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The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route（路线）between China and the Mediterranean（地中海）. It began {#blank#}1{#/blank#} （在……期间）the Western Han Dynasty and has been a{#blank#}2{#/blank#}  between East and West for over 2,000 years.

The ancient road started from Chang'an（now Xi'an) and ended in Eastern {#blank#}3{#/blank#} , near today's Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. It was about 6,500 kilometers long and went across one-fourth of the planet.

TheSilk Road got its name {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Chinese silk used to be carried along this road. Silk, jade, ceramics and iron{#blank#}5{#/blank#}  west to Rome. And from the west came glass, gems and food like carrots and sesame.

The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the world. It was {#blank#}6{#/blank#}    than an ancient international trade route. Besides trade, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  about arts, science and literature, as well as crafts（工艺）and technologies was{#blank#}8{#/blank#} （分享）across the Silk Road. In this way, languages and cultures{#blank#}9{#/blank#} （发展）and influenced each other.

Today,along the Silk Road there're many places of{#blank#}10{#/blank#} , such as the Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an and Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. Now a new train line runs from Beijing across the Silk Road.

      One day Mozart saw an old blind street performer(街头卖艺人) p{#blank#}1{#/blank#} the violin at the street corner w{#blank#}2{#/blank#} a hat in front of him. He found out the old man was playing one of his compositions(作品). The old man played for a while, b{#blank#}3{#/blank#} nobody put any money into his hat. Mozart asked the old man, “Do you often play compositions by Mozart?” “Yes, sir,” answered the old man. “Now everyone knows Mozart and they love music.” “Do you make a living by playing the violin?” The old man said he d{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Mozart took over the violin from the old man and began to play.

      He played so w{#blank#}5{#/blank#} that all the passers-by(路过的人) stopped to l{#blank#}6{#/blank#} to the wonderful music and g{#blank#}7{#/blank#} them money. Soon the old man f{#blank#}8{#/blank#} surprised that the man could play so well. He asked Mozart, “Who are you, sir?” “Your colleague(同行), a poor musician l{#blank#}9{#/blank#} you.” Then Mozart gave the violin b{#blank#}10{#/blank#} to the old man and left. The old man was very happy.

    Her name is Carol Brown．She's a small{#blank#}1{#/blank#}in Brown Village．Carol is eight{#blank#}2{#/blank#}old．It's time for her to go to school but she can't go to school．Why?There's a river{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Carol's village and her school．There's no {#blank#}4{#/blank#}．

    Carol needs to go to school by boat．Carol is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to Cake the boat．So she can't go to school．Her dream is to have a bridge．Then she can go to school．

    There is a sign at a Korean university asking tourists {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (not step) into the grass to take photos. The sign {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (write) in Chinese, not Korean or English.   

    These signs, and signs in other countries warning Chinese tourists about their behavior, have shamed many Chinese who worry about the image of the country.

    Over 70 million Chinese tourists {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (make) overseas trips last year and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (spend) $102 billion, more than the $84 billion spent by American and German tourists. For many Chinese tourists, it {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) their first trip abroad and they didn't know about foreign ways. And some of these tourists took their bad habits from China with them.

    Wang Yang, a Chinese deputy prime minister (国务院副总理), said, "They (the tourists) speak loudly in public, carve words or numbers on tourist attractions, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (cross) the road when the traffic lights {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (be) still red and spit anywhere. It damages(毁坏) the image of the Chinese people and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (have) a very bad influence."

    Before you travel to a foreign country, it's important {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (learn)  some things about the country and its culture. You are guests in the country and it's important to respect(尊重) your hosts. As more and more Chinese visit foreign countries, their behavior will certainly change and those shameful signs {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (disappear), we hope.

   At the moment, Lisa, Linda and Mike are talking about their home towns.

    Lisa {#blank#}1{#/blank#} from Chengdu. Chengdu is different from Beijing. It is not as big as Beijing. It is much {#blank#}2{#/blank#} than Beijing. Every year lots of people visit Chengdu.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} do they love Chengdu? That's because they love good food. Chengdu is {#blank#}4{#/blank#} for its delicious food.

    Mike is from Sanya. It is a beautiful city in Hainan {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Sanya is in the south of China. It {#blank#}6{#/blank#} lovely beaches. It's hot all year round. In winter, it's not cold at all. It's hot and warm. Sanya is well-known(众所周知的) for its good {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. That's why so many people love to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} winter holidays there.

    Linda's home town is Xi'an. It is an old city with a long {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. There are lots of parks and palaces in Xi'an. There are some popular restaurants in the city, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. People love to go to the restaurants to taste (品尝) good food.