In the field of sports there are some famous living legends, such as Lang Ping, and Michael Jordan.

As a player, Lang Ping brought not only honour but also glory to     1     (she) country. As     2     coach, she led the China Women’s volleyball team to medals at world championships as well as the Olympic Games. As a person, she is     3     (love) by fans at home and abroad. Before the 2015 World Cup, she     4     (face) a great challenge — two important     5     (player) had to leave because of health problems. However, Lang Ping didn’t lose heart and she led her volleyball team     6     (win) the championship.

Known as “Air Jordan”, Michael Jordan changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan’s skills were impressive but the mental strength     7     (make) him unique. The secret to his success is learning     8     his failures. In life, Jordan has learnt to share his     9     (succeed) with others. The Boys and Girls Club     10     he started in Chicago has been helping young people since 1996.

3 . When Danay Ferguson first competed against men in golf (高尔夫球运动), she was not confident. And the male golfers did not want to golf with her and not take her seriously. Then, she _________ her first game. After that, she had all the confidence to keep playing and _________ the men.

Danay is the only _________ professional golfer in Senegal. She was _________ to golf by her cousin and immediately fell in love with it. Luckily, she got a chance to _________ in Morocco. With the financial _________ from her French golf partners, she spent three months training. After returning to her hometown, she set off again for Morocco and even got a _________ there, teaching children at a local golfing school. She stayed seven years because she enjoyed the _________ there.

Today her home is filled with many golf _________ . She has won so many that she doesn’t know the exact __________ . What she has done is __________ because Senegal is a conservative (保守的) Muslim nation. There is much __________ from society for women to take part in professional sports. The culture has traditional ideas of what women should do. A woman who chooses sports __________ duties at home risks being __________ by her family. At first, her family wasn’t supportive. But after seeing her __________ for the sport, they changed their minds.

In 2018, when Danay returned to Senegal, she was not __________ about the situation of golf there. She wanted to __________ a golf school. In 2020, she was funded to set up a golf school in order to __________ for the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics. It’ll be her job to train Senegal’s first __________ golf team, including preparing female golfers. She hopes to continue to __________ internationally and bring the next generation of Senegalese female golfers into the world.

4 . When my sister Diane began playing the violin, she was seven. How did she sound? Terrible. But she didn’t ____. At twelve, she asked our parents if she could ____ a full­time music school.They said no. Actually, everyone agreed that my sister ____ talent.

I was better at my ____. My teacher had told my parents that I had great ____. So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to ____ me. But the only time he was ____ was Saturday afternoons at 3 p.m.. Back then, I was ____ about the British TV show The Avengers, which was ____ every Saturday at 3 p.m.. I let nothing take up my The Avengers hour. So I ____ this amazing opportunity.Today, I don’t even have a ____ in my house.

My sister became an engineer, but she ____ stopped making music. When she was in her 40s, she switched her ____. She went back to college, got a(n) ____ in music education, and became a music teacher. She started kids off on their first instrument and gave them all the encouragement and support she never ____.

Recently, she and a pianist pal (朋友) put on a recital. A big crowd of friends and family ____ for her. As she played, I looked around at the ____. Everyone was ____ enjoying the music. It occurred to me that I was the only person that remembered that a 7 ­year-­old kid making those perfectly ____sounds and knew how far she had come, despite ____.

Talent is important. But enthusiasm is even more important.

5 . With his leg lame and his teeth uneven, the boy thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world. He ______ played with his classmates, and when he was asked to answer questions, he always ______his head without a word.

One spring, his father brought home some saplings (树苗). ______of his children would plant a sapling and he promised, “Whoever ______his sapling best shall get a gift.” The boy certainly wanted to get the gift. ______seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees, he ______an idea: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon. So watering it once or twice, he never______it.

Several days later, he was ______ to find it not only didn’t die, but also grew so many fresh ______. Compared with those of his brothers and sisters,his appeared greener. His father kept his______, bought the boy a gift and said he would become an outstanding______after growing up.

From then on, the boy slowly became ______and confident. One evening, he suddenly ______his biology teacher once said that plants ______grow at night. Why not go to see the tree?

When he came to the courtyard,he found his father working near the tree! Immediately he ______: Father had been secretly ______his tree! He returned to his room, tears in his eyes.

Decades passed. The boy didn’t become a botanist. ______, he became the U. S. ______. His name was Franklin Roosevelt.

______is the best nourishment(滋养品)of life. ______it is just a bucket of water, it can make the tree of life grow well!