Question

请阅读下面短文，在短文后表格中的空白处填上适当的单词（每空限填一词，并将该单词的完整形式填写在答题卡内相应编号后的横线上。）

The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago linked Europe, Africa and Asia.

People reached these different places along these roads. Scientists and archaeologists（考古学家） believe people began to travel the Silk Road about 3,000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world, the Silk Road had covered almost 6,500 kilometers. It stretched from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.

Businessmen travelling along the Silk Road carried silk, of course. They also carried and traded spices, cloth, rare jewels, slaves and gold.

During its busiest period, the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix. The Silk Road allowed the sharing of precious goods and new ideas. These included people and trading goods from the Mediterranean, Persian, Magyar, Armenian, Bactrian, Indian and Chinese areas. All these peoples travelled the Silk Road, and they shared goods, stories, languages and cultures.

In modern times, the old Silk Road routes（路线） are still used, but now they are crossed by trains instead of camels and horses. There is even a Silk Route Museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35,000 objects from all along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects（保护） the history of many countries and peoples. Seeing is believing. If you have a chance, please go to have a walk and have a look.

The Silk Road
In the past	When	People began to travel the 1. Road about 3,000 years ago.
What	▲Along the Silk Road，businessmen carried and traded silk，spices，cloth and so on. ▲People from many different 2. and countries met each other and mixed. ▲People 3. precious goods，new ideas，stories，languages and cultures.
4.	People used to ride camels and horses to cross the Silk Road routes.
At present	▲The old Silk Road routes are still used because people can keep on traveling and 5. along them. ▲China protects the history of many countries and people by building a Silk Route Museum in Jiuquan.

Answer

1.Silk

2.cultures

3.shared

4.How

5.trading

【解析】

文章大意：本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了丝绸之路。文中介绍了丝绸之路的起源、过去的繁荣景象，也介绍了现在政府对它的保护措施。

1.句意：大约3000年前，人们开始踏上丝绸之路。

根据文中的信息people began to travel the Silk Road about 3,000 years ago. 人类大约在3000年前开始踏上丝绸之路。结合People began to travel the __1__ Road about 3,000 years ago.可知句意为：大约3000年前，人们开始踏上丝绸之路。the Silk Road丝绸之路，故答案为Silk。

2.句意：来自不同文化和国家的人们相遇并融合在一起。

根据文中的信息the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix. 丝绸之路让来自许多不同文化和国家的人们相遇并融合在一起。结合People from many different __2__ and countries met each other and mixed.可知句意为：来自不同文化和国家的人们相遇并融合在一起。culture文化，名词，因为不同的国家有不同的文化，所以这里用其复数，故答案为cultures。

3.句意：人们分享珍贵的商品、新的思想、故事、语言和文化。

根据文中的信息All these peoples travelled the Silk Road, and they shared goods, stories, languages and cultures. 这些人在丝绸之路上旅行，分享商品、故事、语言和文化。结合People __3__ precious goods，new ideas，stories，languages and cultures.可知句意为：人们分享珍贵的商品、新的思想、故事、语言和文化。share分享，动词，这里陈述的是过去的事情，所以时态用一般过去时，故答案为shared。

4.句意：方式、方法。

根据前面两项可知，本栏是讲述过去的丝绸之路开始的时间、丝绸之路的具体内容，结合本行后面所对应的内容People used to ride camels and horses to cross the Silk Road routes. 人们过去常常骑着骆驼和马穿过丝绸之路。可知这里应是说丝绸之路的交通方式，所以用疑问词how，且首字母大写，故答案为How。

5.句意：古老的丝绸之路仍然在使用，因为人们可以继续沿着它们旅行和贸易。

根据文中的信息By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world, the Silk Road had covered almost 6,500 kilometers. 到中国的丝绸贸易在世界上变得重要的时候，丝绸之路已经走了近6500公里。以及In modern times, the old Silk Road routes are still used,……If you have a chance, please go to have a walk and have a look. 在现代，古老的丝绸之路路线仍在使用……如果你有机会，请去走一走，看一看。结合The old Silk Road routes are still used because people can keep on traveling and __5__ along them.可知句意为：古老的丝绸之路仍然在使用，因为人们可以继续沿着它们旅行和贸易。trade贸易、交易，动词and连接两个并列连词，由前面的traveling可知这里用其动名词形式trading，keep on doing sth.继续做某事，故答案为trading。