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2025届广东省广州市普通高中毕业班2月调研考试英语试卷

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一、阅读理解

Camelcaravans(商队)crossingdesertdunes,merchantstradingsilksandspicesatmarkets—thesearetheimagesthatcometomindwhenwethinkoftheSilkRoad.Buttherealitygoesfarbeyondthis.

RatherthanasingletraderoutefromEasttoWest,theSilkRoadwasmadeupofoverlapping(重叠的)networkslinkingcommunitiesacrossAsia,AfricaandEurope,fromEastAsiatoBritain,andfromScandinaviatoMadagascar.Thismajorexhibitionunveilshowthejourneysofpeople,objectsandideasthatformedtheSilkRoadshapedculturesandhistories.

TheSilkRoadwasinuseforthousandsofyears,butthisvisuallystunningshowfocusesonadefiningperiodinitshistory,fromaboutAD500to1000.Thistimewitnessedsignificantleapsinconnectivityandtheriseofuniversalreligionsthatlinkedcommunitiesacrosscontinents.

Workingwith29nationalandinternationalpartnerstopresentobjectsfrommanyregionsandculturesalongsidethosefromtheBritishMuseumcollection,theexhibitionoffersauniquechancetoseeobjectsfromthelengthandwidthoftheSilkRoad.FromTangChineseceramicsexportedtotheMiddleEasttoIndiangarnetsfoundinSuffolk,theyrevealtheastonishingreachofthesenetworks.

HighlightobjectsfromUzbekistanandTajikistanthathaveneverbeenseenintheUKbeforealsoemphasizetheimportanceoftheseregionstothiscontinent-spanningstory.

You’llmeetfigureswhosestoriesareinterwoven(交织)withtheSilkRoad,includingWillibald,aningeniousspicesmugglerfromEngland,andalegendaryChineseprincesswhosharedthesecretsofsilkfarmingwithhernewkingdom.Crossingdeserts,mountains,riversandseas,theSilkRoadtellastoryofconnectionbetweenculturesandcontinents,centuriesbeforetheformationoftheglobalizedworldweknowtoday.

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