Freestyle skier Gu Ailing, 18, is one of the superstars of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

Born to an American father and a Chinese mother, Gu decided     1     (compete) for China in the 2022 Winter Olympics in June 2019. Just two     2     (month) later, she bagged her first gold medal for China at the Australia New Zealand Cu. Her strength     3     (continue) to grow as she won one bronze and two gold medals at the International Ski Federation(FIS) Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in March.

People say she is    4     (talent). But Gu says that talent counted for “only 1 percent” of her wins. “    5    counts is my hard work”, Gu adds. While going to school in San Francis-co, Gu could only practice on weekends. She spent eight hours    6     (go) to the ski hill and back, doing her homework on the way and making full use of her time at the hill to practice skiing.

Gu says she wants to encourage more girls in China to try skii ng and other extreme sports, many of which only     7     (know) there for 20 years, according to the Olympics website. She says skiing gives her “freedom and creativity”,    8     (especial) when she perfectly controls her body and does tricks that others cannot do.     9    February 8th, she claimed her first Olympic gold medal in the women’s freeski big air of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as a full-time athlete. “I’m not skiing just for medals,” Gu once said. “What’s more important is to bring out my own style, enjoy the game     10     love the sport.”

The home crowd erupted when China’s Eileen Gu     1    (win) the Women’s Freeski Big Air gold in Beijing. Gu jumped into the top position with her third run,     2     (score) 94.50. Her total score was 188.25 in the event’s debut at the Winter Olympics. The 18-year-old, who also goes by her Chinese name, Gu Ailing, is a freestyle skier, model and grade-A student with     3    American father and a Chinese mother. She grew up in the United States. It was there     4     she grew to love skiing. By 2018, she was representing the US in the world cup for the sport. Then, she decided to switch from representing the US     5     representing China. The decision met with shock and    6     (confuse) from her growing fan base but Eileen Gu was more than     7     (determine), sharing her reasoning on Instagram at the time. “This was an     8     (extreme) tough decision for me to make...Through skiing, I hope to unite people, promote common understanding, create communication and forge friendships between     9     (nation). If I can help to inspire one young girl     10     (break) a boundary, my wishes will have come true.”

Today I will introduce two of the “Living Legends of Sports” to you. One is Lang Ping, and     1     other is Michael Jordan. Lang Ping is     2     ( know) to Chinese people as a player and a coach. As a player, Lang Ping brought honour and glory to her country. As a coach, Lang Ping     3     (lead) her volleyball team to Olympic gold in Brazil in 2016.

Michael Jordan is known as “Air Jordan”, who showed great mental     4     (strong) in the games. He says that the secret     5     his success is learning from failures. He also says that he can accept     6     (fail), but he can’t accept not     7     (try). Losing games taught him     8     (practise) harder and never give     9    . Besides, he has learnt to share his success with others.

Although they are in different sports, they are both     10     (master) and set good examples for others.

It’s well known that Chinese women’s volleyball team     1     (be) the national pride since it first won the championship in 1981. Whenever there was a competition for them, people across the country would cheer for them. But few knew how hard they worked     2     (make) it look so easy.

The movie Leap,    3     hit Chinese mainland on Sept 25, 2020, tells us the story behind the team. It shows several generations of volleyball players and their journey     4     becoming an international powerhouse.

What attracted people most were not only their     5     (impress) skills but also the mental strength they showed in the competition. To win the match, China’s ladies trained hard,    6     (live) a dull daily life of never-ending practice.    7    , they refused to quit working even after the stadium lights had gone out.

The road to the championship is not     8     smooth one. The Chinese women’s volleyball team has fallen to troughs(低谷). It is their spirits of never giving up and the strong determination     9     have led them to go through 40 years of ups and downs. It has     10     (gradual) become a legend in the hearts of Chinese people.

Lionel Messi, a player from     1    South American country of Argentina, is the greatest soccer player alive today. At a young age, he    2    (move) to Spain and played     3     (profession) for the Barcelona soccer club. Messi started playing soccer at the age of 5 for a small soccer team     4     (own) by his father. Even as a young boy, he did very well. But when he was 11 years old, he    5    (find) to have a sickness which would prevent him from     6    (grow) much taller. There was a way to help him grow more,     7     his parents did not have enough money to pay for his medical needs. So, they looked around for a soccer club    8    would be able to do this for them. The clubs in Argentina couldn’t help him, but the famous Barcelona club in Spain offered     9    (accept) Messi on the junior team and pay for the bills. The Messi family happily took the offer and moved to Spain. In the Barcelona soccer club, Messi was one of the best players through his teen years.     10     his incredible talent, Messi has surprised the world.

Deng Yaping, who was a well-known table tennis player, was born in 1973, in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. She started playing table tennis at the age of 5 and    1    (show) her great gift. Four years later, she won her provincial junior championship. At the age of 13, she won her first     2     (nation) championship and beat many other competitors in all kinds of matches in    3     following years. She had won 18 championships by the time she retired(退役) from sports at the age of 24. Deng Yaping is regarded as one of the greatest     4    (player) in the history of sport.

However,     5    (compare) with other athletes, she made more efforts    6    (achieve) her dream. At first, Deng Yaping    7    (refuse) by the Henan Provincial Team just because she wasn’t tall enough. Her path to success was filled with many other difficulties, none of     8     stopped her. She practised even    9     (hard) and finally made it to the top. Her great determination has inspired thousands of people. Now, she has become a living legend in the sports field    10    home and abroad.