2024春七年级英语下册Unit2ItsShowTime单元话题拓展阅读新版冀教版.docVIP

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TheSilkRoadisahistoricallyimportantinternationaltrade(贸易)routebetweenChinaandtheMediterranean(地中海).ItbeganduringtheWesternHanDynastyandhasbeenabridgebetweenEastandWestforover2,000years.

TheancientroadstartedfromChangan(nowXian)andendedinEasternEurope,neartodaysTurkeyandtheMediterraneanSea.Itwasabout6,500kilometerslongandwentacrossone-fourthoftheplanet.

TheSilkRoadgotitsnameinthe19thcenturybecauseChinesesilkusedtobecarriedalongthisroad.Silk,jade,ceramicsandironwentwesttoRome.Andfromthewestcameglass,gemsandfoodlikecarrots.

TheSilkRoadwasveryimportanttobothChinaandtherestoftheworld.Itwasmorethananancientinternationaltraderoute.Besidestrade,knowledgeaboutarts,scienceandliterature,aswellcraftsandtechnologieswassharedacrosstheSilkRoad.Inthisway,languagesandculturesdevelopedandinfluenced(影响)eachother.

Today,Chinaistryingtobuildthe“21stCenturyMarine(海洋的)SilkRoad”.WiththehelpofAPECheldinBeijinginNovember2014,thedreamofOneBeltOneRoad(the“SilkRoadEconomic(经济的)Belt”and“21stCenturyMarineSilkRoad”(“一带一路”)iscomingtrue.

试着做一做

1.Theunderlinedword“route”inParagraph1probablymeans______.

A.方式 B.路途

C.成就 D.关系

2.WhendidtheSilkRoadbegin?

A.Inthe19thcentury.

B.Inthe18thcentury.

C.DuringtheWesternHanDynasty.

D.DuringtheEasternHanDynasty.

3.HowlongwastheancientSilkRoad?

A.Itwasabout6,500meterslong.

B.Itwasabout5,000kilometerslong.

C.Itwentacrossone-thirdoftheplanet.

D.Itwentacrossone-fourthoftheplanet.

4.WhywasitnamedtheSilkRoad?

A.BecauseChinesesilkwascarriedalongthisroad.

B.BecauseChinesesilkwasproducedalongthisroad.

C.Becausethingsweretradedfrommarkettomarketalongthisroad.

D.Becausetheancienttradersboughtandsoldthingsalongthisroad.

5.Itcanbeinferred(推断)f