As a pioneer bullet train (动车) driver, Li Dongxiao, 52, is part of the history of China’s high-speed railway network. In 2008, he drove China’s first high-speed train, 【小题1】 (reach) 350 kilometers per hour, between Beijing and Tianjin.

【小题2】 number on Li’s bullet train driver’s license is 0001, which led the media to give him the name of China’s “first” bullet train driver. “Over 14 years, the length of the network has grown 【小题3】 zero to more than 40, 000 kilometers, and more varieties of Fuxing bullet trains have been developed and adopted, ”he said.

However, all those 【小题4】 (impress) achievements came from the ground up. Driving at high-speed is among certain 【小题5】 (profession) that require strict training. In March 2008, Li, along with some of China’s best train drivers, 【小题6】 (select) to undergo training to operate bullet trains at the manufacturer, China CNR Corp. He participated in more than 200 test runs and created a guidebook for bullet train drivers, 【小题7】 was named after him as the “Dongxiao Manual”.

China’s high-speed rail network 【小题8】 (see) rapid development over the past 20 years. Li’s development has been intertwined with the evolution of China’s high-speed railway system. He no longer 【小题9】 (operate) bullet trains himself, but is now head of the Huairou North locomotive depot (机务段) in Beijing, which is the center of train operations, repair and maintenance. Even more importantly, it is 【小题10】 all the drivers receive their training.

The fastest driverless train is running on the first smart high-speed railway in the world. It 【小题1】(call)Fuxing, running on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway. It connects Beijing and Zhangjiakou—the two host 【小题2】(city)of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The new high-speed railway was built along an old historic railway, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway. It was known 【小题3】the first railway designed and built by Chinese people alone. It was completed in 1909 and was designed by Zhang Tianyou, the “Father of China’s Railway”.

The train on the railway is the first of its kind that is covered by China’s Beidou Navigation Satellite System(北斗卫星导航系统). The train runs between stations all by 【小题4】(it). It starts and stops, opens and closes doors, as well as deals with what happens 【小题5】(sudden). What’s more, the train can be repaired by robots. All the stations along the railway have different robots to work for passengers(乘客), like 【小题6】(carry)luggage and giving directions.

There are 10 stations along the 174-kilometer railway. The train can run 【小题7】(quick) , and the travel time between the two cities is cut down 【小题8】over 3 hours to 47 minutes.

Now China has 【小题9】(excellent)high-speed railway system in the world. From 35 to 350 kilometers per hour, the both old and young railway is a witness(见证者)to the rapid 【小题10】(develop)of China’s railway.

The opening of the high-speed rail link between Hong Kong and Shenzhen has once again caught the attention of the world．A long way since 1876, when the first commercial train 【小题1】（launch）in China, this new engine for continued economic progress is gradually becoming the criterion．

The network is changing China in many ways．Like railway towns that emerged along the tracks in the 19th century Britain and America, urban 【小题2】（grow）in China too is following the rail lines．The network 【小题3】（result）in the creation of business opportunities ever since．【小题4】 is an eco-system that is making profits not merely through the sales of tickets but through its overall capacity, 【小题5】（drive）China forward despite international financial difficulties of this year．

Remote cities which used to carry out commercial 【小题6】（activity）alone are now connected with large industrial zones．By way of the increased connectivity, lesser developed regions are catching up with developed ones．People can now make trips to places 【小题7】 couldn't be reached before over a weekend．Similarly, they have 【小题8】（great）access to remote areas and less explored regions where the lives of people connected to the tourism industry have been dramatically improved than before．

High-speed trains are 【小题9】（significant）contributing to China's economic and social development．As the network continues to expand, it will not be long until all regions of the country start progressing 【小题10】 the same interdependent pace．