1 . Residents of Xiazhuang, Chongqing, used to risk their lives whenever they ventured out of the mountain village. Mao Xianglin, one leader of the village, ______ building a road.

Before the road was built, it usually took the villagers more than a full day to______ the outside world. Now it only needs a one-hour drive.

One resident recalled once when he stood on the edge of the cliff （悬崖）,he was so ______ that his legs were shaking, as stones fell off the mountain. They met masses of challenges in the course of the road ______. Mao asked the villagers whether they should ______ or not.

They all said yes. Mao was ______ and said even though it might take them several years to build, they must finish the road. It's more than a road, and it's a route to overcome _______

The villagers had been planting potatoes and com, earning ______ incomes. Mao introduced lacquer trees, but they died due to the ______ climate. He then tried ______ goats and silkworms, but they failed, too.

"I am not educated, and my ignorance ______ the village's economy,“ Mao said when ______his mistakes at a public meeting in the village. Later he invited ______ experts. About 100 migrant villagers came back to plant fruit, and young people returned to sell agricultural ______ through live-streaming.

In 2019, the per capita （人均） ______ of villagers reached 12,670 yuan （$1,960）, 40 times more than in the 1990s, the local government said.

Not believing in fate, he is the Foolish Old Man, who removed the mountains.