2 . Lee Chong Wei, the 38-year-old Malaysian badminton legend, praised Lin Dan as the greatest badminton player ever in a recent Facebook Live Session (实况转播) on April 16. When he was ________ “who is the greatest badminton player of all time ” by Malaysia’s former Deputy Sports Minister Steven Sim during a recent Facebook Live session, Lee _______ , “You have to say it’s Lin Dan. He’s a legend. His ______ speak for themselves. We have to show our admiration for him.”
Lin Dan was born in Longyan, Fuijian on October 14, 1983. He began to play badminton at the age of five. He entered the ________ school of Fujian in 1992 and joined the _____ team in 2000 to play badminton for China. Li Chong Wei was born in Malaysia on October 21,1982, the ________ of whose ancestors (祖先) is Fujian.
The two badminton titans (巨人) treat each other as powerful rivals (对手) on the court, but are __________ off the court. They met in 2000 and __________ each other for the first time in the Thomas Cup Badminton Asia Preliminaries in 2004.Between their 40 matches from 2004 to2018,Lin has walked away triumphant (胜利的) 28 times, __________ Lee beat the difficulties and __________ 12 times.
Throughout the years, fans have __________ their friendly post—match hugs. Their mutual (互相的) encouragement has been an inspirational __________ of sportsmanship. ____that, Lee even attended Lin’s wedding in 2012.
The two-decade long friendship has been such a _________ example of cross—cultural exchange that Lee was even _________ with the China—Malaysia Star of Friendship award.
1. A.asked | B.told | C.warned | D.reminded |
2. A.concluded | B.questioned | C.whispered | D.replied |
3. A.titles | B.clothes | C.styles | D.habits |
4. A.art | B.tourism | C.business | D.sports |
5. A.urban | B.suburban | C.national | D.local |
6. A.grass | B.land | C.border | D.center |
7. A.coaches | B.playmates | C.friends | D.neighbors |
8. A.looked after | B.stood for | C.took on | D.competed against |
9. A.before | B.after | C.until | D.while |
10. A.won | B.ran | C.failed | D.tried |
11. A.introduced | B.explained | C.witnessed | D.described |
12. A.request | B.symbol | C.plan | D.law |
13. A.In place of | B.Except for | C.In case of | D.In addition to |
14. A.remarkable | B.simple | C.strange | D.correct |
15. A.impressed | B.armed | C.honored | D.supplied |