Question

【题目】根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。

The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe, Africa and Asia. People r【1】 these different places along these roads. Scientists believe people began to travel along the Silk Road about 3,000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade b【2】important in the world. The Silk Road covered a 【3】 6,500 kilometers. It went from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.

Businessmen travelled along the Silk Road to c【4】silk and trade it, of course, many other things like spices (香料), cloth, jewels (珠宝) and gold.

Along and around these ancient roads, have come many wonderful and magical stories.

It is said that Roman soldiers who lost a war travelled through central Asia. They d【5】 to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese villages. Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the legend (传说) of the fair-haired, blue-eyed tribes (部落) of China was started.

Some historians believe that the people of Kashmir (克什米尔) were taken away from their country Israel (以色列). They were prisoners (俘虏) of war 2,800 years ago. People say that these people travelled along the Silk Road. They kept their Jewish (犹太人的) way of life for a long time.

D【6】its busiest period, the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix. The Silk Road allowed the sharing of v【7】things and new ideas. It included people and trading goods (货物) from different a【8】. All these people travelled along the Silk Road. And they shared goods, stories, languages, and cultures.

In modem times, the old Silk Road routes (路线) are still u【9】, but now they are crossed by trains instead of c【10】and horses. There is even silk route museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35,000 cultural objects (文物) from all along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】reached

【2】became

【3】about/almost

【4】carry

【5】decided

【6】During

【7】valuable

【8】areas

【9】used

【10】camels

【解析】

本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述丝绸之路是中国和地中海国家之间重要的商贸路线，起源于西汉时期，已经有3000多年的历史了，中国现在正在建设“一带一路”，且正在变成现实。

【1】句意“人们沿着这些路到达这些不同的地方”。根据句意可知，译为“到达”，且根据句意可知，表示一般过去时，故填reached。

【2】句意“这时候，中国的丝绸贸易在世界上变得重要”。根据句意可知，译为“变得”。become变得，且根据句意可知，用一般过去时，故填became。

【3】句意“丝绸之路覆盖大约6500千米”。根据空后6500 kilometers可知，译为“大约”.about/almost大约，故填about/almost。

【4】句意“商人们沿着丝绸之路携带丝绸并进行贸易，当然还有许多其他的东西，如香料、布料、珠宝和黄金”。根据句意可知，译为“携带”，carry携带，且空前有to，用动词原形。故填carry。

【5】句意“他们决定住在一些靠近中国古代村庄的地方”。根据句意可知，译为“决定”，decide to do“决定做某事”，且根据句意可知，用一般过去时，故填decided。

【6】句意“在丝绸之路最繁忙的时期，它让来自不同文化和国家的人们相遇和融合”。根据句意可知，译为“在……期间”。during在……期间，且空位于句首，故填During。

【7】句意“丝绸之路允许分享贵重的东西和新的想法”。根据句意可知，译为“贵重的”。valuable贵重的，故填valuable。

【8】句意“它包括来自不同地区的人和贸易货物”。根据句意可知，表示“不同区域”。area区域，且根据空前different可知，用复数，故填areas。

【9】句意“在当今社会，老的丝绸之路仍然被使用，但是他们现在用火车而不是骆驼和马穿越丝绸之路”。根据句意可知，空处译为“使用”。且主语the old Silk Road routes与谓语use之间为被动be done，故填used。

【10】句意“在当今社会，老的丝绸之路仍然被使用，但是他们现在用火车而不是骆驼和马穿越丝绸之路”。根据空后and horses可知，空处填camel，且用复数，故填camels。