第Ⅱ卷 第四部分:书面表达 第一节 阅读表达(共5小题,每小题2分.满分10分) 阅读下面短文.并根据要求完成文章后的题目. The Tang dynasty

第Ⅱ卷（共35分）

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，并根据要求完成文章后的题目。

The Tang dynasty was probably the periodwhen the Silk Road was at its busiest. One important centre on the road was thecity of Chang’an, where present –day Xi’an now stands. Chang’an was the capitalcity of this dynasty and by about 750 AD  it had become a strong andsuccessful capital of around two million people. Because of the chances fortrade, a number of foreigners from bordering China lived in the city.

The market at that time in Chang’ an wereperhaps the most exciting markets anywhere in the word. They sold goods fromIndia, Africa, Japan, Korea, Turkey, Iran and other Arab countries and manyitems in the markets world would have been completely to some of the buyers.Interesting animals was sold together with exotic plants and strange medicines.Dried animals, dried foods and dried plants were laid out for sale next to rareseeds and spices. But besides the hop to trade, which drew people together,China was still largely a mysterious country to the outside world, andcertainly the secret of the silk making was still unknown.

The route to the west followed differentpaths but the traders would have traveled from places to places, always lookingfor routes both to water and protection. However, the Ming Dynasty had itspolicy of isolation, together with the growth of Islam, reduced the trafficalong this ancient route. Instead, _________________________________ becomemore popular and in the 15th century there were many Chinese ships trading silkand other goods along the coast of India, Arabia and Africa.

76．What’s the best title of the passage?( Please answer within 10words.)

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77．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

To a great extent China was little known orunderstood by the outside world.

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78．Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words orphrases to complete the sentence.(Please answer within 10 words)

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79．Do you think the Silk Road is important in history? Why? (Pleaseanswer within 30 words.)

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80．Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph intoChinese.

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试题答案

【答案】

76．The Rise and Fall of the Silk Road.

77．China was still largely a mysterious country to the outside world,

78．sea routes.

79．Of course yes. Because it created trade between countries andimproved the relationship and living standard of people.

80．唐朝时期也许是丝绸之路最繁忙的时间。

【解析】略