阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。The first time I really heard about the Silk Road was many years ago, in Nara, Japan. My wife and I were walking through {#blank#}1{#/blank#} park when we saw an exhibition (展览) hall full of people. We didn't have a clear idea of {#blank#}2{#/blank#}the exhibition was about, but we decided to go in. We discovered a large hall filled {#blank#}3{#/blank#} sand from China's desert, folk dancers and musicians from Central Asia, beautiful silk and wonderful things from all over the world.
We had never thought about the Silk Road before, but after {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (see) the exhibition, we became interested in it. This interest led us to China, where we visited one of the{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (big) deserts, Taklamakan Desert. We lived quite near it for two years {#blank#}6{#/blank#} we explored (探索) old Silk Road places in the far west, going as far as Karakul Lake high up in the Pamir Mountains. During {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (we) time in the far west of China, we {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (ride) camels through the desert and visited ancient markets, which sold goods (货物) not so different from those sold {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (thousand) of years ago. The memories we made there would last for the rest of our lives. We expect more people with the more interest {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (visit) the Silk Road and learn more. It was our interest in the Silk Road that drove us there and kept us wanting to learn more.
