It【小题1】 (be) the third time that 2019 International Marathon had been successfully held in Xi’an. A number of running lovers were 【小题2】 (concern) about this event. Before taking part in it, runners, with the support of the government, organized a series of physical 【小题3】 (activity) in order to keep fit.

Recently, it is with the help of our government that more and more people 【小题4】 (make) great progress in Marathon.While【小题5】 (run) straight down the street, runners found【小题6】 easy to make use of water provided by volunteers who were reliable.

It is well known that Marathon is a tough sport. 【小题7】, Mini Marathon is easy for the common people .

Mini Marathon, 【小题8】 covers 4,2195 Km, is popular among people. 【小题9】 number of runners is on the increase. Because there is no request that the runners should go through the sufferings from the 【小题10】 (extreme) long running. It encourages people to join in physical exercise. More and more people realize the importance of health.

A soldier from the war of Vilna who ran the New York Marathon 【小题1】 memory of three men he served alongside, crawled (爬行) across the finish line as his body almost gave up- but his mind didn't.

In 2010, Mike's three friends, Mark Juarez, Matthew Ballard and Rupert Hamer, 【小题2】 (kill)in a bombing attack. He was 【小题3】 (fortune) to be alive and active. After returning home, he decided to run the New York Marathon for his late friends and draw 【小题4】 (attend) to veterans' (老兵的) situations.

Close to the end, his legs gave way and he fell down in great pain, but he wasn't going to let it stop him. He used his arms 【小题5】 (drag) his body towards the finish line. 【小题6】 (eventual) he regained enough feeling in his legs and began to crawl. With the crowd 【小题7】 (cheer), Mike crossed the finish line on his hands and knees.

During the race, Mike repeated his friends' names, even though it causer curious looks from other competitors.

Mike said their names gave him 【小题8】 (strong).He also fixed their names, 【小题9】 were on three golden plates, to his shoelaces. As for the pain he experienced,.” he said, “【小题10】 I was going through is nothing compared the pain that my friends went through

As the capital of 13 dynasties throughout Chinese history. Xi’an has never been far from sports. Since the Western Zhou Dynasty, the city 【小题1】(hold) many sports events, such as cuju.

Cuju was 【小题2】ancient Chinese competitive game involving kicking a ball through an opening. As the ancestor of soccer, it first appeared in the ancient Chinese historical work Zhan Guo Ce, in which cuju 【小题3】(describe) as one of amusement among the general public.

Later, cuju was 【小题4】(common) played in the army during the Han Dynasty. Emperor Hangaozu Liu Bang, the first emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, liked both watching cuju games 【小题5】playing cuju on the playground. Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, 【小题6】was crazy about cuju, would set up a cuju field wherever his army went. He used cuju as a way of 【小题7】(train) soldiers.

The 【小题8】(early) record of women cuju players dates back to the Han Dynasty. We can see from the paintings that females with their hair 【小题9】(tie), were playing cuju elegantly.

【小题10】(protect) this precious national culture, the Chinese government put it into the first batch of China’s intangible cultural heritage in 2006.