1 . 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Freedom above snow
With the Tokyo Summer Olympics behind us, people are turning their eyes to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, 1 will start in five months. Freestyle skier Gu Ailing, 18, looks to be one of the superstars of the event.
Born to an American father and a Chinese mother, Gu 2 (decide) to compete for China in the 2022 Winter Olympics in June 2019. Just two months later, she bagged her first gold medal for China at the Australia New Zealand Cup. 3 strength continued to grow as she won one bronze and two gold medals at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in March.
People say she is 4 (talent). But Gu says that talent counted for (占据) “only 1 percent” of her wins, adding that her hard work is 5 counts. While going to school in San Francisco, Gu could only practice on weekends. She spent eight hours 6 (go) to the ski hill and back, doing her homework on the way and making full use of her time at the hill 7 (practice) skiing.
Gu said she wants to encourage more girls in China to try skiing and other extreme sports , many of which have only been known there for 20 years, according to the Olympics website. She said skiing gives her “ 8 (free) and creativity”, especially when she perfectly controls her body and does tricks that others cannot do.
Now she 9 (prepare) for the Winter Olympics as a full-time athlete. “Of course, I want to win medals and even golds,” Gu said. “But what’s 10 (important) is to bring out my own style, enjoy the game and love the sport.”