Question

In ancient times, the Silk Road was very important. It1.(与…有联系) Europe with Asia. The Silk Road got its name because businessmen trade silk along it. Besides silk, there were many other2.(产品) that traveled along the Silk Road.

The Chinese learned to make silk thousands of years ago. For a long time the Chinese were the3. (唯一的) ones who knew how to make silk. They kept the4.(秘密) carefully. In ancient China, silk was a5.(贵重的；宝贵的) material. Only the king, his family and his officers were6.(允许) to wear clothes that were made of silk.

The ancient Romans were the first Europeans7.(谁) knew silk. Indians exchanged silk for wools, gold and silver with them.

There were deserts and high mountains in the way, so the trip along the Silk Road could be very dangerous. For businessmen, it was never easy to travel from China to Rome. But the 8.(英雄) never gave up. They spent a long9.(时期) of time to make it. And it was really worth it.10.(随着) the time went by, some cities were built along the Silk Road.

Answer 1

1.connected

2.products

3.only

4.secret

5.valuable

6.allowed

7.who

8.heroes

9.period

10.As

【解析】

1.1】联系上文，讲的是丝绸之路，是过去的事情，所以用一般过去时。

2.2】因为前面有many other 许多其他的，所以用product的复数形式。

3.3】only形容词，唯一的。

4.4】secret 名词，秘密。

5.5】valuable 形容词，贵重的。

6.6】句意为，只有国王，国王的家人，国王的大臣们被允许穿丝质的衣服。此处是被动语态。构成为：主语+be+动词的过去分词。

7.7】who是先行词，引导定语从句。

8.8】联系上文，提到的是名词复数，所以此处用hero的复数形式。

9.9】period 名词，时期，（一段）时间。

10.10】As 随着，表伴随。