On April 5,1971,the government of China asked the government of the United States this que

On April 5,1971,the government of China asked the government of the United States this question “Would the U.S. Table Tennis Team like to  36   a week playing ping-pong games in China?” The  37    was yes! For 20 years, Americans had not been allowed to  38   the land of China.

The 15 members of the U.S. ping-pong team didn’t know much about the country they   39   to visit. They had little   40   about the land or the people of China.  41   they found it different from what they   42    ! They had thought the people of China would be    43    and unfriendly. Instead, there were friendly Chinese everywhere waving and     44     .

Never before had a sport becomes such a powerful instrument(工具)of   45   and friendship between two  46   ! The United States and China had been completely out of   47   with each other for many years. The visit of the American ping-pong team to China   48    new efforts at communication   49     the two countries.

The Chinese have   50   been the would table tennis champions(冠军), and they   51    most or the games. But who won the ping-pong competition was not as   52    as the new friends that were   53    “Winning doesn’t    54    ,” one of the Chinese players said, “ but    55    does.”

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