The Great North Run is one of the UK’S most popular sporting 【小题1】 (event). It is the biggest and best known half-marathon in the world. Around fifty-thousand competitors sign up to compete in the Great North Run every September. Around one hundred thousand friends and family members line the roads 【小题2】 (watch) the race and cheer the runners on from the sidelines.

First 【小题3】 (hold) in 1981, the Great North Run was to help raise money for charities and other worthy causes. A lot of people enjoy 【小题4】 (compete) in the half-marathon, and men and women of all ages take part 【小题5】 the race to help raise money for their favourite charity.

Running road races can be 【小题6】 (exhaust). So not all runners manage to go the full 【小题7】 (distant) and complete it and there are always some 【小题8】 fall by the wayside. Ambulances are kept on standby in case any runners need medical attention and 【小题9】 (bottle) water is provided at various stops along the way. 【小题10】 (usual), around two hundred and fifty thousand bottles of water are handed out during the race alone.

Usually，people go on holiday to relax when they don’t have to work.These days，a new kind of holiday 【小题1】(get) more and more popular—helping people in developing 【小题2】(country) through volunteer projects.

A volunteer holiday is a very meaningful way【小题3】(see) cultures of other countries.Volunteers often work side by side with people of the country to help 【小题4】 poor. For example，you may help build a new school，dig a well，or look after orphans(孤儿)．There are organizations that match volunteers to projects all over the world，like Village Volunteers，or 1­to­1.You can choose 【小题5】 you want to go and what kind of project you’ll volunteer for. More and more people enjoy 【小题6】(take) a volunteer holiday because it offers them a chance to see the country they are visiting 【小题7】 a different way.Also，they like the idea of using their free time to help others.

【小题8】 is possible that you don’t feel relaxed at all after you come back from a volunteer holiday.However，you will feel much 【小题9】(good) about yourself than spending your time on a beach or a sightseeing bus. All over the world，there are many people who need your help.You will be 【小题10】(amaze) how much you could give them if you spend one or two weeks just to give them a hand.

Fame can sometimes come at unexpected moments, like an uninvited but welcome guest 【小题1】 (knock) at the door. This was the case for Wang Xiukun. In a live webinar (网络研讨会) organized by the United Nations’ Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, 【小题2】 23-year-old graduate student, as the only Chinese youth representative (代表), introduced China’s anti-pandemic (抗疫) experience and achievements 【小题3】 young people throughout the world. She also shared her stories of volunteering.

When Wang was still in primary school, 【小题4】 (encourage) by her parents, she started taking part in community services such as helping clean the streets 【小题5】 (protect) the city’s image (形象) in her hometown.

And it was the contribution 【小题6】 she made to the city during the epidemic that made her stand out. Wang Xiukun, along with other four ambitious young people, organized “Caring for Children of Frontline Medical Staff” program and 【小题7】 (match) more than 1,500 volunteers from WHU with the families of 641 healthcare workers. The program provided 【小题8】 (profession) online lessons and psychological counseling (心理辅导) for teenagers aged from 5 to 18 years old.

While doing the online service, Wang 【小题9】 (full) realized that volunteering is not only about helping others, but it also greatly inspires her to overcome the difficulties and make a 【小题10】 (different).