Question

A road is a bridge between two places. The Silk Road has been a bridge between East and West for more than 2,000 years.

But do you know the Silk Road is not a single route(路線)?

It is a series of trade and cultural transmission (傳送) routes. It began during the Western Han Dynasty. The trade route starts from the city of Xi’an in Shaanxi province and ends in Eastern Europe, near today’s Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. The Silk Road was about 6,500 kilometers long. It went across one-fourth of the planet.

The Silk Road got its name because Chinese silk used to be carried along this road. Besides silk, jade, ceramics and iron went west to Rome. From the west came glass, gems, and food like carrots and sesame.

The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the world. Besides trade, knowledge about science, arts and literature, as well as crafts and technologies was shared across the Silk Roads. In this way, languages and cultures developed and influenced each other.

Today, places along the Silk Road are great travel destinations, such as the Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an and Mogao Grottoes (莫高窟) in Dunhuang, Gansu. Now, beginning in August, a new train line, the New Orient Express, runs from Beijing across the Silk Road.

 

1.Where does the Silk Road start and end?

A. Xi’an and Western Europe

B. Xi’an and Eastern Europe

C. Dunhuang and Eastern Europe

2.Many things were carried to China from the west along the Silk Road except______.

A. sesame B. silk C. gems

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Silk was once carried along the road, so it was named the Silk Road.

B. It went across one-fourth of the planet.

C. The Silk Road is about 1400 years old.

4.According to the passage, the Silk Road is meaningful NOT because______.

A. it connected China with the outside world

B. it was the longest road in the world

C. it’s one of the cultural transmission routes

5. We can infer from passage that_____.

A. now tourists can travel along the Silk Road by train

B. the Silk Road was the only route to spread culture in history

C. China didn’t benefit from (從……中收益)the Silk Road

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.A

【解析】

試題分析： 路是兩地之間的橋梁。絲綢之路是連接東方和西方之間的橋梁，它已經(jīng)超過2000年的時間了。

這是貿(mào)易和文化傳播的路線。今天，絲綢之路也是很好的旅游地方，如，莫高窟和兵馬俑�，F(xiàn)在，從八月份開始，一個新的鐵路線將要建成，從北京通過絲綢之路。

1. trade route starts from the city of Xi’an in Shaanxi province and ends in Eastern Europe, near today’s Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea.句意：貿(mào)易路線從陜西省的西安出發(fā)到東歐的城市，在今天的土耳其和地中海地區(qū)附近。明確了絲綢之路的起點和終點。故選B

2. From the west came glass, gems, and food like carrots and sesame.句意：從西方運來的物品有玻璃，寶石和食物，如胡蘿卜、芝麻。結合選項中沒有提到絲綢，重要的是絲綢是從中國運往西方的。故選B

3. Silk Road has been a bridge between East and West for more than 2,000 years.句意：絲綢之路是連接東方和西方之間的橋梁，它已經(jīng)超過2000年的時間了。結合選項第三項的時間描述不正確。故選C

4.示絲綢之路意義的句子是哪一項？通過閱讀短文，明確絲綢之路的意義是連接中外的橋梁；是文化傳播的路線。意義并不是世界上最長的路。明確第二項的描述不正確。故選B

5. beginning in August, a new train line, the New Orient Express, runs from Beijing across the Silk Road.句意：現(xiàn)在，從八月份開始，一個新的鐵路線將要建成，從北京通過絲綢之路。分析：可以推斷出，現(xiàn)在旅行者可以乘火車在絲綢之路旅行。故選A

考點：新聞報道類短文閱讀。