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WELCOME UNIT
UNIT 7 CAREERS
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播
中国文化
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Silk was not the only product to be transported along the Silk Road, __1__ other goods such as tea, medicinal herbs also being exported from China. Many merchants found instant wealth through the trade in luxury items.
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
Rather than traveling the entire length of the Silk Road, each merchant traded goods along one section of the route, __2__ (buy) them in one oasis (绿洲) town and then selling in another. The travelers and merchants also __3__ (carry) many ideas, philosophies (哲学体系) and religions with them along the Silk Road. Of all these, Buddhism, __4__ came from India, had the __5__ (great) influence on Chinese culture. It __6__ (eventual) became China's primary faith, more widespread than the original Chinese religions of Confucianism and Taoism.
Silk Road trades traveled together in long caravans (旅行队) of camels. This mode of travel provided __7__ (protect) from robbers who might attempt __8__ (rob) the valuable goods being transported. The Silk Road was not only one single road, but __9__ whole collection of routes by which goods __10__ (transport) between the East and the West.
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________ 5.________
6.________ 7.________ 8.________9.________ 10.________
答案:1.with 2.buying 3.carried 4.which 5.greatest 6.eventually 7.protection 8.to rob 9.a 10.were transported
答案
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
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It was through the Silk Road that papermaking, gunpowder, compass and printing, the four great inventions of ancient China spread all over the world.
正是通过丝绸之路,中国古代的造纸、火药、指南针和印刷术这四大发明才得以走向全世界。
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
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