Zhang Jiazhen was born in Shenyang city, northeast China’s Liaoning Province. He is a famous kung fu champion and ________ the second place in a famous talent show “Brilliant Chinese”. ________ the same time, he is a volunteer kung fu teacher in Tibet. Since 2012, he has taught kung fu to nearly 1,000 children. They ________ him Dad.

Zhang began to learn kung fu at the age of 15 when his mother passed away. At that time, he only wanted to be ________ and confident. But after over ten years’ training, he became a kung fu star.

A public show in 2012 changed his ________ — and also many children’s. One day, Zhang performed kung fu at a school in Beijing. Some Tibetan children were very ________ after they watched the show. They wanted to learn kung fu very much. So Zhang decided to teach ________.

At the Beijing school, Zhang taught these ________ kung fu. He also taught them how to ________ useful people. So the children called him both “Mr. Zhang” and “Dad” ________.

After a few years, these children grew up. Some of them are now teaching kung fu together with Zhang. They will become “Dads” (or “Moms”) or even more children.

On February 8, 18-year-old Eileen Gu won the gold medal in the women’s Freeski Big Air (女子自由式滑雪) of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Quickly, she _________ one of the most popular Chinese sports stars.

Born to an American father and a Chinese mother, Gu decided to _________ China in the 2022 Winter Olympics in June 2019.

People say Gu is talented. But Gu says that her wins depend on her _________. While going to school in San Francisco, Gu could only _________ on weekends. She spent eight hours going to the ski hill and back, doing her homework on the way and making full use of her time at the hill to practice skiing.

“Of course I want to win. But what’s more important is to _________ my own style, enjoy the game and love the sport,” Gu said.

No player is more admirable around the world than Messi. Not only is he a football _________, but also an inspirational role model.

Encouraged by his grandmother, Messi showed a talent for football at the age of five. _______ he was the shortest on the team, he was always excellent. Unfortunately, he had a serious disease called dwarfism（侏儒症）when he was 11 years old. His family _________ to help him to find a good doctor, but Messi failed to get medical treatment because of money problems. At that time, no football team would welcome _________. Later, they heard that Barcelona was looking for players. Messi and his father made the most important _________ in their lives. They went to Barcelona. There, Messi was picked up by the coach and started his _________ development. At the same time, his illness was also effectively treated. With his talent, Messi improved his football skills _________. And his outstanding creativity in football helped his team to win.

Messi always _______ his football dream and never gives up. Furthermore, he can bring happiness to his fans and teammates and that is the reason why he is _________ by the people around the world.

Success doesn’t happen _________. Just as Messi says, “I’ll take every change as grow, even if there is much pain.”