One morning Wangpeng sat in his empty restaurant feeling very frustrated and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (know) why there were no customers in his restaurant. Suddenly he saw his friend {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (hurry) by. To figure out why Li Chang wasn't coming to eat in his restaurant just {#blank#}3{#/blank#} he always did, he followed him to a small new restaurant. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (curious) drove him inside. There Wangpeng met Yonghui, the owner of the new restaurant, whose diet was mainly slimming food to help people lose weight and be fit in a short time. After his research, Wangpeng discovered the weaknesses and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (strong) of the diets both in his andYonghui's restaurants. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (drive) back home, Wangpeng rewrote his sign. The competition between them was {#blank#}7{#/blank#} .

    A few weeks later, Wangpeng and Yonghui met again in his restaurant. Instead of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (quarrel) with each other, they combined their ideas and provided a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (balance) menu with food full of energy and fibre. Finally they got  {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (marry) and lived happily.

The distance between ancient Rome and ancient China was about 4,000 miles by land. It was a very {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (danger) trip with deserts and mountains. The Silk Road was a nickname for any route {#blank#}2{#/blank#} any trader took from China to Rome.

For a very long time, the ancient Romans did not know who was making the wonderful cloth {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (call) silk. They tried to find the traders as they came into villages to trade other goods for silk, but the traders {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (hide) from the Romans. Therefore, they had to trade for it {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (themself). The trading along the Silk Road was a relay system. One trader would travel for a while, stop and trade, and return home. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} next traveler would continue. And so it went. But {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (actual) no trader made the whole trip. It was too risky.

As the years went by, a civilization of sorts grew up along the Silk Road. Temples appeared. There were even cities built on the rare oasis (绿洲). It was never easy{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (travel) by land from China {#blank#}9{#/blank#}Rome, but it was worth it. Rome traded gold for China's silk and spices. But {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(many) things traveled the Silk Road than traders and goods. Ideas that changed the world traveled along the Silk Road as well.