Question

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词, 使其内容通顺, 每空格限填一词, 首字母已给)

A road is a bridge between two places. The Silk Road has been a bridge between East and West for more than 2,000 years.

But did you know that the Silk Road is not a s1. route? It is actually a series of trade and culture transmission（传送) routes. It started to take shape during. the Western Han Dynasty .The trade route started from the city of Xi'an in Shanxi Province and e2.in Eastern Europe, near today's Turkey and .the Mediterranean Sea. The Silk Road was about 6,500 kilometers long. It went across one-fourth of the planet.

The Silk Road got its name b3. Chinese silk used to be; carried along: this road. In addition to silk, jade, tea and iron also went west to Rome. From the West came glass, gems, and foods like carrots and sesame.

The Silk Road was very important to both China and the r4. of the world. In addition to trade, knowledge about science, arts and literature, as well as craft man ship and technology, was shared across the Silk Road. In this way, languages and cultures d5. and influenced each other.

Today, various :historical sites a6. the Silk Road are popular travel destinations, such as the Terracotta Warriors (兵马俑）in Xi'an and Mogao Grottoes（莫高窟)in Dunhuang, Gansu.

A new t7. line, the New Orient Express, is running from Beijing across the Silk Road.

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