Here are two world-famous living legends. One is Lang Ping, and 【小题1】 other is Michael Jordan.

Lang Ping brought honour and glory to her country as a player and led the China women’s volleyball team to medals at world championships and the Olympics as a coach. When preparing for the 2015 World Cup, the team 【小题2】 Lang Ping had built was falling apart. One of the best players had been injured, and then the team captain had to leave because of heart problems. Losing two important players 【小题3】 (be) a big challenge for Lang Ping, but she did not lose heart. She knew that her young 【小题4】 (player) could win if they worked together as a team. Two weeks later, they were world champions!

Michael Jordan, 【小题5】 (know) as “Air Jordan”, changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan’s skills were 【小题6】 (impress), but the mental strength that he showed made him unique. Jordan says that the secret 【小题7】 his success is learning from his failures. 【小题8】 (lose) games taught him to practise harder and never give up. In life,   Jordan has learnt 【小题9】 (share) his success with others. The Boys and Girls Club he started in Chicago 【小题10】 (help)   young people since 1996.

Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the “Hand of God" goal in 1986 and【小题1】 (lead) his country to that year's World Cup title, has died. He was 60. Maradona s spokesman, Sebastian Sanchi, said he died Wednesday of heart attack, two weeks after【小题2】(release) from a hospital in Buenos Aires【小题3】 (follow) brain surgery.

The office of Argentina's president said it will decree three days of national mourning, and the Argentine soccer association expressed【小题4】 (it) sorrow on Twitter.

Maradona captivated fans around the world over a two-decade career with a fascinating style of play. Although his reputation【小题5】 (influence) by an ill-fated spell in charge of the national team, he remained idolized in Argentina 【小题6】 “Golden Boy”.

“You took us to the top of the world,” Argentine President Alfredo Fernandez said on social media, “You made us【小题7】 (incredible) happy. You were the greatest of all.”

The No.10 he wore on his shirt became synonymous with(同义) him, as it also had with Pele, the Brazilian great with【小题8】 Maradona was regularly paired as the best of all time.

“What sad news,” Pele said Wednesday. “I lost【小题9】 great friend and the world lost a legend. May God give【小题10】 (strong) to family members. One day, hope we can play ball together in the sky.”

Kobe Bryant is a famous basketball player. His talent can 【小题1】(see) not only on the court, but also in his writing. 【小题2】book The Wizenard Series: Training Camp came out in March.

The story is 【小题3】the West Bottom Badgers, a youth basketball team. It’s made up of five books, with each 【小题4】(focus) 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5】(have) faith in the kids to succeed, 【小题6】things change after a new coach joins the team.

After reading the book, we got to interview Bryant. He said he didn’t think he was going to be an author, but that he often tells stories to his daughters. This is one of the 【小题7】(reason) 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 numbers - 8 and 24 - during his career. 【小题9】number 24 means you need to work hard 24 hours a day 【小题10】(succeed).

Our final thoughts on Bryant — he is cool and very funny.