Li Yue     1     (bear) with asthma and he never thought he’d be a runner! He only joined his local athletics club because his doctor told him that in     2     (he) particular case exercise could improve how his lungs work. But before he knew it, he was taking part     3     local races. This year he won silver in the under 18’s 10,000 metres!

Sarah didn’t do any exercise—not even any jogging not so long ago. Then she discovered an app     4     (call) Running Power,     5     lists your performance against other     6     (run) in your social network. Now she no longer uses the app, but she has fallen in love with running.

David is a computer engineer. The work can be quite     7     (stress) at times, though, which in turn makes him feel anxious. To help deal with this, he goes running as often as he     8     (possible) can.

Grace entered the Great Gorilla Run in London this year. This is a programme run by The Gorilla Organization     9     (raise) money to save the world’s last remaining gorillas from dying out. Each runner receives a gorilla suit and off they go! The funniest moment was when someone watching the race offered her     10     banana—a real treat for a running gorilla!

Winter sports were already popular in China a thousand years ago in the form of Bingxi (冰嬉), or play on ice. Bingxi as     1    form of performance for the court began in the Song Dynasty and reached its peak during Qing. A Bingxi painting in the collection of the Palace Museum portrays scenes of Bingxi during the Qing Dynasty. A closer look at the painting will show that there are many     2     (similarity) between how ancient Chinese people enjoyed games on ice and modern day     3     (compete) events at the Winter Olympic Games.

In the painting, the emperor,     4     (seat) inside his ice bed, was watching skaters compete     5    (fierce). Three types of ice skating were performed, the first one of     6     is speed race, similar to modern speed skating. Participants raced to the emperor’s ice bed from 2 to 3 kilometers away.     7     reached the emperor first won first prize. The second is figure skating. Jumps, spins and pair work moves common in modern day figure skating can all be found in the painting. The third is the soccer on ice. Participants in two teams skated, kicked and tried to score goals. If the “tool” for scoring goals     8     (change) from legs to sticks, it is highly comparable to hockey.

To this day, the interest     9     winter sports in Chinese people has never decreased. Each winter, in Beihai and Shichahai of Beijing, people are still enjoying     10     (they) forms of Bingxi.

A new competition has been added to the calendar of world sports events—the Balloon World Cup. We are all familiar     1     the “sport” of keeping balloon up. Most of us have joined in the decades—old pastime of     2     (keep) a balloon up in the air without letting it touch the floor. Spanish soccer star Gerard Pique loved this so much     3     he developed it into an international event. The first Balloon World Cup     4     (hold) in Spain on Thursday. Peru's Francesco de la Cruz was the very first man     5    (win) world champion. He defeated Germany's Jan Spiess in the final with a 6-2 victory.

Mr. Pique got his     6     (inspire) for the tournament from Tik Tok videos that went popular. He loved watching clips of the game     7     (play) by an American family during the COVID-19 lockdown. It then developed from the family's living room into a “Keep-Up Balloon League”. Pique then made the game global. The contests took place on an 8m x 8m court,       8     contained living room furniture as     9     (obstacle). Teams from 32 countries participated. Pique said, “It's something     10     (total) different. Sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone and try new things.” There are hopes that it could become an Olympics event.

With the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games     1     (approach), our city government has recently launched     2     series of activities aimed     3     (popularize) ice and snow sports on campuses.

First of all,     4     can arouse students' interest in ice and snow sports such as skating is held at schools. Besides, skills relevant     5     ice and snow sports     6     (teach) in PE classes. More happily, during the coming winter vacation, students are freely admitted to some ski resorts and outdoor ice rinks (溜冰场),     7     they can enjoy themselves, practice and improve     8     (they) skating and skiing skills. Not only will the activities promote ice and snow sports but they can help students to     9     (strength) their bodies

Anyone interested is     10     (sincere) invited to join us and have fun on the ice and snow.

Before the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, visually- impaired (视力受损的) Chinese runner Liu Cuiqing put a lot of pressure on     1    (she) to do well. Finally, she won two gold medals with the help of her sighted guide Xu Donglin.

In 2010, she joined the national athletics team     2     was made up of disabled people. She has had to experience countless challenges. “As a blind person, I learn things     3    (slowly) than other people do,” she said.

Sports competitions for disabled     4     (athlete) require blind runners to be assisted by a guide. Liu met Xu in 2013 and since then, the two     5    (train) hard together, linked by a thin rope.

“To other people, this may just be     6     ordinary rope, but for us, it is the eye, the direction and trust. We depend     7     the rope to feel the turns and the distance between us. Only when she trusted me     8     (complete) was she able to run boldly,” Xu tolo CCTV.

At the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, after     9    (cross) the finish line, Xu fell heavily because of a pain in his right knee.

“In fact, when I was running, my leg was already so painful     10     I could not feel anything. I only had one thought, which was to accompany her (Liu) to the end,” he told CCTV after the race.