(1) Mr. Mancinelli emigrated from Italy to America with his family when he was eight and began working at a local barbershop when he was 11. He now still 【小题1】 (do) his job full time, cutting hair five days a week from noon to 8 p.m. In the past five years, he 【小题2】 (work) at Fantastic Cuts, a hair salon 【小题3】 (locate) in a small shopping center in New York City.

(2) The Rocket 【小题4】 (be) arguably the most popular NBA franchise in China since the team 【小题5】 (draft) Chinese superstar Yao Ming. Yao played his entire NBA career in Houston.

(3) Though it’s not mainstream, if you walk through major cities you may see a fan 【小题6】 (dress) in the sweeping robes and wide sleeves of Hanfu, which literally translates to “Han clothing.” This kind of clothing 【小题7】 (sell) well among certain young people.

(4) But the central issue 【小题8】 (remain): who is 【小题9】 (blame) for the unsustainable imbalance in the world economy --- and how can it 【小题10】 (tackle)?

“Living Legends of Sports” are athletes who are 【小题1】 (master) in their sports and also set good examples for others, like Lang Ping and Michael Jordan.

Lang Ping, who is 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 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 challenge, 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. They did make 【小题6】.

Michael Jordan is one of the most famous basketball players in the world. He played so well 【小题7】 people called him “Air Jordan”. Not only were his skills 【小题8】 (impress), but also the mental strength he showed 【小题9】 (be) unique. He says the secret to success is learning from failures. Failure taught him to practise harder and never give 【小题10】. He started the Boys and Girls Club in Chicago in 1996, and he has been helping young people since.

Hockey (冰球) goalkeepers are the rare athletes in team sports who can try to show their history, family and personality through the 【小题1】 (choose) of clothes. That’s no different at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

China’s goalkeeper Zhou Jiaying caught the attention of the world when she showed 【小题2】 with her dragon-themed pads(护膝) at the hockey competition in Beijing.

“She always 【小题3】 (want) to honor her Chinese heritage,” explained Chris Joswiak, who has helped to design the pads for 【小题4】 26-year-old goalkeeper.

Her notice to Joswiak and his team read, “I hope that immediately we Chinese people see the pads, they think, ‘That’s the Gold Dragons in the Forbidden City!’”

Zhou Jiaying helped create the pads by 【小题5】 (send) Joswiak several examples of Chinese-style dragons that could convey 【小题6】 she was looking for in her pads.

The design team worked up multiple 【小题7】 (sample) for her before she finally approved the one that she wore at the Olympic competitions.

To meet her deadline, the pads that 【小题8】 (typical) take about 8 to 10 weeks to build 【小题9】 (make) for her in less than two weeks.

Wearing her dragon pads, Zhou Jiaying stopped 22 of 23 shots in China’s win over Denmark on Friday. The Chinese team is scheduled 【小题10】 (face)Japan on Sunday.