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浙江省舟山市2019届中考英语模拟试卷（四）
The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe, Africa and Asia. People reached these different places along these roads. Scientists believe people began to travel the Silk Road about 3000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world. The Silk Road covered almost 6500 kilometers. It went from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.
Merchants travelled along the Silk Road to carry silk, of course. They also carried and traded other things like spices (香料), cloth, jewels and gold.
Along and around these ancient path(小路), have come many fascinating and mysterious stories.
It is said that Roman soldiers who lost a war travelled through central Asia. They decided to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese villages. Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the legend of the blond-haired, blue-eyed tribes of China was started.
Some historians believe that the people of Kashmir were taken away from their country Israel. They were prisoners (俘虏) of war almost 2800 years ago. People say that these people travelled along the Silk Road. They kept their Jewish way of life for a long time.
During its busiest period, the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix. The Silk Road allowed the sharing of valuable things and new ideas. It included people and trading goods from different areas. All these peoples travelled the Silk Road. And they shared goods, stories, languages, and cultures.
In modern times, the old Silk Road routes (路线) are still used, but now they are crossed by trains instead of camels and horses. There is even silk route museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35, 000 objects from all along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples.
On National Day, Tom wanted to visit foreign museums, so he went online to look for some information about the museums. Here are the results:
Museum | Place | Introduction |
The Louvre | Paris, France（法国） | The art museum was opened in 1793 in the Louvre Palace. Its famous show, of course, is Leonardo Da Vinci's painting of the Mona Lisa. |
British Museum | London, Britain(英国） | It is one of the world's greatest museums of human history and culture. It was opened on Jan 15, 1753. And now it has about 7 million things, This makes the British Museum one of the biggest museums in the world. |
Egyptian Museum | Cairo, Egypt（埃及） | The Egyptian Museum has at least 120000 shows.There are two main floors in the museum:the first floor and the second floor,On the 1st floor,there is a collection Egyptian ,On the second floor,there are antifacts of ancient Egypt (古埃及). |
Hermitage Museum | Saint Peters-burg, Russia | The museum opened in 1794.It is a museum of art and culture, with a collection of over 3 million shows from all over the world. |
At last, On National Day, he went to the oldest museum. Please guess which museum he went to.
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