Silk Road丝绸之路

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Silk Road丝绸之路

“一带一路”（英文：The Belt and Road，缩写B&R）是“丝绸之路经济带”和“21世纪海上丝绸之路”的简称，是我国全方位对外开放的新战略。丝绸之路一般指陆上丝绸之路。那么，同学们对丝绸之路又了解多少呢？一起来做做下面的题目考考自己吧。

by 璇玑

本篇适合：阅读、挑战

1. About how long was the Silk Road? ( )

A. Over 4,000miles（英里）. B. About 1,000 miles. C. About 2,000 miles. D. About 150 miles.

2. What was the mostpopular（大众化的）way to travelalong（沿着）the Silk Road? ( )

A. In acaravan（旅行队）ofcamels（骆驼）. B. By train. C. On foot. D. By horse.

3. Whatsorts（种类）of things weretraded（交易）along the Silk Road? ( )

A. Silk. B.Spices（香料）. C. Salt. D. A, B & C.

4. Which famousexplorer（探险家）traveled along the Silk Road on his way to China? ( )

A.Marco Polo（马可·波罗）. B. Zheng He.

5. True or False: There wasn’t just oneroute（路线）, but many routes. Some were shorter,but more dangerous. Others took longer, but weresafer（更安全）. ( )

A. True. B. False.

Let's Try

最后一道题出现了很多形容词比较级，我们顺便来复习一下吧。请写出下列形容词的比较级及其中文意思。

1. 双写最后一个字母：

fat ______ ( ), big ______ ( ), hot ______ ( ), thin ______ ( )

2. 以字母y结尾的形容词，把y改为i，再加上er构成比较级：

busy ______ ( ), dirty ______ ( ), early ______ ( ), easy ______ ( ),heavy ______ ( )

中文大意及答案请见第47页。