Marco Polo was born in Italy in 1254.At the age of 17, he arrived in Beijing with his father. At that time, China 1 (rule)by the Yuan Dynasty Emperor, Kublai Khan.
Kublai Khan and Marco became good friends. He ask ed Marco to serve in his court. Marco was amazed by 2 beautiful and powerful China was. He described the Summer Palace as the greatest palace, whose walls were covered in gold and silver. Marco was surprised to see Chinese people using paper money. He was also 3 (confuse)by the black stones peop le used 4 (burn)for fuel.
In 1291, Marco returned to Italy. Not long after his return, 5 local war broke out and he was put into prison. 6 , Marco met another prisoner who enjoyed 7 (listen)to his stories about China. The prisoner took dictation while Marco told all his 8 (story)to him. The prisoner then wrote the stories in a book called The Description of the World, one of the best-selling books in Europe.
Many people thought Marco’s stories about China were false. But Marco always stood 9 his tales. Just before he died, Marco was asked the question, “Was it all true?”, to 10 he replied, “I have only told a half of what I saw!”
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答案
1.was ruled 主语是动作的承受者,结合语境可知,此处应用一般过去时的被动语态。
2.how by之后为宾语从句,结合“how+形容词/副词+主语+谓语”可知,how符合题意。
3.confused 空格处作表语,结合主语He可知,空格处填形容词conf used,表示人的感受。
4.to burn use sth. to do sth.为常用短语,故空格处填不定式。
5.a 名词war在句中表示泛指,故填不定冠词a。
6.However 空格处作状语,且表示转折,故填副词However。
7.listening enjoyed之后应该接动名词listening作宾语。
8.stories 根据句子结构可知,空格处填复数名词。
9.by stand by为动词短语,意为“支持”。
10.which 先行词为空前的一句话,关系词作介词宾语,故填which。
