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Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. spiritual B. feature C. obliged D. initiated E. uniting F. shoulder G. motivated H. mission I. religious J. boast K. dealing Thousands of years ago our ancestors established the winding and far-reaching Silk Road, which __1__ and elevated China to be a nation of most outstanding prosperity and advanced civilization across the globe. Now, inheriting her brilliant commercial, cultural and even __2__ heritage, we, as the new generation witnessing the historic turning point of China’s amazing transformation, are benefiting from its enormous achievements over the past decades and more importantly, are being expected to __3__ our own historical responsibility to dedicate ourselves to making our country an even better place, not just ourselves, but for the whole nation and beyond I Why does it have to be us? Why the initiative of One Belt and One Road is of essential importance? My answers are as follows. As is known to all, China plays an increasingly critical role in the current international community. We __4__ the largest population in the world; we have superb geographically diverse and preferable locations for worldwide trading and business __5__ communication and cooperation. And currently we pride ourselves on being the second biggest economy while still feeling __6__ to build a society featuring a more balanced and equitable development to meet people’s growing desire for a more harmonious and prosperous development. The current reality is that a considerable number of neighboring countries __7__ the precious natural and intellectual resources, which is urgently needed in the global market. If we want to step forward and see the prospect of a better-balanced and more-developed country, we are __8__ to build closer connections with our neighbors and prepare ourselves to be more competitive on the global arena and more cooperative with the neighboring countries. Only through the farseeing initiative of the one Belt and One Road can we achieve the magnificent goals and thus yield a win-win even multi-win vision. As president Xi has pointed out: “History has shown that civilization thrives with openness and nations prosper through exchange.” Now it is our __9__ to take on the historical challenges and responsibilities, join in this __10__ and rejuvenating(充满活力)tide, seize the historic opportunity and carry out the One Belt and One Road initiative in a fully-fledged(飞翔的)manner that connects us with the world.