广东省广州市2025届普通高中毕业班2月调研考试英语试题（解析版）.docx

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广东省广州市2025届普通高中毕业班2月调研考试

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第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

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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