1 . The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe, Africa and Asia. People reached these different places along these roads. The Silk Road covered almost 6,500 kilometers. And it spread from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East. Traders travelling this road carried silk, of course. They also carried and traded spices, cloth, valuable stones and gold.

It is said that Roman soldiers(士兵) travelled through central Asia and started to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese village of Liqian. Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the story of blue-eyed villages of China was started. During 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 valuable goods, stories, language, cultures and new ideas.

There is even a Silk Route Museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35,000 objects all from along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples.

1. How many kilometers did the Silk Road cover?

A．Almost 65,000.

B．Nearly 6,500.

C．Almost 2,000.

D．Over 3,500.

2. Traders carried all kinds of goods along the Silk Road. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Silk.

B．Cloth.

C．Gold.

D．Tea.

3. Who married ancient Chinese women in the story of blue-eyed villages of China?

A．Asian soldiers.	B．African soldiers.
C．European soldiers.	D．American soldiers.

4. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Valuable things couldn’t be sold along the Silk Road.

B．Ancient Chinese along the Silk Road may be able to speak different languages.

C．The Silk Road allowed people from different countries to mix.

D．The objects in the museum in Jiuquan are all from along the Silk Road.

5. Which part of a magazine can this passage come from?

A．History and Geography.	B．Sports Word.
C．Man and Animals.	D．Popular Science.

2 . Do you still remember the cultural TV showNational Treasurehosted by Zhang Guoli on China Central TV? As a cultural show, this program is to show the background stories about some national treasures. The treasures in the show are presented by national treasure keepers who tell their stories with the collections in a special way. Today, I’ll introduce two treasures to you.

Name	Sword of Goujian(勾践剑)	Tiger-Shaped Tally(杜虎符)
Material	Bronze(青铜)	Bronze
When it was made	The Spring and Autumn Period (770 to 476 BC)	The Warring States Period (475 to 221 BC)
Length	55.7cm	9.5cm
Width	4.6cm
Height		4.4cm
Weight	875g
When and where it was discovered	1965, Jiangling,Hubei Province	1975,Shenjiaqiao in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province
Museum	Hubei Provincial Museum	Shaanxi History Museum
National treasure keeper	Duan Yihong	Liu Yijun

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. The length of Sword of Goujian is ________ that of Tiger- Shaped Tally.

A．smaller than

B．the same as

C．larger than

D．half of

2. Tiger- Shaped Tally was discovered ________ years ago.

A．41

B．45

C．53

D．55

3. Who is the national treasure keeper of Sword of Goujian?

A．Wang Kai.	B．Liu Yijun.
C．Zhang Guoli.	D．Duan Yihong.

4. The TV showNational Treasureis shown on ________.

A．Hubei TV

B．Shaanxi TV

C．CCTV

D．Hunan TV

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．The two treasures are made of the same material.

B．Sword of Goujian was made earlier than Tiger- Shaped Tally.

C．Tiger-Shaped Tally is shown in Shaanxi History Museum now.

D．The width of Sword of Goujian is smaller than the height of Tiger-Shaped Tally.