Chloe Ho Pui-pui,     1     officer from HongKong Police Force, volunteered for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. In a training course, Ho got up close to horses, allowing her     2     (gain) firsthand knowledge about Equestrian (马术) events. Her main     3     (responsible) was to help two UK horseshoers (蹄铁工) communicate with the workers from the mainland     4     didn’t speak English.

During the first few days of the event, it was hot and some people     5     (fall) ill. “My role was to be on call and ready to go wherever I was needed.     6    , I ran around the center, regularly taking 10,000 steps each day,” Ho said. In these days, she slept badly and always had to shout to make herself     7     (hear) in noisy conditions. As a result, one day she had difficulty     8     (speak). In the afternoon on National Day, when no competitions     9     (schedule), the organization invited Ho and other volunteers to a party for they had really set good examples     10     the public.

The 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou opened on Saturday. Hangzhou has     1     (previous) hosted a number of international sports events, including the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships, FINA World Aquatics Convention,     2     contributes to the city’s reputation     3     an international sports center.

Major international sports events have become an important source of revenue for the host cities and countries, with the revenue being generated both in the short and long term.

International sports events require host countries     4     (make) huge investments in infrastructure. And the income for host cities and countries     5     (come) from TV rights, licensing, tourism and ticketing. International sports events involve     6     (nation) and international sports bodies, with the host cities and countries     7     (require) to meet their demands.

For the Olympic Games, the income from TV rights and top     8     (sponsor) helps fund the organizational costs     9     pay the International Olympic Committee and the domestic Olympic body. Nowadays, Olympic host cities and countries also earn revenue from multimedia and streaming rights. Major sports events also boost tourism and generate tourism revenue.

    10     (Follow) the Asian Games in Hangzhou, the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina (Italy) will likely be an example of the sports spirit being spread across cities.

The words “sport is power” proved true when China hosted the FISU World University Games in Chengdu, Sichuan province, from July 28 to Aug 8. Nothing was     1     (power) than letting thousands of foreign athletes and visitors from around the world see the achievements of China. The games     2     (success) showed national pride with amazing results, and     3     (impress)every athlete with the excellent competition facilities and the efficient organization of the atheltes’ village, where they had the opportunity     4     (enjoy) Chengdu’s famous spicy food     5     attend cultural activities. The games also fostered cultural exchanges, mutual understanding and friendships     6     crossed borders. Competitors were found     7     (hug) each other while offering their rivals encouragement and warm congratulations. Handwritten letters from individual students in Chengdu     8     (hand) to overseas journalists to show their welcome and     9     history and attractions of the provincial capital. Additionally, the games were helpful     10     developing the sports industry in China.

“Green Games” became a calling card for the 19th Asian Games.     1    (make) the Games the world’s first waste-free sporting event, green energy    2    (source) were used at all 56 competition venues (场馆). Some of the renewable electricity    3    (use)at the venues was photovoltaic energy (光伏能源), transmitted from areas such as Qinghai and Gansu.     4    digital management platform was also launched, on which digital technologies were used for managing carbon emissions from venues in the six cities    5    the Games were held.

Among all of the Games’ 56 competition venues, just 12 were    6    (new) built. The rest were, existing facilities repaired as part of the organizers’ mission of sustainability. Zhejiang also improved public access     7    the venues and hosted sports events in them. Since May 2022, all of the available venues     8    (receive) 10 million visits,    9    (allow) the public to experience the world-class facilities. These venues will continue to be used for sports and public    10    (fit) after the Games. Venue owners and operators have developed post-games plans for 51 venues.

The Tour de France is the most important bicycle race in the world. The three-week-long race,     1     was first organized in 1903, is     2     (tradition) held in July. Although the route of the race changes slightly every year, it always contains a mixture of the flat stages at the     3     (begin) and the difficult stages across the Pyrenees and the Alps.

Each of the teams that can enter the Tour de France    4     (include) nine riders. And each team has a leader, usually the     5     (good) cyclist in the team. The other members of the team support him. They help him come back to     6     front line if he falls behind or they block off attacks by other teams. The main goal of every team is     7     (have)one of their athletes in the yellow jersey (运动套衫), which always belongs to the leading cyclist in the overall race. The time of each stage     8     (add)up.

The ranking is also important. The best mountain rider wears a polka-dot jersey and the best young rider wears a white jersey.     9     , not all cyclists of the Tour de France make it to the finish line. Many drop out because of injuries or because     10     (they) bodies cannot cope with the physical strain (损伤) of a three-week tour.

The 2022 Winter Paralympic Games was     1     (office) open at the National Stadium on March 4th in Beijing, China. Chinese President Xi Jinping declared     2     opening of the Games after International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons’ address. Parsons spoke highly of China’s     3     (prepare) for the Winter Paralympics and encouraged people with disabilities,     4     account for 15 percent of the population in the world,     5     (find) their power and maximize what they can do.

    6     (direct) by Zhang Yimou, the program was themed “Blossoming of Life”, and divided     7     12 parts. Sight-impaired (受损的) Li Duan, Paralympic long jump and triple jump champion at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, placed the torch at the heart of a snowflake that was raised and     8     (hang) over the stadium     9     the torch was relayed by eight Paralympic athletes. The Beijing Winter Paralympics lasted nine days, with more than 700 para-athletes     10     (compete) in 78 events across six sports. These events were staged at six venues (场馆) in the three competition zones of Beijing, Yanging and Zhangjiakou.

Marathon Monday is an official state holiday in Massachusetts, a day     1     citizens crowd the streets to watch some of the world's top long-distance runners compete in the Boston Marathon. Over 30,000 runners compete each year     2     (win)this famous race.

The 2009 race was     3     113^th marathon in Boston's history, and it was the start of the “green” era. For the first time, electric cars rather than motorcycles     4     (follow)the runners. A “green team” was employed to ensure that thousands of items     5     (throw)away along the marathon route-including items like plastic cups and bottles—found their way into recycling containers. It was the first step towards making the race much     6     (green).

While Boston Marathon has pioneer green thinking for large events, it still has many difficulties to overcome     7     it can claim to be truly eco-friendly. For example, only about two percent of the runners are from the     8     (surround)area, so there is a great carbon footprint from airplane and car emissions(排放)as the runners travel long distances to get to the event.

In recent years, other races in the U. S.     9     (make)efforts to improve their efficiency in energy consumption. The race to become the     10     (country)greenest marathon has just begun.