Question

The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route(路線) between China and the Mediterranean(地中海). It started 1._______(在……期間) the Western Han Dynasty and has been a 2._______(橋) between East and West for over 2，000 years.

The road started from Chang’an(now Xi’an) and ended in Eastern 3.______(歐洲的) country， near today’s Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. It was about 6，500 kilometres long and crossed one 4.________(第四) of the planet.

The Silk Road got its name because Chinese silk used to be carried along this road. Silk， jade(玉)， ceramics(陶瓷) and iron went west to Rome. And from the west came glass， gems(寶石) and food 5._______(像) carrots and sesame(芝麻).

The Silk Road was very important to both China and the 6._______(剩余部分) of the world. It was more than an ancient international trade route. Besides trade，7._______(知識) about art， science and literature， as well as crafts(工藝) and technologies was 8._______(分享) across the Silk Road. In this way， languages and cultures 9._______(發(fā)展) fast and influenced each other.

Today， along the Silk Road there’re many places of 10.______(興趣)， such as the Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an and Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. Now a new train line runs from Beijing across the Silk Road.

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