When it comes to the     1     (运动员) I admire most, it must be the swimmer, Fu Yuanhui, who is always     2     (积极的) and never     3     (失去信心). She was weak in her childhood, so in order to build up her     4     (体力), she     5     (跟随) with her friends to work out and     6     (掌握) swimming skills. In common with other swimmers, she wanted to     7     (竞争) in the Olympics and bring

    8     (荣誉) and glory to China. By training hard, she    9     (获得成功) to the Olympics which was    10     (主办) by Brazil and won a medal. Actually, it was her     11     (决心) and lovely expressions     12     (而不是) her     13     (优雅的) moves in the water that impressed millions of audience in China. When she was interviewed, she said that she sweated her way to the medal and tried hard to avoid errors and getting     14     (受伤)．

    15     (与……比较) pop stars, she is not     16     (苗条的) but she has     17     (树立好榜样) me. As for fitness, she thinks     18     (停止) unhealthy food from our diet and     19     (慢跑) can surely     20     (起作用). From her, I have learned that even if we face     21     (失败), it will     22     (有道理) to keep calm and do not be     23     (有压力的) or     24     (崩溃). Besides, never     25     (假装) to have known what you do not know, which means     26     (欺骗) yourself.

    1    , they find Luo’s parents eagerly waiting for them. Their home has been     2     for the joyous occasion. From the    3    of the paper-cuttings on the windows, to the Spring Festival    4    on the door, and to the New Year paintings on the wall, everything    5    joy, luck and happiness.

The whole family are going to    6    on the Chinese New Year’s Eve. They    7    around the television to watch the Spring Festival Gala, while    8    , chatting with each other and making dumplings that they will eat at the    9    of the new year. In the    10    of the room, Luo Yan talks about his plan for the future.

The first group, the Romans, came in the first century. Some of their great     1     included building towns and roads. The Vikings came in the eighth century, left behind lots of new vocabulary, and also the names of many     2     across the UK. The last group were the Normans. They conquered England after the well-known Battle of Hastings in the 11^th century. They had castles built all around England, and made changes to the     3     system.