Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words or the proper forms of the given words.August 18, 2016 (Rio local time) is a date 【小题1】 will go down in Chinese sporting history after China beat the Netherlands 3:1 during the women’s volleyball semi-final at the Rio Olympic Games. After 12 years, the Chinese team has finally made 【小题2】 once again to the Olympic final.
After the semi-final match, head coach Lang Ping said she could barely 【小题3】 (breath) as the match progressed. “I kept thinking about how to deal with the opponents. Both of our scores increased alternately (交替地). I have never seen such intensity (紧张),” she remarked.
Lang said she knew it would be 【小题4】 (challenge) to play against the Netherlands, since the team is quite 【小题5】 (compete). “I always told the players they would come across many difficulties, but all we could do was try our best. The Chinese women’s volleyball team is tough.”
Ding Xia, a player, explained that they 【小题6】 (analyze) their experiences being defeated by the Netherlands in group games, and then prepared tactics (战术) based on those experiences. Moreover, the most important thing to the Chinese players was maintaining a positive attitude. Ding explained, “To improve our skills in just a few days is 【小题7】 (possible), but we used our confidence and morale to better our performance.” As for the victory, Lang is very 【小题8】 (pride) of the team’s performance, boasting that their win was based on “will power.”
【小题9】, just two days ago, few people believed the Chinese team would be able to defeat the Brazilians, let alone make it to the finals. Even Lang admitted that the Brazilian team was a tough opponent in terms of both experience and skill. On the subject of that match, Lang said that she didn’t put too much 【小题10】 (press) on the Chinese team, “We didn’t think much about success, but just played the best game we could. Our players are really brave.”