:人教高中英语选修六Unit 5 The power of nature单元测试卷2（附答案）

: 2018-2019学年高二上学期训练卷
选修六 Unit5 The power of nature
英   语  （二）
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Ⅰ. 阅读理解
When Columbus “sailed the ocean blue in 1492”,  he wasn’t looking for America,  he was searching for a route from Spain to China;  America just got in the way.
The Spanish were after the riches of Asia:  silk,  dates,  spices. Until later adventures discovered how to sail to the Far East,  trade with China depended on the Silk Road. The trade between China and Europe brought huge wealth,  so the Spanish had a strong desire to find a new way to the East. Eventually a way appeared;  as sea traffic developed from the 17th Century onwards,  the overland route diminished.
Now China