MarcoPolowasbornin1254.HisfatherwasanItalianmerchant.In127117-year-oldMarcoPolofollowedhisfatheronajourneytotheEast.ThreeyearslaterMarcoPoloreachedChina.TheemperorofChinaKublaiKhanlikedhimsomuchthathegavePoloagovernmentjobinChina.DuringthetimeMarcoPolotravelledallaroundChinaandlivedthereforabout17years.

  OnhisreturntohishomeinVenicePolowascaughtinawar.Hewaslockedupinaprison.Therehemetastorywriter.MarcoPolotoldthestorywriterabouthisjourneysinChina.Theybecameanexactdescription(描述)ofChinaduringthetimebetween1271and1295.TheEuropeansdidn’tbelievethesestoriesatfirstbutasmanypeoplestartedtotraveltoEastAsiatheydiscoveredthatmostofthestoriesweretrue.ThesetalesgreatlyinfluencedmanyEuropeans.

  In1934thestorieswerepublishedinabook.

36.Intheyearof      MarcoPoloarrivedinChina.

   A.1295   B.1271

   C.1274   D.1254

37.HowmanyyearsdidMarcoPolostayinChina?

   A.about13years   B.about7years

   C.about12years   D.about17years 

38.WhowroteaboutMarcoPolo’sjourneysinChina?

   A.KublaiKhan   B.MarcoPolo

   C.astorywriter   D.manyEuropeans

39.Whichisrightintimeorderaccordingtothepassage?

 a.MarcoPolotravelledallaroundChina.

 b.MarcoPolotoldthestorywriterabouthisjourneysinChina.

 c.17-year-oldMarcoPolofollowedhisfatheronajourneytotheEast.

 d.MarcoPolowaslockedupinaprison.

   A.cadb   B.bcad

   C.abdc   D.bdca

40.Thisarticlemainlytellsus      .

   A.astorybookofMarcoPolo

   B.MarcoPolo’sjourneytoChina

   C.agreatItalianmerchant

   D.MarcoPolo’sjobinChina