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1、Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumourⅠ.阅读理解A(2018·浙江“七彩阳光”联盟检测)Startinginthe4thcenturyBC,merchantsintheWestexchangedsilkforgold,horsesorpreciousstones.UptothefrontiersoftheRomanEmpire,silkbecameamonetarystandardforestimatingthevalueofdifferentproducts.HellenisticGreeceappreciatedthehighquali
2、tyofChinesesilkandmadeeffortstoplantmulberrytrees(桑树)andbreedsilkworms.AccordingtoastorybyProcopius,itwasnotuntil552ADthattheByzantineemperorJustinianobtainedthefirstsilkwormeggs.HehadsenttwoNestorianmonkstoCentralAsia,andtheywereabletosmuggle(偷运)silkwormeggsbyhidingtheeggsinbambo
3、os.TheByzantinechurchwasthusabletomakesilkfortheemperor,withtheintentionofdevelopingalargesilkindustryintheEasternRomanEmpire,usingtechniqueslearnedfromtheSassanids(萨珊王朝).Buttheempirecontinuedtoimportsilkfromothermajorurbancenters.Themagnificence(精湛)oftheByzantinetechniqueswasnota
4、resultofthemanufacturingprocess,butthemeticulous(细心的)attentionpaidtothedecorations.TheArabs,withtheirwideninglandthathadbeenconqueredinwar,spreadsericulture(养蚕业)acrosstheshoresoftheMediterranean.IncludedinthesewereAfrica,SpainandSicily,allofwhichdevelopedanimportantsilkindustry.Th
5、emutualinteractionsamongByzantineandArabiansilk-weavingcentersofalllevelsofquality,withimitationsmadeinAndalusiaandLucca,amongothercities,hadmadetheidentificationanddateofraresurvivingexamplesdifficulttocheck.WhiletheChineselosttheircontroloversilkproduction,theywereabletore-estab
6、lishthemselvesasmajorsilksupplier(duringtheTangdynasty)andindustrializetheirproductioninalargescale(duringtheSongdynasty).Chinacontinuedtoexporthigh-qualitysilktoEuropeandtheNearEastalongtheSilkRoad.【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了中国丝绸传到欧洲一些国家的历史以及丝绸业在这些国家的发展。1.Paragraph1intendstostress .
7、 A.thespreadofsilkintheWestB.thehighqualityofChinesesilkC.thepopularityofsilkintheWestD.theeffortsofGreekstoproducesilk答案C解析推理判断题。综合第一段的内容可知,西方国家的商人用丝绸交换黄金、马匹或宝石,在通往罗马帝国的边境上,丝绸成了估计不同产品价值的货币标准。由此可推知,第一段主要是说明丝绸在西方一些国家的受欢迎程度。2.WhatwasthenotablefeatureofByzantinesilkproducts?A.Theywer
8、esoldtoothercities.B.Theyhadbeaut
