Earlier this month, with the sound of a long whistle, a China- Europe freight train slowly departed from Wujiashan Station in Wuhan. Fully     1    ( load) with 55 containers of textiles, medical supplies, electronic products and other goods, the train set off     2     its westward journey to Duisburg, Germany, thousands of miles away.

This trip marks a significant milestone. As of July 10, this year’s China- Europe freight train trips had surpassed 10,000,     3    ( break) the mark 19 days earlier than last year.

    4     is reported by China Railway, the freight train service network currently    5    ( reach) 224 cities in 25 European countries and connects over 100 cities in 11 Asian countries, covering almost     6     entire Eurasian continent. Moreover, the trains have transported more than 1.08 million twenty- foot equivalent unit(TEU) containers of goods this year, up 1 1 percent yearly.

These achievements demonstrate the trips’ increasing     7    ( efficient) and volume, profoundly impacting international trade and logistics.

The Belt and Road Initiative(BRI), introduced in 2013, seeks     8    ( enhance) trade and connectivity between China and countries along the ancient Silk Road, including Europe.     9    ( consequence), the China- Europe freight train service has become a critical part of the BRI, facilitating trade     10     fostering economic ties between the two regions.

3 . Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province, is ______ itself into the country’s leading center of ______ manufacturing. The city’s cluster of engineering machinery companies has been included in China’s first list of 15 sophisticated manufacturing clusters.

In recent years, Changsha has ______ promoted the high-quality development of its manufacturing industry, improved the sector’s comprehensive strength and optimized its industrial ______. The city has continuously ______ its innovation capacity and seen a ______ of major innovation outcomes. It has also promoted the extensive application of information technologies in industrialization, making its ______ manufacturing a ______.

“As a ______ in building the cluster of engineering machinery companies, the Changsha Construction Machinery Industry Association encouraged companies to ______ over 220 new products and technologies, among which five products are the first of their kind in China and even the world, breaking technological ______,” said Wu Jingsheng, executive vice president of the association.

The association also ______ in the second Changsha International Construction Equipment Exhibition held in Changsha and organized five themed forums. It also took part in the first China Construction Machinery Leasing Conference held in the city, which attracted over 1,500 leasing companies for offline activities and over 20,000 enterprises for ______ activities.

“Changsha will build itself into a leading advanced manufacturing cluster in China and ______ an example in this regard, so as to drive ______ industrial development in the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan metropolitan area and the rest of Hunan Province,” said Kang Xiaoping, director of the Changsha municipal industry and information technology bureau.