Technology in sports is a beautiful thing. With the help of modern technology, including AI, sports coverage     1     (get) more interesting recently. However, this doesn’t mean technology is flawless.

In October, a Scottish soccer club decided to livestream its matches due to the pandemic, using an AI robot camera to track the ball.     2    , the camera appeared to mistake the bald(秃头的) head of the referee for the ball, so it repeatedly     3     (swing) back to follow the referee instead of the actual game.

Many viewers who paid for the match complained they missed their team scoring a goal because of this error. Some suggested that the referee should be given a hat.

Every March, sports fans across the United States get a special treat – the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Basketball Tournament (竞标赛). In this tournament, the best college basketball teams take part in the     1     (compete). It’s nicknamed “March Madness”     2     the tournament always happens in March,

With fans     3     (come) from across the country, the games gain great popularity. One of the     4     (many) exciting aspects is the concept (概念) of “upsets”, when an underrated team defeats a team that is very     5     (high) ranked (排名). Upsets are very inspiring because they show that any team that tries hard enough can become a champion. This year, for example, a small team defeated     6     highest-ranking team in the country. This game surprised almost everyone, because it’s very rare for that team     7     (defeat) by anyone, especially by a small team.

Upsets often define March Madness,     8     (provide) inspiration for us in our daily lives. We’re all on the way to     9     (become) the champions of our own lives, and events such as March Madness     10     we can see young adults from all backgrounds compete at a national level show us that our goals are achieved.

A dragon boat is a boat driven by human power,     1     (make) of wood and its body is dragon-like,     2     a dragon head at the bow.

Dragon boat racing is a religious and entertaining activity. Moreover, dragon boat racing has a    3     (culture) meaning, being in memory of the great poet, Qu Yuan. Large-scale dragon boat racing is held at the Dragon Boat Festival,     4     is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth Chinese lunar month. On that day, Qu Yuan drowned    5     (he) in the Miluo River because his country was defeated. When the news    6     (come) to people’s ears, people rowed boats fast so that they could find his body because they were afraid that his body would    7     (eat) by fish, but their efforts had no gains.

Dragon boat racing nowadays uses professional dragon boats and has professional racing teams. Team for dragon boat racing    8     (normal) consists of 22 members: 20 paddlers (桨手), 1drummer (鼓手) and 1 steersman (舵手). 20paddlers are in pairs, whose work is paddling, and the drummer usually sits at the bow    9     (face) the paddlers, whose work is to command the team by beating the drummer and using the drummer beats, hand signals    10     voice calls, and it is important to the team racing. The steersman stands at the end of the boat, whose work is to control where the boat goes.

Table tennis, also known as ping pong, is the     1    (nation) sport China. On average, 10 million Chinese people play ping pong in     2     single day.

Ping pong is built on Chinese culture, down to the roots. Ping pong tables     3    (see) in almost every park, which means that the ping pong experience is practically at everyone's doorstep.

In China, the government plays a huge part in developing sports. Children talented in table tennis attend special schools in     4     they are set aside to grow their talents.

China     5    (be) the face of ping pong during all the recent Olympics. China is     6     good at the game that the Olympics committee had to create a rule that only two players in each country could be allowed     7    (compete) in the game after the 2008 Olympics. They planned to prevent Chinese from     8    (control) the event. It     9    (obvious) did not work. The Chinese table tennis team went on to win the Olympics, pocketing almost all gold     10    (medal).

Many countries have only one “World Class” ping pong player, but China has a pool of great talent. Ping pong is a game of Chinese people. They own it. The rest of the world borrows it from them.

All Jasmine Harrison wanted to do was go it alone. She wound up making history in the process.

The 21-year-old from the landlocked town of Thirsk, England, set a world record as the     1    (young)female to row solo(独自)across any ocean—70 days, 3 hours and 48 minutes—by     2    (finish)the 2020 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge on Saturday, according to organizer Atlantic Campaigns.

Harrison's trip began in Spain     3     ended 3 ,000 miles away in Antigua.

A Twitter account posted, “The world record came after a near collision with a drilling ship, two capsizes(倾覆),^:lots of peanut butter and chocolates     4    (consume), and visits from dolphins.”

Harrison wrote on her website that she     5    (inspire) to take part in the challenge when she saw the 2018 race finish.

“It wasn't just watching and holding the flares at Nelson's Dockyard for a race finish     6     encouraged me. I also talked to a boy who had just completed and told me     7     amazing it was. ” she wrote.

Happening to be in Antigua for the finish of the 2018 challenge     8    (plant)the seed for such a feat in Harrison's mind. While traveling through Europe a year later, she made the official     9    (decide) that she would try.

“I enjoy travelling by myself because I see so many     10    (reward). If you want to do something, NOW is the time; I'm seizing this opportunity to go solo!”

Skiing

Skiing is an extremely popular sport that is enjoyed worldwide. The oldest and most accurately documented evidence of skiing origin is found in modern day Norway and Sweden.     1     word “ski” comes from the Old Norse word “skie”,     2     (mean) split (劈开的) pieces of wood or firewood.

Skiing has evolved into two major different types: Alpine skiing and Nordic skiing. Alpine skiing, also     3     (refer) to as downhill skiing, perhaps is the most popular form of skiing. It originated in the European Alps, and is characterized by fixed-heel bindings (捆绑物) that attach at both the front and the heel (脚后跟) of the     4    (skier) boot. The boots are reinforced plastic that     5     (steady) hold the foot to the ski, and ski poles are used. Downhill skis vary     6     length and shape depending on the height of the player and the type of snow they will be skiing.

Nordic skiing, also known as “cross country” skiing,     7     (involve) skiing over flat ground. Most Nordic country skis are long and thin, allowing the weight of the skier     8     (distribute) quickly. Cross country skiers use poles to drive     9     (they) forward. Cross country boots are attached to the ski at the toe with a binding,     10     the heel remains free.