The development of the silk industry

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题目与答案

1. Chinese silk

   Early Uses

   Clothing

   · at first, silk only available to Chinese of high rank

   · 1 emperor wore _____ silk indoors

   答案：white

   原文定位：Within the palace, the emperor is believed to have worn a robe of white silk; outside, he, his principal wife, and the heir to the throne wore yellow, the colour of the earth

2. 10 The Byzantine emperor first acquired silkworm eggs from the Chinese emperor.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：Records indicate that two monks from Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), capital of the Byzantine Empire, appeared at their emperor’s court with silkworm eggs which they had obtained secretly, and hidden in their hollow bamboo walking sticks

3. 11 The price of high-grade Chinese silk fell due to competition from Middle-Eastern producers.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：Byzantium was in the silk business at last. The Byzantine church and state created imperial workshops, monopolising production and keeping the secret to themselves. This allowed a silk industry to be established, undercutting the market for ordinary-grade Chinese silk

4. 12 Silk was produced in the Middle East several centuries before it was produced in Europe.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：Around 550 AD silk production reached the Middle East;But it wasn’t until the 13th century that Italy began silk production;Eventually, silk production became widespread throughout Europe

5. 13 Global silk production has declined in recent years.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：World silk production has approximately doubled during the last 30 years in spite of manmade fibres replacing certain uses of silk

6. In industry

   · 2 silk items included parts of musical instruments, fishing strings and _____

   答案：paper

   原文定位：It was used in the production of musical instruments, as string for fishing, and even as the world’s first luxury paper

7. Currency

   · 3 silk was used as payment of _____ as well as for wages and rewards

   答案：taxes

   原文定位：Farmers paid their taxes in grain and silk, and silk was used to pay civil servants and to reward subjects for outstanding services

8. · 4 silk replaced _____ as a unit of value

   答案：gold

   原文定位：Values were calculated in lengths of silk as they had previously been calculated in weight of gold

9. · 5 silk soon used as payment in _____ trade

   答案：foreign

   原文定位：Before long, silk became a currency used in trade with foreign countries, which continued into the Tang dynasty (616-907 AD)

10. Evidence of silk trade

    1070 BC, Egypt:

    · 6 hair of a _____ contained silk 2nd century BC, Persia and Mesopotamia:

    答案：mummy

    原文定位：An Egyptian mummy with a silk thread in her hair, dating from 1070 BC, has been discovered in the village of Deir el Medina near the Valley of the Kings, and is probably the earliest evidence of the silk trade

11. · gifts of silk were presented by Chinese ambassadors 1015 AD, north-west China:

    · 7 silk objects were hidden inside _____

    答案：caves

    原文定位：It is believed that around 1015 AD Buddhist monks;had sealed more than ten thousand manuscripts and silk paintings, silk banners and textiles in caves near Dunhuang

12. 8 Their first sight of silk created fear among Roman soldiers.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：TRUE

    原文定位：at an important battle near the Euphrates River in 53 BC, the Roman soldiers were so startled by the bright silken banners of the enemy that they fled in panic

13. 9 The quality of Chinese silk imported by the early Romans varied widely.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：NOT GIVEN

    原文定位：Yet, within decades Chinese silks were widely worn by the rich and noble families of Rome;The use of silk, which was once confined to the nobility, has now spread to all classes without distinction-even to the lowest. Despite this demand, the price of silk remained very high