TheSilkRoadisahistoricallyimportantinternationaltraderoutebetweenChinaandtheMedierranean（地中海）．ItbeganduringtheWesternHanDynastyandhasbeenabridgebetweenEastandWestforover2，000years．Theancientroadstar

Question

The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route between China and the Medierranean（地中海）．It began during the Western Han Dynasty and has been a bridge between East and West for over 2，000 years．
The ancient road started from Chang'an（now Xi'an）and ended in Eastern Europe，near today's Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea．It was about 6，500 kilometers long and went across one-fourth of the planet．
The Silk Road got its name in the 19th century because Chinese silk used to be carried along this road．Silk，jade，ceramics and iron went west to Rome．And from the west came glass，gems and food like carrots．
The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the world，It was more than an ancient international trade route．Besides trade，knowledge about arts，science and literature，as well crafts and technologies was shared across the Silk Road．In this way，languages and cultures developed and influnced each other．
Today，China is trying to build the"21st Century Marine（海洋的）Silk Road"．With the help of APEC held in Beijing in November 2014，the dream of One Belt One Road（the"Silk Road Economic（经济的）Belt"and"21st Century Marine Silk Road"）（"一带一路"）is coming true．

61．The underlined word"route"in Paragraph I probably means___．
A．方式
B．路线
C．成就
D．关系
62．When did the Silk Road begin？___
A．In the 19th century
B．In the 18th century
C．During the Western Han Dynasty
D．During the Eastern Han Dynasty
63．How long was the ancient Silk Road？___
A．It was about 6，500 meters long．
B．It was 18th century．
C．It went across one-third of the planet．
D．It went across one-fourth of the earth．
64．Why was it named the Silk Road？___
A．Because Chinese silk was carried along this road．
B．Because Chinese silk was produced along this road．
C．Because things were traded from market to market along this road．
D．Because the ancient traders bought and sold things along this road．
65．It can be inferred（推断）from this passage that___．
A．the Silk Road was only an ancient international trade route
B．many new silk roads have been built by the Chinese government so far
C．the Silk Road was a very important line of communication connecting East and West
D．the Silk Road prevented the development of languages and cultures between East and West．

Answer 1

61．B．词义理解题．根据第二段中的"The ancient road started from Chang'an（now Xi'an）and ended in Eastern Europe，near today's Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea．"这句话和第一段中的"The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route between China and the Medierranean（地中海）．"是同义句．可知route的意思和road的意思差不多，指丝绸之路的路线，起点是长安，终点是地中海．故选B．
62．C．细节理解题．根据"It began during the Western Han Dynasty"可知丝绸之路开始于西汉时期．故选C．
63．D．细节理解题．根据"It was about 6，500 kilometers long and went across one-fourth of the planet．"可知丝绸之路大约6500公里，穿越了地球的四分之一．故选D．
64．A．细节理解题．根据"The Silk Road got its name in the 19th century because Chinese silk used to be carried along this road．"丝绸之路名字的由来，主要是因为在这条路上运输的主要是中国的丝绸．故选A．
65．C．推理判断题．根据"The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the world，It was more than an ancient international trade route．Besides trade，knowledge about arts，science and literature，as well crafts and technologies was shared across the Silk Road．In this way，languages and cultures developed and influnced each other．"丝绸之路对于东西方经济，艺术，文化，科学，工艺，技术等等的交流，起着重要的作用．可知丝绸之路对于东西方的交流是很重要的．故选C．