China’s long-awaited Chengdu Tianfu International Airport has officially begun operations, offering travelers     1     new gateway to the home of giant pandas.

Chengdu is now the third city in the country     2     (have) two international airports, joining Shanghai and Beijing.

Phase one of the massive aviation hub(航空枢纽) has the capacity to handle up to 60 million passengers per year,     3     (far) opening up the country’s southwest region. Three runways and two terminals,     4     cover an area of 710,000 square meters, are     5     operation. The airport is reported to     6     (eventual) house terminals capable of handling 120 million passengers annually.

Phase one features a wide variety of cutting-edge technologies, including facial     7     (recognize) software, smart security systems and self-boarding gates. It only     8     (take) 37 to 44 minutes from city center to the airport by metro line.

Chengdu Tianfu International Airport is just one of many airports China plans to open in the     9     (come) years. The country aims to have 400 airports in use by 2035, according to the Transportation Network Planning Outline     10     (issue) in early 2021.

Big, heavy vehicles that can’t climb steep hills, running on two steel rails — we’re all familiar with the concept,    1    we call them railways or railroads. Right? However, here’s one of the most unusual railways    2    break the rules in order to reach the places other trains can’t roll: Chongqing Monorail (单轨), China.

Monorails have been around for more than a century,    3    they’ve never quite fulfilled the futuristic promises of those early    4     (promoter). That said, Chongqing Monorail is an     5    (exception) example where the unique qualities offered by monorails are ideally suited to their environment.

Chongqing in China is home to the longest monorail system on the globe, carrying millions of passengers a year on two high-capacity railway lines    6    (total) 61 miles in length. At just over 34 miles, Line 3 is also the    7    (world) longest single monorail line with an annual ridership of around 250 million. Brought into    8    (operate) between 2005 and 2016, the two lines have 70 stations with a mix of underground and elevated sections.

With extreme differences in altitude, Chongqing’s authorities    9    (force) to seek an alternative to conventional trains when they needed to transform its public transport system and monorail’s ability    10    (negotiate) steep climbs and tight bends made it the ideal solution. Finally, Chongqing Monorail emerged.

The trade routes are of great importance. In march, the Suez Canal, one of the world's most important sea trade routes,     1     (block) by a ship, causing an epic maritime traffic jam of nearly 300 ships between Europe and Asia. Besides the Suez Canal, China's ancient Silk Road also played     2     important role in trade and cultural exchanges between China and Europe.

In early history, The Silk Road was the most important trade route,     3     (mark) the beginning of globalization. As the first route     4     introduced the Eastern world to the Western civilization, the Silk Road in China can date     5     the Han dynasty in ancient China. In the following years in history, many great figures had made significant     6     (contribute) to the development of the Silk Road.

Though the Silk Road was mainly a trading route, it was     7     (benefit) to each other in the first place. It     8     (actual) made great attraction to the development of the civilization of the world, opening long-distance political and economic communication between Europe and Asia. The ancient Silk Road is more like a historical textbook, enabling people from different cultures and regions     9     (comprehend) what happened during the ancient time. Up to now, the Silk Road in China     10     (bring) great attraction to the tourism in China even in the world.