When your dream is to become a footballer, nothing should get in your way—even if you are disabled.

    Gabriel Muniz, an 11-year-old Brazilian kid, was born without {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Although his family thought he would have trouble {#blank#}2{#/blank#} a normal life, he started walking before he was one year old. His mother would go after him, expecting him to keep falling, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} he never fell. He took a while to make the jump from walking to playing football. In fact, there' s nothing he loves more than playing football. In his school, Gabriel not only does {#blank#}4{#/blank#} than other players in his school team but also is the captain of his gym team.

    He knows that his disability means he will never be able to play for a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} football team. So Gabriel is hoping that football {#blank#}6{#/blank#} a Paralympics (残奥会) event one day. He proved to everyone there he could go neck and neck with any other boy {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. Watching him play is unbelievable. In the past few years he {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a number of football skills. He does everything he can to copy Messi who he admires most. Luckily, he {#blank#}9{#/blank#} to go to Spain to meet his idol Messi and showed his talent in the Barcelona Football Club last year.

    Besides his talent, several achievements of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} were also surprising. His coach said he is proving that the disability only lies inside our heads and he is challenging the social rules.

    The "One Belt One Road" strategy(策略) proposed by President Xi Jinping has drawn public attention to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} oldest and longest trade route-Silk Road．The term in a narrow sense refers to an ancient overland trade route {#blank#}2{#/blank#} （form） in the Western Han Dynasty．This route stretched 4, 350 miles from Chang's an to western China，central Asia and even to Europe, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （enable） theses regions to have better communications in diplomacy（外交），business and culture．

    China was the first country in the world to breed silkworms and produce silk fabric．This craft skill reached a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （fair） advanced level in the Zhou Dynasty．As a major export to Europe， "silk" was used to name this great route by a German geographer．China's silk{#blank#}5{#/blank#} （introduce） into western countries through this old trade route．People were {#blank#}6{#/blank#} （familiar）with his product at the beginning，and made many guesses at {#blank#}7{#/blank#} it was produced．According to the record， the idea that silk was picked from trees was widely accepted by folks in Europe．

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#} （garment服装）made of this fabric were always best sellers，and were considered a social status symbol．Ever the gorgeous Egyptian queen，Cleopatra，was also a big fan of the silk．This fascination led {#blank#}9{#/blank#} an increasing demand for this product，and promoted the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（develop） of this trading route．

    Our school planned a trip for us to study English in another country this holiday. I was excited for it was my first time{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (travel) abroad. I{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (pack) everything I thought I would need into my backpack. I knew I was going to have so much fun. After boarding the bus to the airport, I said goodbye to my parents. I looked out the window of the bus and dreamed about{#blank#}3{#/blank#} we would do while on our trip.

    The story happened in ancient times. A king was so clever that he thought of a good way to test {#blank#}1{#/blank#} his men were reliable.

    One day, he had a huge rock {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (place) on a roadway at night. Then he hid {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (him) nearby and watched carefully to see if anyone would remove the big rock. Some {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (wealth) businessmen and high officials came by, but they simply walked around it. Many of them even loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none of them would bother {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (get) the big stone out of the way.

    Then a villager came along carrying a load of vegetables. On {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (approach) the big rock, he stopped and laid down his burden, trying hard to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing, he {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (final) succeeded. As the villager picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the rock {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be). The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king, saying that the gold was for the person {#blank#}9{#/blank#} removed the huge rock from the road.

    The villager learned a valuable lesson that many others would never understand: Every obstacle presents {#blank#}10{#/blank#} opportunity to improve one's condition.