任务二 完形填空
Chinese silk is famous all over the world. It has bright colours and it feels
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and comfortable, so it is wonderful to be made into silk clothing. Silk clothing has beautiful
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. Among them, the most popular patterns are flowers and birds. Besides, silk plays an important part in Chinese culture.
The history of silk in China began more than 5,000 years ago. Silk was valuable in ancient China. Wearing silk was a symbol of being ______ 3 ______ . At the very beginning, only members of the king’s family could wear silk.
Silk was also popular among foreign people. They loved silk and would like to
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a lot of money for it. The Chinese kings used to keep how to make silk a secret. Anyone who told the secret or took silkworms(蚕) out of China would be killed. So the secret of silk making was kept unknown until 200 BC. Then, some other countries began to know
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to make silk.
There were no cars or planes 2,000 years ago. People bought or
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all kinds of goods along a road between China and Europe. People called it the Silk Road because most goods going on the road were made of silk. The road was about 8,000 kilometres
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through mountains and deserts. It was
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a long way to go and it was not easy.
The Silk Road is very important to both China and the rest of the world, either
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or at present. It once played the role as a land bridge
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the East and the West. Today, China and five other central Asian countries are working together. They want their Silk Road treasures to be on the World Cultural Heritage List(世界文化遗产名录).
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) 1. A. hard B. soft C. thick D. hot
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) 2. A. lines B. marks C. patterns D. materials
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) 3. A. good B. bad C. rich D. poor
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) 4. A. spend B. pay C. cost D. take
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) 5. A. what B. where C. when D. how
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) 6. A. sent B. set C. sold D. showed
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) 7. A. wide B. far C. high D. long
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) 8. A. recently B. really C. wildly D. lovely
( ) 9. A. in the way B. in the past C. in the end D. in the beginning
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)10. A. between B. among C. across D. through
