Every sport has its great legends: soccer has Pele, and basketball has Michael Jordan. Is there one【B1】______whom people conside

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问题     Every sport has its great legends: soccer has Pele, and basketball has Michael Jordan. Is there one【B1】______whom people consider to be the best ever? Many would say that person is boxer Muhammad Ali, known to his many fans as "the greatest".
    At the age of twelve, he began boxing; by the time he reached high school, he was a successful【B2】______boxer. After winning six state and two national boxing championships, he 【B3】______in the 1960 Olympics, where he won a gold medal. After the Olympics, his success as a boxer continued.
    The man who called himself "the greatest" still faced many【B4】______, though. After winning his Olympic gold【B5】______, he returned home to the United States. He was not【B6】______to stay in certain hotels or eat in certain restaurants because of the color of his skin. Ali was【B7】______with racism in the U.S., so he threw his Olympic medal into a river.
    Ali surprised the world in 1966 not with his boxing skills, but with his strong【B8】______belief as a Muslim. He【B9】______with the U.S. War in Vietnam and refused to join the military, which all young men in the U.S. had to do at the time if ordered to do so. As a result, Ali’s heavyweight title was taken away, and he faced great troubles with the law. After some time, Ali won wide support from the public and from his country’s leaders, who said that they admired him for acting according to his strong, moral【B10】______. No other sporting legend has done so much.
Word Bank
A. competed B. matched C. allowed D. disagreed E. disturbed
F. disgusted G. medal H. model I. challenges J. conscience(道德心,良心)
K. conviction(信念, 信仰) L. athlete M. amateur N. religious O. mysterious
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