1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

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.”

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Oscar Pistorius was born into Henke and Sheila Pistorius in Johannesburg, South Africa on November 22, 1986, with fibular hemimelia (腓侧半肢畸形) in both legs. When he was 11 months old, his legs were amputated (截肢) halfway     1     his knees and ankles. In most homes, that would bring years of sadness. Not so in     2     .

“I grew up in a home where disability was not     3     issue，” Pistorius says. “My parents made me cherish     4     I had.”

Pistorius started running in 2004, and became more and more successful.     5     (know) as “the Blade Runner” and “the Fastest Man on No Legs”， Pistorius took part in the 2004 Summer Paralympics (残奥会) in Athens and     6     (come) third overall in the T44 (one leg amputated below the knee) 100­metre event.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics on August 4, Pistorius became the first amputee runner     7     (compete) at an Olympic Games. In the 400 metres race, he took second place in the first heat of five     8     (run), finishing with a time of 45.44     9     (second) to advance to the semi­finals on August 5. He ran in the second semi­final, where he finished eighth with a time of 46.54 seconds. In the 200 metres competition he set a new world record of 21.30 seconds in his heat on August 29,     10     was defeated in the final by Alan Oliveira of Brazil and took silver.

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1. Gymnast Shawn Johnson is my favorite athlete. Back at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, I was very _______ (excite) when she won the gold medal on the balance beam. Years later, Shawn wrote an autobiography, Winning Balance. I was only ten years old _______ she wrote her book and I wanted to wait a few years to read _______, since I had a feeling that I wouldn’t understand the book then. _______ (release) in June 2012, the book won much popularity among her fans.

Shawn talks about her experiences as a gymnast and her post-Olympic life in her book. One of the things that she wants her readers _______(get) from reading the book is that “behind all the glory and glitz(浮华) I am able to have a normal life”. She hopes that her reader, especially _______ (girl) in middle school and high school, will get really _______ (encourage) by reading her book and believe that dreams will _______ (actual) come true. I believe that gymnasts around the world _______(take) a lot from this book because in some situations they experience ________ same things in gymnastics.

2. Sun Yat-sen, _______ was the leader of the 1911 Revolution, first suggested the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River in 1919. Three quarters of China’s energy _______ (produce) by burning coal. In 1993, China used 1.2 billion tons of coal for heating and generating _______(electric). _______(fortunate), burning coal causes serious air pollution and increases global warming. The dam will generate electricity equal _______ about 40 million tons of coal without causing so much air pollution.

4 . Jack Ma is the founder and CEO of the alibaba.com,     1     is the biggest e-commerce company in China. The website is an English-language site. It aims to offer suppliers and consumers     2     direct means to communicate, and thereby save time and money     3     (efficient). This model of business     4     (refer) to as B2B (business to business), and it has attracted millions of users worldwide. On the back of this success. Jack Ma and his team developed Taobao in 2001. Today, alibaba.com is considered by many to be one of the best B2B     5     (site), with over 7 million users     6     (come) from more than 200 countries and religions. Jack Ma     7     (become) the first Chinese businessman to appear on the cover of the famous magazine Forbes in the past 50 years. Jack Ma is respected by people not just because of his success, but also because of his     8     (person). Although modest, Jack Ma is a very     9     (ambition) man. When asked about his future plan, he once said, ‘I believe that in the next ten years, _     10     the top three Internet companies in the world, one will be from China—and we want to be that company.’

5 . 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?

6 . During the 1990s, Michael Jordan was     1     (probable) the best-known athlete in the world. He     2     (name) their most valued player five times. He was the top     3    (score) in the NBA. He attended the University of North Carolina for a year before     4     (leave) to join the Chicago Bulls.

    5     him, the Bulls won their first NBA championship in 1991. There are many fantastic stories to tell about Michael Jordan. He     6    (step) to the line and made two free     7     (throw). At one point, he was so much     8     (good) than other players     9     they changed the rules of the game. Jordan was also in the United States Olympic Basketball,     10     won the gold medal in Barcelona.

7 . “I have used all my prehistoric powers     1    (swim),” Fu Yuanhui said in an interview after she qualified for the women’s 100m backstroke final. When asked     2     her hopes were for the final, she said: “No expectation! I’m very satisfied now!”.

That’s how she began to rock China’s internet and social media. Add her exaggerated     3     (face) expressions and humour, and she quickly became an online celebrity. She eventually won a bronze medal in the 100m backstroke final, not gold.     4     that hasn’t reduced the affection from her fans.

Young Chinese social media     5    (user) have been drawn to her straight-forward character, her sincerity and her attitude towards competition.

Joanna Zhan, a fan in Chongqing, said she liked Fu because she is “so cute, and she is as powerful     6     a mudslide (泥石流)”. “Fu interpreted the Olympic spirit of challenging     7    (she) and enjoying the game,” she added.

One fan, Feng Zhu, told the BBC she liked Fu because she always said     8     (exact) what was on her mind.

JingYingLi, a female entrepreneur in Sichuan province, said she heard about Fu from her friends. “Almost everyone     9    (talk) about her,” she said. But it seems Fu is part of a generational change in attitude towards     10     (compete).

8 . Chinese Women’s Volleyball team stood    1    the top of the Olympic podium for the third time in the history of volleyball at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Coach Lang Ping also made her own history. She has become    2    first to win Olympic gold medals as a coach and player. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, she and her teammates got their first Olympic medal. Since then, Chinese Women’s Volleyball team    3     (think) as a flagship by all Chinese people for their fighting spirit.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Chinese Women’s had a bad start. They finished fourth in the group stage, after    4     (fail) in 3 consecutive games. Lang Ping, the coach, challenged her players to find ways to grow from their struggles with the world watching. Lang always believed that her players had the talent and     5    (determine) to complete in the top volleyball teams in the world.

They did make it. Chinese Women’s volleyball team exhibited the same fight a year ago     6    they played the World Cup in Japan, and then got to Rio de Janeiro and worked through women initial rough Olympic moments.

Lang Ping challenged her players to support one    7    through the ups and downs, and to grow from each defeat and triumph on the pressure-packed Olympic stage. They responded, and seemed to play     8    (good) than before when the moments were critical.

Lang Ping has not just trained     9    shaped Chinese Women’s Volleyball team. What she does is more than simply arranging players, but cultivating them.

“The spirit of Chinese Women’s Volleyball team is never to give up. My duty as a coach is to instruct this young team     10     (carry) on this spirit,” said Lang.

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

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.

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Whether you are a fan of athletics or not, chances are     1    you have heard of Usain Bolt—the fastest man on the planet.
After the 29-year-old Jamaican had won victories in the 100- and 200-meter men’s dashes, Aug 29 saw him take home a third gold medal in a week at the 2015 World Athletics Championships in Beijing,     2    (lead) his national team to victory     3    the men’s 4× 400 relay final.
    4    Reuters put it, “When     5    comes to major championship sprinting(短跑)，Bolt simply has no equal.”This partly explains why the sprinter always     6    (wild) celebrates his wins. After each match, he does the trademark “Lightening Bolt” pose—putting one arm into the sky, as if he were about to throw a bolt of lightning at the stars.     7    2012 London Olympics also saw him look back across the track at his competitors , do a couple of push-ups (俯卧撑)once he had stopped.
Some have called him a “showman”, but“ these will just add to the charm of Bolt---one of the most     8    (joy), self-confident athletes you’ll ever see”, wrote the Business Insider.
Indeed, now with six Olympic gold medals and 11 World Championships titles under his belt, the Jamaican star     9    (prove) “his ability to get the     10    (good) out of his huge natural talent”, Reuters noted.