Apart from working hard in sports, Kobe Bryant also challenges himself in other areas. Now he hopes to become famous for a completely 【小题1】 thing: writing. His book The Wizenard Series: Training Camp came out in March.

The story is 【小题2】 the West Bottom Badgers, a youth basketball team. It’s made up of five books, with each focused on the story of one character: Rain, Twig, Cash, Peno and Lab. All of the kids on this team come from a poor neighborhood. No one 【小题3】(have) faith (信心) in the kids to succeed, but things 【小题4】 after a new coach joins the team.

After 【小题5】 the book, we got to interview Bryant. He said he didn’t think he was going to be an author, 【小题6】 he often tells stories to his daughters. This is one of the reasons 【小题7】 he wrote his own book. The book is based on parts of Bryant’s real-life experience, 【小题8】(especial) when he played for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Bryant had two different jersey (秋衣) numbers --- 8 and 24 --- during his career. The number 24 【小题9】 you need to work hard 24 hours a day to succeed.

People Magazine noted that “Bryant is always breaking his limits both 【小题10】 and off the basket court.”

The home crowd erupted when China’s Eileen Gu 【小题1】(win) the Women’s Freeski Big Air gold in Beijing. Gu jumped into the top position with her third run, 【小题2】 (score) 94.50. Her total score was 188.25 in the event’s debut at the Winter Olympics. The 18-year-old, who also goes by her Chinese name, Gu Ailing, is a freestyle skier, model and grade-A student with 【小题3】American father and a Chinese mother. She grew up in the United States. It was there 【小题4】 she grew to love skiing. By 2018, she was representing the US in the world cup for the sport. Then, she decided to switch from representing the US 【小题5】 representing China. The decision met with shock and【小题6】 (confuse) from her growing fan base but Eileen Gu was more than 【小题7】 (determine), sharing her reasoning on Instagram at the time. “This was an 【小题8】 (extreme) tough decision for me to make...Through skiing, I hope to unite people, promote common understanding, create communication and forge friendships between 【小题9】 (nation). If I can help to inspire one young girl 【小题10】 (break) a boundary, my wishes will have come true.”

“Living Legends of Sports” are athletes 【小题1】 are masters in their sports and also set a good example for others, like Lang Ping and Michael Jordan.

Lang Ping, a former Chinese volleyball player, is now the coach of the Chinese national women’s volleyball team. She brought honour and glory to her country both as a player and as a coach, 【小题2】(win) the love from fans at home and abroad. At the 2015 World Cup, Chinese women’s team met with many difficulties. The team that Lang Ping built was falling apart because of 【小题3】(lose) two important players. 【小题4】(face) with such a big problem, she didn’t lose heart. She believed that her players had the 【小题5】(determine) and talent to win by working together as a team.