Michael Jeffrey Jordan （ born February 17, 1963 ）, also 【小题1】（know）by his initials, M J, is an American former professional basketball player, entrepreneur, and majority owner and chairman of the Charlotte Bobcats. His biography on the National Basketball Association（NBA） website states, “By acclamation （喝彩）, Michael Jordan is the 【小题2】 （great） basketball player of all time.” Jordan was one of the most 【小题3】（effective）marketed athletes of his generation and 【小题4】（consider） helpful in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.

After a three-season career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 【小题5】 he was a member of the Tar Heels national championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA’s Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly grew as a league star, entertaining crowds 【小题6】 his plentiful scoring. His leaping ability earned him the nickname “Air Jordan”. He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive 【小题7】（play）in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a “three-peat”. Although Jordan suddenly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993-1994 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three 【小题8】（addition） championships（1996, 1997 and 1998）as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995-1996 NBA season. Jordan retired for 【小题9】 second time in 1999,   【小题10】 returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards.

Chinese teenager Quan Hongchan won the gold medal for the women’s 10-meter platform diving at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Thursday.

Not only is Quan the youngest 【小题1】 (compete) in the women’s diving field, but also she’s the youngest of 431 athletes 【小题2】 China sent to Tokyo for the Olympics. If the Games had gone on as 【小题3】 (schedule) last summer, she would have been too young 【小题4】 (meet) the minimum age (14) to compete in the diving competition. Now, she’s made Olympic history.

Each of Quan’s dives was the highest of the five rounds of competition at the 10-meter platform. Two scored perfect 10s from all seven 【小题5】 (judge). Only one judge found a flaw (瑕疵) with her final dive, 【小题6】 (award) her a 9.5 next to six 10s. But it didn’t count, thanks to diving’s scoring system. The two highest and two 【小题7】 (low) scores are thrown out and multiplied(相乘) by the dive’s degree of difficulty. That means only the three middle 10s counted on her final dive and added up 96 when multiplied by the 3.2 degree of difficulty.

At such 【小题8】 young age, Quan was a relatively unknown person 【小题9】 winning the 2020 Chinese national championship at 13 years old. She 【小题10】 (be) a 17-year-old veteran(老手) when the Paris Olympics start in 2024.

Lionel Andres Messi was born in Rosario, Argentina in 1987. As Messi grew up playing soccer【小题1】his older brothers, his controlling and kicking the ball became as【小题2】（nature）and easy as breathing. At the age of 4, Messi joined a local team【小题3】（coach）by his father. Starting at age 6, he played for six years with【小题4】older boys’ team. Around the age of 10, he【小题5】（find）to have a growth hormone deficiency（生长激素不足）. Because of this condition, he would never grow taller than 170cm. 【小题6】Messi never stopped【小题7】（improve）his soccer skills or scoring goals.

In 2000, at the age of 13, Messi went to Barcelona, Spain. Futbol Club Barcelona（Barca）, one of the great European【小题8】（team）, was impressed with his skills for such a young player. In his very first game, he started making soccer history. He scored a goal, becoming the【小题9】（young）Barca player to do so in an important league match.

Messi is now a master in soccer【小题10】has led his teams to win over 30 medals, including an Olympic gold medal. The soccer’s little superstar will achieve more goals in the future.