A road is a bridge between two places. The Silk Road 【小题1】 a bridge between the East and the West for more than 2,000 years.

But did you know that the Silk Road is not a single route( 路线)？ It is actually a series(一系列) of trade and cultural transmission(传送) routes. The trade route 【小题2】 from the city of Xi’an in Shaanxi Province and ended in Eastern Europe, near 【小题3】 Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea (地中海). The Silk Road was about 6，500 kilometers long. It went across one-fourth of the earth.

The Silk Road got its name 【小题4】 Chinese silk used to be carried along this road. Besides, silk, jade(玉), tea and iron also went【小题5】 to Rome. From the areas along the road came glass, gems(宝石)and foods like carrots. The Silk Road was very important to 【小题6】 China and the rest of the world. In addition to( 除…之外) trade, knowledge about science, arts and literature(文学),as well as craftsmanship(技艺) and technology, 【小题7】 across the Silk Road. In this way, languages and cultures developed 【小题8】 and influenced each other.

Today, various historical sites along the Silk Road are popular travel places, such as the Terracotta Army and Mogao Grottoes. A new train line, the New Orient Express, is 【小题9】 from Beijing across the Silk Road.

Nowadays.【小题10】 to One Belt, One Road, China has made better cooperation(合作)with many other countries.