On February 13, 2023, Wu Yibing made history, beating John Isner in a thrilling three-set final at the Dallas Open to become the first man from China to win an ATP title.

Brought to a tennis court for the first time at just five,     1     (original) encouraged by his parents as an exercise to lose weight, Wu soon had his talent     2     (discover) by his provincial junior team, kicking     3     a journey that would change the face of men’s tennis in China. In 2017, Wu Yibing won the US Open boys’ tournament at 18 to become the first Chinese     4     (win) a major junior title, raising high hopes for the “Wonder Boy” to change the fortune of Chinese men in a sport long dominated by women’s success on the pro stage.

In 2018, Wu won his first ATP Challenger title in Shanghai.     5    , the brutally (残酷地) competitive nature of men’s pro tennis hit the rising Wu with a tough     6     (remind) after multiple injuries — to his elbow, lower back, shoulder and wrist — forced him to be away from the ATP Tour for close to three years.

He made his return last year and won three ATP Challenger titles before qualifying for the US Open. “Looking back, I feel like I wouldn’t have been here if not for     7     ups and downs over the past few years. I take all the setbacks and struggles as an asset (资产) that     8     (help) me mature mentally now,” said Wu. “Of course there were a lot of doubts on me     9     I had surgery and the rehab (康复) wasn’t going well. The championship today was a payoff for all the hard work     10     everyone who’s supported me along the way.”

Before the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, visually-impaired (视力受损的)Chinese runner Liu Cuiqing put a lot of stress on     1    (she) to do well. Finally, she made it. She won two gold medals with the help of her sighted guide Xu Donglin and brought honor and glory for China.

In 2010, she joined the national athletics team    2     was made up of disabled people. She has had to experience countless challenges. “As a blind person, I learn things     3    (slowly) than other people do,” she said. Sports competitions for disabled     4    (athlete) require blind runners to be assisted by a guide. Liu met Xu in 2013 and since then, the two     5    (train) hard together, linked by a thin rope. “To other people, this may just be     6    ordinary rope, but to us, it is the eye, the direction and trust. We depend     7     the rope to feel the turns and the distance between us. Only when she trusts me     8    (complete) is she able to run boldly(大胆地),” Xu told CCTV.

At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games, after    9    (cross) the finish line, Xu fell heavily because of a pain in his right knee. “In fact, when I was running, my leg was already so    10    (pain) that I could not feel anything. I only had one thought, which was to accompany her (Liu) to the end,” he told CCTV after the race.

Lionel Messi,     1     athlete from the South American country, is one of the greatest soccer players alive today. At a young age, he moved to Spain and now plays     2     (professional) for the FC Barcelona. Messi started playing soccer at the age of 5 for a small soccer team which     3     (own) by his father. Even as a young boy, he did very well. But when he was 11 years old, he found out he had a     4     (sick) which would prevent him     5     (grow) much taller. There was a way to help him grow more, but his parents did not have enough money for his medical needs. So they looked around for a soccer club     6     would be able to do this for them. The clubs in Argentina couldn’t help him.

    7     the famous FC Barcelona in Spain offered     8     (accept) Messi on the junior team and pay     9     the bills. The Messi family happily took the offer and moved to Spain. With his incredible talent, Messi     10       (surprise) the world since then.

Famous for carrying his tennis rackets in a bamboo basket, Wang Fa, a 14-year-old dark horse,     1     won the U14 boys’ singles title in the Guangzhou stop of the 2022 ASICS Tennis Junior Tour, has become     2     internet sensation.

Wang, a Chinese Wa ethnic(佤族)boy, started to learn tennis after he was selected by Zhang Xiaohong, head coach of a tennis club in southwest China’s Yunnan Province in 2016. Over the years, Wang and his peers     3    (put) tremendous efforts into advancing their skills and acquiring knowledge. “    4     for tennis, I would still be helping out my family with farm work back at home, ” Wang said. “We always carry a bamboo basket when we work in the field. We all regard     5     as a typical farming tool of the Wa ethnic group. I carry my rackets in the basket     6    (primary) to honor my hometown, ” he added.

Home for Wang is a mountainous area named Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County.     7    (locate) in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, the county, composed     8     67 villages with a population of more than 40, 000, was lifted out of     9    (poor) in 2019. For Wang,     10    (win) this title is just the beginning of a promising future. The rising star said he would head to the top spots in the professional arena.

When the starting signal sounded, Qian Hongyan pushed herself in the pool. She won the silver medal in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke (蛙泳) final in the 11th National Games for Persons with Disabilities     1     (hold) in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province.

Qian, from Luliang, Yunnan Province, lost both legs.     2     caused that was a traffic accident when she was 4 years old. Since then, she     3    (become) well-known for moving around while balanced on an orange ball, earning     4    (she) a nickname, basketball girl.

Qian’s enthusiasm for swimming dates back to 2007. At 11 years old, she     5    (invite) by the coach Zhang Honghu to join the swimming club for people with disabilities. However, without legs, Qian found it difficult to keep balance in water. “Swimming without legs is like handling a boat     6     a rudder (舵). I tended to sway (摇摆) due to a poor sense of direction,” she said.

To help her overcome     7     difficulty, her coach made a tailor-made training plan for her. Every day, she practiced swimming for at least four     8    (hour). She made intense efforts to strengthen her arm and balance,    9     helped her successfully get used to the water. “I like swimming. It changed my life and helped me see     10    (extreme) wonderful things,” she said in an interview.

Chinese teenager Quan Hongchan won the gold medal for the women's 10-meter platform diving at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Thursday.

Not only is Quan the youngest     1     (compete) in the women's diving field, but also she's the youngest of 431 athletes     2     China sent to Tokyo for the Olympics.   Had the Games gone on as scheduled last summer, she would have been too young     3     (meet) the minimum age (14) to compete in the diving competition. Now, she's made Olympic history.

Each of Quan's dives was the highest of the five rounds of competition at the 10-meter platform. Two scored perfect 10s from all seven     4     (judge). Only one judge found a flaw (瑕疵) with her final dive,     5     (award) her a 9.5 next to six 10s .     6     it didn't count, thanks to diving's scoring system. The two highest and two     7     (low) scores are thrown out and multiplied by the dive's degree of difficulty.     8     (eventual), only the three middle 10s counted on her final dive and added up 96 when multiplied by the 3.2 degree of difficulty.

At such     9     young age, Quan was a relative unknown until winning the 2020 Chinese national championship at 13 years old. She     10     (be) a 17-year-old veteran (老手) when the Paris Olympics start in 2024.

Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday in California, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people. It is known that the helicopter     1    (carry) Bryant and the others crashed into a hilly area in     2    (fog)conditions, and the cause of the crash is still       3    investigation.

Bryant was     4    (wide)considered one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. After the tragic accident, many     5    (celebrity)showed their great grief over the     6    (lose)of the great basketball player. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said, "Kobe     7    (remember)forever for inspiring people around the world to pick up a basketball." All-time basketball great Michael Jordan said Kobe was a       8    (choose) one and he would miss those conversations very much.

Thousands of people gathered to remember the star outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles,     9    the Los Angeles Lakers played their home games. From then on, the city would not be       10    it used to be due to the death of the great basketball star.