chinese.

Eileen     2     (start) skiing when she was only three years old and became champion of the junior group of the USA Snowboard and Freeski Association     3     the age of nine, before entering the senior ranks. She announced that she would be representing China competitively via her Instagram account on June 6, 2019. Proving her dedication to the sport, Eileen set     4     (her) the goal of graduating after completing two years of high school in just one year. She then further cemented her credentials at her first X Games     5     (appear) at the 2021 event in Aspen,     6     (make) history as the first-ever female rookie to win three medals after taking gold in Ski Slopestyle and Superpipe and a bronze in Ski Big Air. Two months     7     (late) Eileen once again demonstrated her potential at     8     was called the FIS Freestyle World Championship in Aspen. Having delayed entry into Stanford University until the summer of 2022, Eileen was     9     (full) focused on the Winter Games in Beijing. Eventually, she obtained two golden medals and a silver one, which inspired     10     good many Chinese skiers.

Stephen Curry was thought by many people to be unsuitable for a career in professional basketball. However,    1    (select) for the NBA in 2009, he joined the Golden State Warriors and performed    2    everyone’s expectations with his accurate shooting and continuous efforts. In 2015, Stephen    3    (win) his first NBA championship, and he led the Warriors to their first championship since 1975.

The Chinese women’s volleyball team stood on the top of the podium at the Rio Olympics. People could see Chinese players     1    (embrace), with tears of happiness in their eyes. They     2    (achieve) their another dream. The team     3    (hold) a very special place in the nation’s heart with several major world     4    (title). They have become heroes in people’s minds,     5     they have won honour for the Chinese people. Especially at the Rio Olympics, they painted the     6    (vivid) portrait of the team’s competitive spirit. As     7    (assign) to the “group of death”, they would face several strong opponents and needed fighting spirit and perseverance. Every single member of the team gave their all to the fight. Their perseverance paid     8     with an epic comeback against the defending champion Brazil and Serbia     9    (seize) gold in the final. The Chinese women’s volleyball team has fought their way     10     ups and downs. In this way, the team begins its journey to the next Olympics.

Chinese duo (组合) SuiWenjing and Han Cong won the gold medal in the pairs figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games,     1     took place at the Capital Indoor Stadiumin Beijing on Saturday night.

Sui and Han received 155.47 points in    2     free skating part, which in addition to their short program score of 84.41 points,     3     (place) the Chinese pair on the top of all 16 couples     4     competition.

Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) claimed the silver and bronze     5     (medal) respectively (分别地).

The other Chinese pair Peng Cheng and Jin Yang finished     6     (five) with 214.84 points.

Sui and Han performed in the same group along with three ROC pairs—the top 4 scores during the short program.    7     three ROC pairs delivered incredible performances, Sui and Han hit the ice last.

    8    (perform) to “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” the duo exuded (洋溢) beauty and grace as they     9     (smooth) got through their routine. Time seemed     10     (stand) still until their performance came to an end.