五、短文填空
What's the Silk Road? In history, it was important international trade route(路线) between China and the Mediterranean(地中海地区). The Silk Road began in the (west) Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,000 years.
In the past, the road started in Chang'an (now Xi'an) and ended in Eastern Europe near the Mediterranean. It was about 6,500 kilometres long and went across one (four) of the world.
The Silk Road got (it) name in the nineteenth century because Chinese silk was famous, and traders (carry) it to other places along this road. Of course traders also carried China's porcelain(瓷器) and various other things the West. And glass, gems and food like carrots from the West came to China.
The Silk Road was very important to China and the rest of the world. It was more than an international trade route. Lots of art and science of other (country) came to China across the Silk Road. In this way, languages and cultures influenced(影响) each other.
Today, China is (try) to make the dream of the Belt and Road (come) true.
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1. an 2. Western 3. fourth 4. its 5. carried 6. to 7. both 8. countries 9. trying 10. come

【分析】这是一篇介绍丝绸之路的短文填空题，需先通读全文理解大意，再结合英语语法知识（冠词、形容词、序数词、物主代词、时态、介词、固定搭配等），逐一分析每个空的语法要求和语境，确定正确答案。
【解析】1. 考查冠词：important以元音音素开头，泛指“一条重要的路线”，用不定冠词an；2. 考查形容词：修饰专有名词Han Dynasty，需用形容词Western（西方的），构成“西汉”；3. 考查序数词：表示“四分之一”，用one fourth，故填four的序数词fourth；4. 考查物主代词：修饰名词name，需用形容词性物主代词its（它的），指代丝绸之路的名字；5. 考查动词时态：时间状语为“19世纪”，属于过去时间，故用carry的过去式carried；6. 考查介词：固定搭配carry sth to...表示“把某物运到……”，故填介词to；7. 考查固定搭配：both...and...是固定结构，意为“两者都”，符合语境；8. 考查名词复数：other后接可数名词复数，country变复数为countries；9. 考查现在进行时：句中有助动词is，需用try的现在分词trying，构成现在进行时；10. 考查固定短语：make...do sth是固定用法，意为“让……做某事”，故用动词原形come。
【答案】1. an 2. Western 3. fourth 4. its 5. carried 6. to 7. both 8. countries 9. trying 10. come
【知识点】冠词的用法、物主代词、动词时态
【点评】本题围绕丝绸之路展开，考查英语基础语法（冠词、代词、时态、固定搭配等），需结合语境和语法规则解题，是常见的短文填空题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6