题目内容
阅读下面的短文，根据语境、音标或所给的单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的词，要求新填的词意义准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。
The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route（路线）between China and the Mediterranean（地中海）. It began during the Western Han Dynasty and has been 1. bridge between East and West for over 2,000 years. Some people may think it is 2. [?m?pɑ:s?bl] to exist(存在).Now let me tell you from the history.
The ancient road started from Chang’an（now Xi’an) and ended in East Europe, near 3. (today) Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. It was about 6,500 kilometers long and covered one 4.（four）of the planet.
The Silk Road got its name because Chinese silk used to be carried along this road. Silk, jade（翡翠）, ceramics（ 制陶术）and iron 5. (go) west to Rome. And from the west came glass, gems and food 6. carrots and sesame（芝麻）.
The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the world. It was 7. than an ancient international trade route. Besides trade, knowledge about 8. [?s???l] arts, science , literature, crafts（工艺）and 9. (technology )was shared across the Silk Road. In this way, the languages and cultures developed and influenced each other.
Today, along the Silk Road there are 10. [?sevr?l] places of interest, such as the Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an and Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. Now a new train line runs from Beijing across the Silk Road.
