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.

In ancient China lived an artist    1     paintings were almost lifelike. The artist’s reputation had made him proud. One day the emperor wanted to get his portrait (画像) done so he called all great artists to come and present their     2     (fine) work, so that he could choose the best. The artist was sure he would    3    (choose), but when he presented his masterpiece to the emperor’s chief minister, the old man laughed. The wise old man told him to travel to the Li River～perhaps he could learn a little from the greatest artist in the world.

Filled with     4     (curious), the artist packed his bags and left.     5     he asked the villagers on the banks of the river where he could find the legendary (传奇的) artist, they smiled and     6     (point) down the river. The next morning he hired a boat and set out     7     (find) the well-known painter. As the small boat moved,     8     (gentle) along the river he was left speechless by the mountains being silently reflected in the water. He passed milky white waterfalls and mountains in many shades of blue. And when he saw the mists rising from the river and the soft clouds    9     (surround) the mountain tops, he was reduced to tears. The artist was finally humbled (谦卑) by the greatest artist     10     earth, Mother Nature.

With a big smile on her face, Gan Youqin chats with her followers in her live-stream every night, trying    1    (promote) sales of oranges from her hometown, a small village in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. She, together with her teammates,    2    (help) villagers sell nearly 500,000 kilograms of oranges every week. The 40-year-old woman, who used to be a farmer and housewife, is now admired in her hometown    3    her great success in boosting sales of farm produce.

Gan    4    (know) as one of the pioneers who shares country life and promotes sales of related products online. She was    5    (initial) encouraged by her nephew, who asked Gan to be the main character in his short videos    6    (feature) country life. As Gan’s fame grew, they began to sell fruit from their family orchard,    7    soon fell short of demand. They then launched an e-commerce company selling various kinds of    8    (agriculture) products from all over the region.

Gan’s company has been    9    great success and Gan has received lots of awards for her    10    (achieve). She is now devoted to shooting videos and live-streaming, but is also planning to offer free training to those who love the industry.

Videos of 77- year-old Au Xiuzhen,    1     speaks different languages with foreigners while       2     (work) at a scenic spot selling water, postcards and he address flowers, have brought her instant fame. X’s village       3    (locate) at the base of Moon Hill,       4     popular scenic spot famed for a moon-shaped hole at the summit.

    5    (support) her family, Au, who dropped out of junior school in the third grade, began to beat different languages to attract more foreign customers. Au said she would convert words in any language into Chinese characters based on their pronunciation and then memorize them. Repeating the words in her head before going to bed and     6    (immediate) after waking up has given her fluency in basic conversations with foreigners, she said. Over the past two decades, Au       7     (teach) herself all foreign languages, including English, Spanish, Japanese and Korean. In addition to making her incredibly popular, her linguistic prowess (超凡技术) has made       8     easier for her to communicate with foreign tourists. As a result, Au has also become one of the busiest tour     9     (guide) in Yangshuo. Her reputation draws a large crowd of tourists every day, especially foreign visitors, who come to meet the multilingual guide out of admiration.

“More and more foreign tourists are coming to Yangshuo, and I hope they will feel       10     home here with my help,” she said.

I have       1     warm story to share with you. A school in San Francisco not only accepted a deaf student, but also       2     (teach) the entire class sign language to allow them to better communicate with him.

The       3     (move) story began in September last year when a woman asked the primary school in her neighborhood       4     (accept) her six－year－old son, James,     5       has a hearing disability. The teacher, Lily, agreed almost immediately, but     6       the first day of school, she noticed James     7     (sit) all by himself, unable to communicate with any of his classmates.

Determined to find a way out, Lily tried developing a few signs of her own. But a parent of another child came up with an even     8     (good) idea—getting the whole class to learn sign language along with James. So they got a sign language teacher on board, and three months later, James was able to communicate     9     (happy) with all his classmates about regular things like homework and     10     (game).