高三英语上学期unitnbsp;twonbsp;reading.pptVIP

Cloze test 1. Trade and ________(好奇) have often formed the foundation for mankind’s greatest endeavor. 2. Marco Polo’s stories inspired Christopher Columbus and other European explorers to search for sea route to the distant, ________(富有的) Asian lands. 3. Silk from China found its way over land along the Silk Road to India, the Middle East and Rome, _____________. (来交换) spices and glass. 4. Ceylon, with its _______________(中央 位置), was the place where Chinese merchants met with Arab merchants and heard about the westernmost lands. 5. Gan Ying, a Chinese ___________(大使) went to the east Roman Empire over land. 6. The contacts between China and Africa over the centuries had led to the awareness of each other’s ________ (存 在). 7. Still no ________(精确的) maps of the countries around Indian Ocean ______(存在) before Zheng He. 8. By the beginning of the15th century the time was ____(成熟). 9. Under the _________(统帅) of Zheng He, the fleets set sail from the south China Sea across the Indian Ocean to the mouth of the Red Sea. 10. Zheng He ________(重建) relations with the kingdoms of the East African coast. 11. The fleets made several __________ (远征) before the __________(探险) was stopped. Silk Road The Silk Road, which is regarded as the greatest (东西贸易通道), was first traveled by Zhang Qian when he was sent on a diplomatic mission to the (西方地区) in the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220AD). The Silk Road was not only for . (货物) but also for the transmission of (知识和观点) between east and west. 1. Zheng He was a great explorer of the Ming Dynasty. His expedition to the Indian Ocean was 87 years later than Columbus’s exploration to the Atlantic Ocean. 2. Zheng He’s purpose of expedition was to make