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Set 4: Cross-Text Connections

Explanation

Answer: A

PASSAGE

Text 1 The Silk Road was primarily a trade network. It facilitated the exchange of luxury goods like silk, tea, and porcelain between East and West. Text 2 Alongside goods, the Silk Road carried ideas. Buddhism traveled from India to China, and scientific knowledge flowed between the Islamic world and Europe. It was an intellectual highway as much as a commercial one.

How does Text 2 expand upon the function of the Silk Road described in Text 1?

A. It broadens the scope from material commerce to cultural and intellectual exchange.✓ Correct
B. It denies that trade happened.
C. It says only silk was traded.
D. It argues the road was too dangerous.

Detailed Explanation

Text 1: Trade/Goods (Material). Text 2: Carried ideas/Buddhism/Science (Intellectual/Cultural). Expansion: Commerce -> Culture.

Key Evidence:

• "Alongside goods ... carried ideas"

• "intellectual highway"

Why others are wrong: B (Alongside goods.), C (Carried ideas.), D (Not mentioned.).

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