1 . The Silk Road was an ancient trade route(古代贸易路线) that connected(连接) the East and the West together. It is more than six thousand miles from Asia to Europe. The Silk Road got its name from the silk.
Few traders went along the Silk Road. The route was too long. There were also difficulties along the way. In some places, people along the road didn’t think the traders were right. Some countries would not let traders from other countries go through their countries.
Traders thought of an idea. They made staging points (中转站) on the Silk Road. They put their goods at one point. Then they traveled to another point. There, they would give the goods to the next group of drivers.
Traders from the East brought silk, gold and other useful things to the West. People wanted to have treasures from far-off lands very much.
More goods were moved along the Silk Road. Ideas from other lands were moved, too. They heard new languages. Knowledge about science was passed along.
1. It is more than from Asia to Europe.| A．5, 000 miles | B．6, 000 miles | C．6, 000 kilometers |
| A．there were difficulties on the road and the road was too long |
| B．they didn’t know its length |
| C．it was ended in Europe |
| A．the Asian | B．the European | C．the traders |
| A．many countries were kind to traders |
| B．clothes were brought from the west to the east by traders |
| C．some traders left their hometowns and lived in the staging points |
