Benjamin Alexander is Jamaica’s first Olympic alpine skier (高山滑雪运动员), but he was a late     1     (develop). The 38-year-old only discovered his love     2     the sport at 32. “I never skied before at that time,” Alexander said. “They     3     (fly) us up in the helicopters at the top of the mountain to meet the skiers...”

For more than two years, Benjamin Alexander pursued a dream of becoming the first person     4     (present) Jamaica at the Winter Olympics. For him, competing in the Olympics is something he never thought about as a kid. He grew up in England and began working as a DJ as     5     17-year-old teenager, but he stopped doing so as he grew tired of the violent scenes at local nightclubs. After     6     (study) engineering at University College London, he moved to Hong Kong. Then Alexander booked a month-long trip to ski,     7     he met former Europa Cup lever ski racer, Gordon Gray, who criticized Alexander’s technique but said that he was     8     (absolute) fearless.

Gray added: “If you’re afraid you’re never going to get any work     9     (do), even with all the technique in the world.     10     if you’re fearless, then we can teach you technique and I think there’s a chance.”

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 takes Thai athlete Sawang Janpram 27.08 seconds to run 100 meters. That’s not bad, given he is 102 years old.

So far, Sawang Janpram     1     (run) four times in the yearly Thailand Master Athletes Championships     2     (hold) in the southwestern Samut Songkhram province. This year, he won all the gold medals in     3     100—105 years old group at the championship.

“    4     (get) into sports made me strong. As well as this, exercising helps improve my appetite (胃口) so I eat well too,” Sawang says when asked about the secret     5     his long life. Sawang walks with his 70-year-old daughter, Siripan, everyday. “My father always thinks     6     (positive), so he is in great mental (精神) health condition. When it comes to physical health, he has gotten much stronger than before.”

Sawang’s time for the 100-meter sprint (短跑) this year was his     7     (fast) ever. It is a new Thai record for his age group. Usain Bolt,     8     holds the current world record, ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds in 2009.

As Thailand’s society ages, the number of     9     (competitor) in the senior group has grown, says Viwat, president of Asia Masters Athletics. “As you can see, everybody who is here     10     (race) has all forgotten about their ages. Once they forget their ages, they are happy.” Viwat said.

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.

Nov 28 - Thousands of football fans paid their final respects to football legend Diego Maradona on Thursday. Huge crowds of people lined the streets to say goodbye to     1    (he). The car carrying his body     2    (cover) with the Argentina flag and a football shirt with his trademark number 10. Thousands more walked     3    (silent) past his coffin(棺木) as it was put on public display at the Presidential Palace. They were crying, blowing     4    (kiss) to their hero and praying(祈祷).

Maradona passed away     5     Wednesday, aged 60. He died of a heart attack. One fan said: “Maradona represents Argentinianess. He transcended football. He has my respect. I had to be here.”

Diego Armando Maradona is widely regarded as one of the greatest players     6     have ever stepped onto a football field. Many consider him     7    (be) the best. He captained his     8       (nation) team when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup. He scored the famous “Hand of God” goal against England in the quarter-finals. In that same game, he scored another goal that was voted as the greatest goal of the     9    (twenty) century. Maradona played for Barcelona in Spain and Napoli in Italy. Current Barcelona captain Lionel Messi said, “Maradona will never leave us because Diego is eternal(不朽的).” Brazilian legend Pele said he     10    (hope) to “play together in the sky” one day with Maradona.

At the just-concluded Tokyo Olympic Games, the     1     (young) athlete of the Chinese sports delegation, Quan Hongchan won the gold medal in the women’s 10m platform     2     the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday,     3     performance shocked the whole world     4     (great).     5     (bear) on March 28, 2007, from Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, Quan Hongchan is     6     Chinese diver of the Chinese     7     (nation) diving team. In July 2021, Quan     8     (select) into the list of 10 people     9     (participate) in diving events of the Tokyo Olympic Games. On August 5, 2021, Quan Hongchan took the lead all the way in the women’s single 10m platform final of diving. She jumped out of full marks in the second, fourth and last     10     (round), and finally won the championship with 466.20 points. This achievement also broke the previous record of Chen Ruolin, who is the former world champion.

When talking about the China women’ s national volleyball team, we have to talk about one person —Lang Ping. She uses her strong will (意志) and great ability     1     (help) the China women’ s national volleyball team go to the world.

In 2013, it was so hard for Lang to make her decision of     2    (keep) on her volleyball career. At that time, there was something wrong     3     her body. But later, when she thought about the     4     (true) that we lost in the 2012 London Olympics and the future of the China women’s national volleyball team, he agreed to be the coach (教练) of the China women’s national volleyball team.

Then she started her hard     5     busy life again. It was really difficult to make the women volleyball players better trained. She had to correct many     6    (mistake) when improving     7    (they) skills of playing. But she never said that something was not possible.

All her hard work     8     (certain) had a good result. In 2016, the China women’s national volleyball team     9    (win) the gold medal in the Rio Olympics. Since then, the spirit (精神) of the China women’s national volleyball team has made     10     deep impression on the whole world.