题文

阅读下面短文，根据要求完成下列各题。

Marco Polo was born in Venice in 1254. He was the most famous foreigner to visit Asia during the Middle Ages. He wrote a book about his travels. In his book he wrote all the things he saw and heard. Many people in the west read the book, but few believed what Marco Polo said in the book. He told stories about a lot of strange people and places. But at that time nobody knew these places and the people.     When Marco Polo was still very young, he decided to travel together with his father. It took them more than three years to travel to China, later he became a friend of the Chinese emperor (皇帝). He learned to speak Chinese when he traveled around, and he talked to many people in Chinese. The emperor liked him and made him a Chinese Official. At that time Marco Polo was only thirty years old. After nearly seventeen years' travel in the east, Marco and his father wanted to go back home.     When Marco and his father arrived in Venice many years later, their family and friends saw them again. They couldn't believe their eyes because Marco and his farther were quite old. Marco Polo and his father had been away for almost 25 years.

1. Marco Polo was                foreigner who ________ to Asia during the Middle Ages. 2. Marco Polo wrote a famous book ________ "The Travels of Marco Polo". He told people _______     he saw and heard in the book. 3. Many people in the west read the book, but ________ believed ________. 4. It took Marco Polo and his father over three years to ________. And Marco Polo worked as in     1284. 5. Marco Polo and his father had been away _______. When they got back home in Venice, they     were _______.

题型：阅读理解  难度：偏难

答案

1. the most famous; travelled; 2. called; all the things 3. few people; him / what he said 4. travel to China; a Chinese official 5. for almost 25 years; quite old

据专家权威分析，试题“阅读下面短文，根据要求完成下列各题。 Marco Polo was born in..”主要考查你对  人物传记类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

人物传记类阅读

考点名称：人物传记类阅读

• 人物传记类阅读：
  本类型选材主要是名人轶事。
  人物传记的叙述线索也常常以时间为序。内容一般不是一个人的生活流水账，而是选取主人公一些重要的人生阶段或生活片段来展开叙述。
  阅读时要把握主人公在此阶段发生的事对他本身或他人有什么重要的意义和影响。