A visually-challenged man from Beijing recently hiked (徒步) 40 days to Xi’an, as a first step     1     (journey) the Belt and Road route (路线) by foot.

On the 1,100 kilometer journey, the man Cao Shengkang,     2     lost his eyesight at the age of eight in a car accident, crossed 40 cities and counties in three provinces. Inspired by the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation     3     (hold) in Beijing, Cao decided to cover the route by hiking as a tribute (致敬) to the ancient Silk Road.     4     friend of his, Wu Fan, volunteered to be his companion during the trip.

Cao and Wu also collected garbage along the road, in order to promote environmental     5     (protect). Cao believes this will make the hiking trip even more     6     (meaning). The two of them collected more than 1,000 plastic bottles along the 40-day journey.

In the last five years. Cao     7     (walk) through 34 countries in six continents, and in 2016, he reached the top of Kilimanjaro, Africa’s     8     (high) mountain.

Now, Cao has started the second part of his dream to walk along the Belt and Road route. He flew 4, 700 kilometers     9     Xi’an to Kashgar on Sept. 20,     10     (plan) to hike back to Xi’an in five months.

【推荐2】Andrew Spicer, the local cycling star, has decided to abandon       1       (he) second attempt to ride non-stop for twenty-four hours. His decision     2     (give) up came after poor weather conditions had caused him to delay setting off for several hours, He says he has not yet decided       3     to try one more time, but denies（否认）losing interest in the project. "I aim to raise money for the local hospital," he explains. "It     4     (deserve) help and I shall do it if I can manage to find the time. "

As a group of frogs was traveling through the woods, two of them     1     (fall) into a deep pit. When     2     (see) how deep it was, the other frogs told the two frogs that there was no hope left for them.     3    , the two frogs decided to ignore what the others were saying and they proceeded     4     (try) and jump out of the pit. Despite their efforts, the group of frogs     5     the top of the pit were still saying they should just give up and     6     they would never make it out. Eventually, one of the frogs followed what the others were saying and he gave up, falling down to his     7     (die), while the     8     continued to jump as hard as he could. Again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even     9     (hard) and finally made it out. When he got out, the other frogs said “Did you not hear us?”     10     frog explained to them that he was hearing-impaired (听力受损的). He thought they were encouraging him the entire time.