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3 . 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. Scientists believe people began to travel the Silk Road about 3000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world, the Silk Road covered almost 6500 kilometers. It spread from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.
Traders travelling along the Silk Road carried silk, of course. They also carried and traded spices (香料), cloth, valuable stones and gold.
There is a famous old story along the old road. It is said that Roman soldiers travelled through central Asia. They started to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese village of Liqian. Sortie 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 and new ideas. These included people and trading goods from the Mediterranean, Persian, Magyar, Armenian, Bactrian, Indian and Chinese areas. All these peoples travelled the Silk Road, and they shared goods, stories, languages, and cultures.
In modern times, the old Silk Road routes (路线) are still used, but now they are crossed by trains instead of camels and horses. There is even a Silk Route Museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35,000, objects from all 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.About 3000. | B.Nearly 6500. | C.Almost 2000. | D.Over 35,000. |
A.Silk. | B.Cloth. | C.Gold. | D.Tea. |
A.Valuable things could not be sold along the Silk Road. |
B.The Silk Road allowed people from different countries to mix. |
C.Ancient Chinese along the Silk Road maybe able to speak different languages. |
D.The objects in the museum in Jiuquan in China are from all along the Silk Road. |
A.History and Geography. | B.Sports World. |
C.Man and Animals. | D.Popular Science. |
A.The south of the country. |
B.The North Sea. |
C.The west of the country. |
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The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal
1. What is wrong with the lake?
A.Its color is strange. |
B.There are not enough fish there. |
C.Chemical pollution happened there. |
A.People’s action. | B.Fish. | C.The weather. |
A.Sports news. | B.Updated information on the lake. | C.The weather report. |
A.Warnings to children. | B.The color change of the lake. | C.The pollution of the lake. |
7 . The Grand Canal, a large waterway that first connected north and south China over 1400 years ago, is shorter than it once was, but it is still the longest man-made river in the world.
The original Canal system began around the year 605. China’s emperor realized that he needed a better way to feed his army. Specifically, he needed a way to move food quickly from China’s southern rice-growing region to the country’s north. Thus, he spent 6 years on construction of the first section of the Grand Canal, connecting existing canals, lakes and rivers. However, by 1127, parts had begun to worsen. In 1279, Kublai Khan began to repair and create a more direct north-south route to and from Beijing.
The Grand Canal was also an important cultural channel. Soldiers, merchants and artists transported ideas, regional foods and cultural practices from one part of China to another. It is said that Peking duck and the Pecking opera were both brought north via the canal. Even today, the country’s watery highway plays an important economic role in China. In addition, local governments, eager to increase tourism and real estate (房地产) development, are beautifying areas along the Canal.
This development comes at a price, though. In Yangzhou, the city government has torn down almost all of the older Canal-side buildings. Farther south in the cities of Zhenjiang, Wuxi and Hangzhou, the situation is similar. “Traditionally, we talk about eighteen main cities on the Grand Canal, and each had something unique and special about it.” explains Zhou Xihua, the director of the Grand Canal museum. “But now many of these cities are all the same: a thousand people with one face.”
In 2005 a group of citizens proposed that the historic Grand Canal be made a UNESCO world heritage site. The status would protect both the waterway and architecture around it. “Every generation wants the next generation to understand it, to look at its monuments.” said Zhu Bingren, an artist who cowrote this proposal. UNESCO status was officially granted in 2014. The hope now is that the grand Canal, one of the world’s great engineering accomplishments, will continue to link north and south China for centuries to come.
1. Why was the Grand Canal originally built?A.To allow his army to move more quickly. |
B.To transport food from the south to the north. |
C.To enable people to visit remote parts of China. |
D.To promote the cultural and traditional diversity. |
A.It is the longest man-made river in the world. |
B.It orginally complete construction in the year 611. |
C.Its original north-south route is to and from Beijing. |
D.It allowed Peking duck and the Peking opera to spread. |
A.Developing the canal involves spending a lot of money. |
B.Even after spending money, people dislike the development. |
C.Developing it is more expensive than one can imagine. |
D.There are some negative consequences to this development. |
A.The history of the Grand Canal. | B.The introduction of the Grand Canal. |
C.The construction of the Grand Canal. | D.The proection of the Grand Canal. |
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