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七、阅读填空（共2小题） 25.阅读短文，根据短文内容完成文后的句子。 The Silk Road The routes For centuries, the Silk Road was the most important line of communication connecting East and West．Although the Silk Road covered a huge distance linking modern day Xi'an with the Middle East and Europe, today one area in particular is associated most closely with the name of the Silk Road．This are is Xinjiang in Northwest China, through which two major routes of the Silk Road passed on the northern and southern side of the Taklamakan desert． The name The Silk Road got its name in the 19th century when a German geographer identified it as the route through which the Romans got their silk from China．However, silk wasn't the only thing that passed along the Silk Road; anything that had buyers was traded along the road．Goods were traded from market to market passing through many hands before they reached their final destinations． Buddhism The Silk Road was not just the route through which goods were carried．It was also important for the exchange of ideas．Buddhism from India entered China along the Silk Road and had a huge influence on Chinese culture．Greek art styles were popular along the Silk Road and gave Buddhist statues in Northern India classical Western faces．These styles from Northern India were also found in Xinjiang． The people One of China's famous monks, Xuan Zang, followed the Silk Road in the 6th century to collect Buddhist scriptures from India．Around 600 years later, one of Europe's famous travelers, Marco Polo, entered China along the Silk Road．Both Xuan Zang and Marco Polo left detailed records of their journeys along the Silk Road． The Silk Road today Today, the Xinjiang Autonomous Region remains an international crossroad where traders from surrounding countries, and tourists from all over the world regularly meet．Trade in precious stones, food, drinks, crafts, art, and of course, silk, continues, too． 1．For centuries, the Silk Road was the most important line of communication which connected ______． 2．The Silk Road was named by ______ after he found the route that Romans got silk from China． 3．The Silk Road was not only the route for trade but also an important route for ______． 4．Xuan Zang and Marco Polo did a lot in ______ of their journeys along the Silk Road． 5．According to the passage, today ______ is still an important international crossroad on the Silk Road． 26.阅读短文，根据短文内容完成表格内容。 Steve Jobs was famous for starting Apple Computers．In a speech to graduating students at Stanford University, Jobs told students about some of his life-changing experiences．Jobs believed these experiences helped him achieve success． Jobs' biological mother was a college students．As a young mother, she felt unable to bring Jobs up so she put him up for adoption．Jobs' adopted parents were simple working-class people．When Jobs was 17, his parents used their saving to send him to college． After six months of college, Jobs decided it was not for him．Around that time, he had read a quotation that went something like, "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right．" The quotation made him think about his life and his future．He started to question if he should stay in college．Was he doing what he really wanted to do? Eventually, he decided he had to change something; he decided to drop out of college． Jobs was lucky because he knew what he loved to do．He started Apple Computers in his parents' garage with a friend when he was 20．In just ten years, Apple grew into a $2 billion company．However in 1985, Jobs was fired from the company． Jobs was shocked．He lost everything at once．He quickly realized that he still loved what he did, and over the next five years, he started two highly successful companies, NEXT and Pixar．Jobs also met his future wife, Laurene．Jobs was happily married with a family, working for Apple again and living every day as if it were his last． (责任编辑：admin) |