Question

【題目】The Silk Road wasn’t actually a road. It was not even a single route(路線)。

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(連接) China to Rome. They ran through high mountains and the harsh(嚴酷的) 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

【答案】

【1】絲綢之路

【2】About 7,000 kilometers

【3】No

【4】Three

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

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了中國的“絲綢之路”它并不是真正的道路，而是從中國通往西方國家的貿易之路。

【1】翻譯題。根據短文的大意可知是講述中國的絲綢之路的。故答案是絲綢之路

【2】回答問題題。根據文中The Silk Road covered the distance of about 7,000 kilometers. 可知故答案是About 7,000 kilometers 。

【3】回答問題。根據文中Nobody knows exactly how many towns, cities or countries there were.可知沒有告訴我們確切的數量，故答案是No

【4】回答問題。根據文中 There were three main routes, and they were very dangerous. 可知有三條，故答案是Three

【5】回答問題。根據文中 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