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LEVELS 3–5 En KEY STAGE 2 2008 English test Spelling Test The Silk Trade Teacher’s version Spelli ng Teac her Vers ion - Silk Trade.qx d 16/11/07 09:05 Page 1

Silk is a fabric which consider to be a material. It is incredibly soft and to touch and is used to make expensive of clothing. The Chinese first made silk in approximately 3000 BC. When silk was first it was reserved for the use of the Emperor of China. Only his close relatives and the highest dignitaries were given to wear silk. Gradually, silk came into more general use and men and women began to wear it as well. It may seem , but silk was also put to industrial use by the Chinese. It was used to make parts of musical instruments, fishing lines and even an kind of paper, called rag paper. The Silk Trade 2 unusualexclusive amazingpeople luxury delicate ar ticles discovered permission ordinary Spelli ng Teac her Vers ion - Silk Trade.qx d 16/11/07 09:05 Page 2

Silk became , desired by other countries and was used as a to trade with. From India to Italy, the exchange of silk for other goods, such as pomegranates and grapevines, was . For centuries travelled the route known as ‘The Silk Road’. It linked the East to the West, and gave the for the trading of a variety of goods and ideas. Silk production in the world has doubled the last thirty years, silk being replaced by artificial for some uses. China one of the principal expor ters of silk, and with Japan is for over half of the silk that is manufactured in the world today. 3 precious individualscurrency remains common oppor tunity during despite responsible fibres Spelli ng Teac her Vers ion - Silk Trade.qx d 16/11/07 09:05 Page 3

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