Question

The Silk Road wasn’t actually a road. It was not even a single route(路线)。

The Silk Road was a name given to any route that led across China to Rome. Nobody knows when the Silk Road first connected China to the west for sure. But we think and learn that it was made about during the Han dynasty (BC206-AD220). The Silk Road covered the distance of about 7,000 kilometers. The Silk Road wasn’t actually one road. It was actually many roads that ran through different countries. The roads linked(连接) China to Rome. They ran through high mountains and the harsh(严酷的) deserts.

How many different towns, cities or countries do you think there were along the Silk Road? Nobody knows exactly how many towns, cities or countries there were. But some of the countries were China, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria. There were three main routes, and they were very dangerous. The northern route was from China to the Black Sea. The central route was from China to Persia, the Mediterranean Sea(地中海) and Rome. The last route, the southern route, was from China to Iran and India. It was very necessary for merchants(商人) to trade their goods from China to the west.

1.What does the Silk Road mean in Chinese?

2.How long was the Silk Road?

3.Does the article tell us the exact number of towns, cities…. Along the Silk Road?

4.How many main routes were there?

5.Who used the Silk Road most often and what did they use it for?

Answer

1.丝绸之路

2.About 7,000 kilometers

3.No

4.Three

5.China. Merchants traded their goods from China to the west

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了中国的“丝绸之路”它并不是真正的道路，而是从中国通往西方国家的贸易之路。

1.翻译题。根据短文的大意可知是讲述中国的丝绸之路的。故答案是丝绸之路

2.回答问题题。根据文中The Silk Road covered the distance of about 7,000 kilometers. 可知故答案是About 7,000 kilometers 。

3.回答问题。根据文中Nobody knows exactly how many towns, cities or countries there were.可知没有告诉我们确切的数量，故答案是No

4.回答问题。根据文中 There were three main routes, and they were very dangerous. 可知有三条，故答案是Three

5.题。根据文中 It was very necessary for merchants(商人) to trade their goods from China to the west.。故答案是China. Merchants traded their goods from China to the west

考点：文化类短文阅读。