The opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games    1     (take) place at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province    2     Saturday evening.

The ceremony    3     (theme) “Memories of Jiangnan” used the element of water    4     (showcase) the region’s natural beauty and cultural charm,     5     was a feast for the senses with stunning visuals.

During the parade, images of West Lake were projected (投射) onto the floor screen,     6     (allow) athletes and spectators to enjoy the city’s picturesque scenery in an immersive way. The     7     (enter) of the Chinese team was accompanied by a breathtaking visual representation of the motherland’s mountains and rivers. Also, netizens     8     (fascinate) by the display of oriental东方的aesthetics美学, strength of technology and warmth of art.

The opening ceremony    9     (definite) boasted many historic firsts. Not only did it break new ground in terms of technology using digital ignition (点火) for the first time, but also drew inspiration from    10     (tradition) culture, combining Hangzhou charm and Chinese elements.

The FIFA World Cup 2022 kicks     1     on Sunday with a ceremony at the Al Bayt Stadium in the city of Al Khor, 50 kilometres outside of Qatar’s capital Doha.

Enner Valencia scored two first-half goals as Ecuador beat hosts Qatar 2-0 in the opening match. It’s the first time that a host team     2     (lose) the opening game of the World Cup.

Even without a home team to cheer for, Chinese fans and enterprises remain     3     (enthusiasm) about the Qatar World Cup. Support from China has also come in     4     more concrete way, with most of the tournament’s stadiums, its     5     (accommodate) facilities and its official transportation system     6     (feature) contributions from Chinese builders and providers. For example, the 80, 000-seat Lusail Stadium,     7     is scheduled to host the eye-catching final game, was designed and built by China Railway International Group with advanced energy-saving     8     (technology) and sustainable materials. Besides, Doha’s first ever Panda House officially opened to the public on Thursday.     9     (locate) at Al Khor Park near the Al Bayt Stadium, the Panda House is home to Chinese giant pandas, three-year-old female Si Hai and four-year-old male Jing Jing. And according to a list released by FIFA; Chinese referee Ma Ning and two     10     (assist) referees, Cao Yi and Shi Xiang, have been appointed to judge at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics unveiled the Phryges as their    1     (office) mascots this week,     2     (show) off cartoonish images that are meeting with wide-ranging reactions. Phryges are small Phrygian caps( 弗里 吉 亚 帽 ),     3     represent a strong symbol of liberty, inclusivity and the ability of people    4     (support) great and meaningful causes. The difference is that Paralympic mascot wears    5    prosthetic(假体的) running blade to raise the profiles of para-athletes and people    6    disabilities and to promote the sporting values of inclusion.

The mascots are dressed in a red, white and blue colourway, with the golden Paris 2024 logo across their chests. It's a symbol of revolution and freedom, of striving. The mascot, Phryges, is an icon    7     (see) over centuries, from the Notre Dame Cathedral to the Eiffel Tower. More    8     (specific), it's the red hat famously worn by Marianne, the artistic symbol of the free French republic.

The two mascots share a motto of “Alone we go faster, but together we go    9     (far)”, and the Olympic Phryge is described as “a person with a calculating brain”, while the Paralympic Phryge is “spontaneous and full of energy and    10    (enthusiastic)”.

Julie Matikhine, the brand manager of the Paris 2024 Games, said of the Phryges, “It is a mascot who embodies the French spirit. An ideal that carries the values of our country, a part of our history and a singular point of view on the world.”

Team China     1     (identify) as the third-place finisher of the     2     (man) 4x100m relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, according to the official website of IAAF on March 21st.

The Chinese team of Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, Tang Xingqiang and Wu Zhiqiang finished     3     (four) after clocking     4     national record of 37.79 seconds at last year’s Tokyo Olympics with Italy, Great Britain and Canada     5     (rank) the top three.

    6     , Team Great Britain was stripped of (被剥夺) its silver medal after its first-leg runner Chijindu Ujah was confirmed to     7     (break) anti-doping (反兴奋剂) regulations,     8     resulted in the upgrade of Canada and China to silver and bronze     9     (medal) respectively.

It was the first Olympic medal won by China in a relay event and the second overall in a sprint event     10     retired track star Liu Xiang’s gold medal finish in the 110m hurdles at the 2004 Games in Athens.

For almost a month, Li Man has been working at an altitude of over 2, 000 meters, tirelessly carrying a medical rescue kit on her back     1     (weigh) about 15 kilograms.

As one of the 38 Chinese rescue staff on duty to protect the para athletes, Li and her team members call     2     (they) the “ski doctors”. “We come from different hospitals and departments     3     (ensure) rescue work is as comprehensive as possible,” said Li,    4     comes from the China Rehabilitation Research Center in Beijing. She     5     (remain) in Yanqing district since January.

With competitors capable of hitting top speeds of up     6     100 kilometers per hour, para Alpine skiing is a dangerous sport. Once emergency happens, the athletes need doctors immediately. Ski doctors     7     (require) to reach an injured person within four minutes, but in fact, often arrive within one minute. “Since 2018, we’ve visited a resort for ski training for around a month each year to make sure that we could reach the injured people as fast and as     8     (safe) as possible,” said Li. Li added that they have been given     9     (profession) training for first aid, and online and offline English training to make sure that they can communicate smoothly with foreign athletes and staff in international    10     (event). She hopes that China’s ski medical rescue system will continue to grow and more recruits will join.

Ski resorts in northern China are seeing their business skyrocket, as winter sports     1     （get）more popular in China supported by a multi—year national campaign ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

“When we opened a few years ago, there was no one here     2     （ski）; even during the Chinese New Year, there were only around 300 people. Now, we have over 3, 000 each day,” Luo Li, chairman of Zhangjiakou Wanlong Sports and Tourism Co. in the ski resort city of Zhangjiakou, told the Global Times.

Luo’s resort is not the only one in Zhangjiakou     3     has more business. A recent report from the city, which is also     4     host site for the Winter Olympics, said that the city     5     （expect）to see 2. 4 million people come to ski by 2022       6     the winter sports sector will drive 1 percent of the city’s total GDP by 2025.

Luo said that the increasing business has been supported by long—term investments by private businesses, as well as a national campaign to increase the     7     （popular）of winter sports ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

    8     （national）, as part of the preparation for the Winter Olympics and national exercise campaign, Chinese     9     （official）announced that measures would be taken     10     （encourage）as many as 300 million people to play winter sports.

The annual League of Legends World Championship, commonly referred to as “Worlds,”     1     （feature）qualifying professional teams from across the globe competing over a prize pool of $2,225,000. On Saturday, Chinese team defeated South Korean team and     2     （eventual）won the 2021 League of Legends World Championship in Iceland. The Chinese players     3     （award）the world champion for the first time in history. Due to the pandemic, there was no     4     （admit）to the live competition this year, but millions of audiences tuned in online to watch the game.

The International Olympic Committee is introducing new events     5     （make）the games attract more young people, so why not go further and let national teams compete at video games?

In fact, compared with most mainstream sports, electronic sports     6     “Fortnite” are more popular. But     7     critics may consider is that e-sports are not proper sports. Some of them even offer moral objections, too. In their opinion, they are     8     （violence）. Prince Harry has even called for "Fortnite” to be banned for this reason. Surely, at a time of global disharmony, it is a bad idea to make simulated（模拟的）killing     9     Olympic sport. The Olympics aim to promote peace.

Yet video games are highly competitive, with professional leagues     10     （head）for packed stadiums.

Smart, cozy and accessible, Beijing’s Winter Olympic Village has all the elements needed to provide athletes with a safe and comfortable home away     1     home during next year’s Games.

As promised in its bidding submission, Beijing's commitment to     2    (host) “athlete-centered” Games has materialized in     3     big way, with 20 residential buildings — all furnished and decorated to a high standard and fitted with fresh-air ventilation systems—    4    (complete) this month well ahead of the opening ceremony on Feb 4.

Situated in the northern part of the city’s downtown against the backdrop of the Bird’s Nest, the Beijing Olympic Village, which     5    (cover) an area of 330,000 square meters, is the largest of three official residential areas built for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

The Beijing village will undergo an operational test     6    (late) this month with all facilities,     7    (serve) and COVID-19 control and prevention measures to be evaluated. Should the test go well, the village will initiate a trial run on Jan 23 before     8    (official) opening on Jan27.

“We are trying to make the village a safe and comfortable home for every athlete and official,     9     they can enjoy themselves and be as relaxed as possible     10     experience some of the cultural characteristics of the host city at the same time,” said Yang Jingfeng, deputy director of resident services for the village operation team.

The last time Tokyo hosting the Summer Olympic Games was in 1964.     1     (welcome) athletes and fans from around the world, some 75,000 people roared with applause at the opening ceremonies. The athletes snaked through crowds of fans     2     (wave) flags during the torch relay (火炬传递).

But this year, Tokyo looked and felt nothing     3    those Games — or any other Olympics of the past. There were no spectators in     4    Tokyo area. For the first time, an Olympics     5     (postpone) due to the coronavirus pandemic (流行病)     6    has spread throughout the world. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics, as it is still branded despite being held in summer 2021, was     7     (large) a virtual and muted (无声的) affair. With a summer resurgence (复苏) of COVID cases in Tokyo and the global rise of the delta variant (变异), Olympics officials in early July decided no ticketed spectators would be allowed at     8     (competition) in and around Tokyo.

Brand new Olympic venues remained vacant of fans as athletes competed. Marathon runners and race walkers competed in     9     (silent) without any crowds cheering them on. Perhaps the     10     (different) part was that fans could click the “Cheer” button on the Olympics virtual-viewing platform.