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【題目】 Marco Polo was born in Italy in 1254. When he was 17, he travelled across Europe and Asia with his father, who wanted to do trade with the Chinese. Finally they arrived in Beijing. They were guests at the Emperor's Palace. Although Marco Polo was young, he was very clever and could speak some foreign languages. The Emperor was impressed by him. He asked Marco Polo to serve in his court (宮廷) and sent him to do many important tasks across the country.

Marco Polo was amazed by the beautiful China. He was impressed by Beijing and the Emperor’s Palace, especially the Summer Palace which he described as “The greatest palace that ever was...” The walls were covered with gold and silver and the hall was so large that it could easily seat 6,000 people for dinner.

There were inventions and developments in China which were not used in Europe at that time. He was puzzled (困惑的) by the black stones people used to burn to produce heat. The black stones were coal, but Marco Polo had never seen coal before!

In 1295, after 17 years of service to the Emperor, Marco Polo returned to Italy. He was then a very wealthy man. A writer wrote down the stories that Marco Polo told him in a book called The Travels of Marco Polo.

Although people enjoyed reading the book, many of them thought that Marco Polo’s stories about China were too fantastic to be true. But Marco Polo always stood by his tales. Just before he died in 1324, Marco Polo was asked the question, “Were they all true?” And this was his answer, “I have only told half of what I saw!”

【1】Marco Polo and his father went to China to ____________.

A.go on a tripB.be asked as guestsC.do businessD.study Chinese

【2】What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?

A.How beautiful China was.B.How developed China was.

C.How big China was.D.How strong China was.

【3】We can learn from the passage that __________.

A.Marco Polo used two examples to describe Chinese developments

B.Only a few people didn’t believe what Marco Polo said

C.The Emperor forced Marco Polo to serve him

D.Marco Polo was 70 years old when he died

【4】Where can we probably read the passage?

A.From a poster.B.From a guide book.

C.From a fairy tale.D.From a biography (人物傳記).

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】

這是一篇人物傳記，介紹了馬克波羅的生平以及在中國的見聞。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：馬可波羅和他的父親去中國做生意。A.去旅行；B.被當(dāng)做客人詢問；C.做生意；D.學(xué)習(xí)中文。原文When he was 17, he travelled across Europe and Asia with his father, who wanted to do trade with the Chinese.（當(dāng)他17歲時(shí)，他和他的父親一起旅行到歐洲和亞洲，他的父親希望與中國人進(jìn)行貿(mào)易。）說明馬可波羅和他的父親去中國做生意，故選C。

【2】段落大意題。句意：第二段主要講什么？A.中國有多美麗。B.中國有多么發(fā)達(dá)。C.中國有多大。D.中國有多強(qiáng)大。原文Marco Polo was amazed by the beautiful China.（馬可波羅對(duì)美麗的中國感到驚訝。）說明第二段主要是在講中國之美，故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。句意：我們可以從文章中知道馬可波羅去世時(shí)已70歲。A.馬可波羅用兩個(gè)例子來描述中國的發(fā)展；B.只有少數(shù)人不相信馬可波羅所說的話；C.皇帝強(qiáng)迫馬可波羅為他服務(wù)；D.馬可波羅去世時(shí)已70歲。原文Just before he died in 1324, Marco Polo was asked the question, “Were they all true?”（就在他于1324年去世前，馬可波羅被問到這樣一個(gè)問題：“他們都是真的嗎？”）以及Marco Polo was born in Italy in 1254.（馬可波羅于1254年出生于意大利。）說明馬可波羅活了70歲，選項(xiàng)D正確，其他選項(xiàng)無依據(jù)，故選D。

【4】主旨大意題。句意：我們?cè)谀睦锟梢蚤喿x到這段文字？A從海報(bào)。B.從導(dǎo)游指南。C. 從童話故事。D.從傳記。這篇文章介紹了馬克波羅的生平，他在中國的見聞，這個(gè)故事應(yīng)該是取材于人物傳記，故選D。