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Unit8AdventureCultureCornerTheSilkRoadPartIBackgroundTheSilkRoadwasfirstconceivedduringtheZhouandQindynasties.From138-139B.C.A10,000-lisilverribbon,startingatChang’an(Xi’antoday),theancientcapitalofChina,andendingattheeasternshoreoftheMediterraneanSea,linksupfields,deserts,grasslands,andmountains.ThisistheSilkRoadfamedinworldhistory,thefirstthoroughfarethatlinksupChinawiththeWest.ZhangQian,outstandingWesternHandiplomatandtraveler,first“blazedatrail”intheWest,andtheSilkRoadwasformallyinauguratedasChina’s“nationalroad”linkinguptheeastandwest.Holdingatasseledstaffand“drivingenormousherdsofsheepandcattleandbringingquantitiesofgoldencoinsandrollsofsilk,”ZhangQiansetoutwitharetuneof100and300intwotripsfromChang’anandreachedLoulan(aroundRoujiangtoday),Yuli,Quick(Kulatoday),Shula(Kashitoday),Yutan(Hotantoday)andWunsun(theIllRivervalleytoday),aswellasDayuan,Kanju,kandDayuezhi,nowinXinjiangandtheAmu-DaryaRivervalleyinCentralAsia.PartIISkimmingChoosethecorrectanswers.1.Thepassagemainlytalksabout_____.A.ThenameoftheSilkRoadB.TheSilkRoadtodayC.TheimportanceoftheSilkRoadD.ThehistoryoftheSilkRoad答案：D主旨大意题。注意文章的小标题与文章整体的关系。D2.AllofthefollowingstatementsaretrueEXCEPT________.A.theSilkRoadcoveredahugedistancelinkingEastandWestB.RomansboughtsilkfromChinathroughtheSilkRoadA.BuddhisthasahugeinfluenceonGreekartcultureB.theSilkRoadremainsanveryimportantcrossroadintheworldtodayC答案：C。细节考查题。根据第三部分第三、四句得知：“BuddhistfromIndiaenteredChinaalongtheSilkRoadandhadahugeinfluenceonChineseculture”,是印度（而不是希腊）艺术风格给佛像带来了巨大的影响。其它选项都来自文章中提供的信息，句子虽有变化，但内容都是正确的。3.Whatcanyouinferfromthepassage?A.TheSilkRoadisnotasimportantasbefore.B.MarcoPolowasdeeplyimpressedbytheSilkRoad.C.PeoplenolongerbuysilkthroughtheSilkRoadnowadays.D.XuanZangmightbethefirstmonkwhotraveledthroughtheSilkRoad.B答案：B。判断推理题。根据文章最后一段推断丝绸之路至今仍然是一条国际贸易要道，因此A和C是错误的。从文章第三段“MarcoPololeftdetailedrecordsoftheirjourneys”推断出马可·波罗对丝绸之路印象深刻；而玄奘是否是第一个踏上丝绸之路的僧侣文章中并未提及。PartIIIScanningReadthetextcarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.IstheXinjiangregiontheSilkRoad?2.WhenandhowdidtheSilkRoadgetitsname?3.NameonewayinwhichtheSilkRoadhadahugeimpactonChineseculture?4.DoestheSilkRoadstillexisttoday?1.IstheXinjiangregiontheSilkRoad?No,XinjiangistheareaassociatedmostcloselywiththeSilkRoadbuttheSilkRoadstretchedfromXi’antoEurope.2.WhenandhowdidtheSilkRoadgetitsname?TheSilkRoadgotitsnameinthe19thcenturywhenaGermangeographeridentifieditastheroutethroughwhichtheRomansobtainedtheirsilkfromChina.3.NameonewayinwhichtheSilkRoadhadahugeimpactonChineseculture?BuddhismfromIndiaenteredChinaalongtheSilkRoadandmadeahugeimpactonChineseculture.4.DoestheSilkRoadstillexisttoday?Today,theXinjiangAutonomousRegionremainsaninternationalcrossroadwheretradersfromsurroundingcountriesandtouristsfromallovertheworldregularlymeet.PartIVVocabularyFindthewordsinthetextandmatchthemwiththeirmeanings.scriptures,associate,identify,surrounding,regularly,precious.1.scriptures2.associate3.identify4.surrounding5.regularly6.precious(Para.4line3)books(Para.1line6)link(Para.2line3)find(Para.5line3)nearby(Para.5line4)often(Para.5line5)valuableDiscussion:WhyistheSilkRoadsoimportantinChineseculture?Homework