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Questions 1-9
Complete the notes below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 1-9 on your answer sheet.
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THE STORY OF SILK
Early silk production in China
- Around 3000 BC, according to legend:
- silkworm cocoon fell into emperor's wife's 1 ____________
- emperor's wife invented a 2 ____________ to pull out silk fibres
- Only 3 ____________ were allowed to produce silk
- Only 4 ____________ were allowed to wear silk
- Silk used as a form of 5 ____________
- e.g. farmers' taxes consisted partly of silk
- Silk used for many purposes
- e.g. evidence found of 6 ____________ made from silk around 168 AD
Silk reaches rest of world
- Merchants use Silk Road to take silk westward and bring back 7 ____________ and precious metals
- 550 AD: 8 ____________ hide silkworm eggs in canes and take them to Constantinople
- Silk production spreads across Middle East and Europe
- 20th century: 9 ____________ and other manmade fibres cause decline in silk production
Questions 10-13
Do the following statements agree with the information in Reading Passage 1?
In boxes 10-13 on your answer sheet, write
- TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
- FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
- NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
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Gold was the most valuable material transported along the Silk Road.
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Most tradesmen only went along certain sections of the Silk Road.
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The Byzantines spread the practice of silk production across the West.
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Silk yarn makes up the majority of silk currently exported from China.
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Reading Passage 1, Questions 1-13
- tea
- reel
- women
- royalty
- currency
- paper
- wool
- monks
- nylon
- FALSE
- TRUE
- FALSE
- NOT GIVEN