Unit 2 Lesson 8 Marco Polo and the Silk Road 同步练习（含答案）

Lesson 8 Marco Polo and the Silk Road
【练基础】
Ⅰ.根据句意及汉语提示填空
1. (煤) is very important in our life.
2.The rain (持续) for hours yesterday.
3.The (国王) wanted to have a daughter.
4.Do you know who (发现) America
5.People sell their goods to (欧洲).
Ⅱ.用适当的介词填空
6.Marco Polo was a man Italy.
7. the age of 4, he could swim.
8.There is a picture two windows.
9.They travelled boats, horses and camels.
10. those years, Marco Polo learned about China.
【练能力】
Ⅲ.根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词
11.李刚五岁时开始画画。
five, Li Gang started to draw.
12.Green一家上个月到北京旅游了。
The Greens Beijing last month.
13.我姐姐将会给我带回来一个礼物。
My sister a present for me.
14.我希望有一天写一本像那样的书。
I hope a book that someday.
15.这些东西对于我们来说是新鲜的。
These things us.
Ⅳ.用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空
invent　journey　Asia　goods　other
16.The from Beijing to Shanghai was very interesting.
17.He is always ready to help .
18.We often buy at the market.
19.Edison the light bulb (电灯泡).
20.China is an old country in .
【练素养】
Ⅴ.阅读理解
Marco Polo was the most famous westerner to visit Asia during the Middle Ages (中世纪).He was born in Venice in 1254.He wrote a book about his travels.In his book he wrote all the things he saw and heard.Many people read the book but few believed what Marco Polo said.He spoke of strange people and places that nobody knew about at that time.
As a young man, Marco Polo decided to travel together with his father.It took them more than three years to travel to China.He became the Chinese emperor's (皇帝的) friend.He learned the Chinese language when he travelled around and talked to many people.At the age of thirty, he was made a Chinese official (官员).
After nearly seventeen years in the East, Marco Polo and his father got ready to return home.When they finally arrived in Venice, their family and friends were surprised to see them again.They had been away for almost 25 years.
( )21.Why was Marco Polo famous during the Middle Ages
A.Because of his travel to America.
B.Because of his travel in the west.
C.Because of his travel in Asia.
D.Because of his visit to Venice.
( )22.Marco Polo worked as a Chinese official in 　　　　.
A.1254 B.1284
C.1271 D.1279
( )23.What can we learn from the passage
A.Marco Polo's father wrote a book about his travel.
B.Many people believed what Marco Polo said at that time.
C.Marco Polo learned Chinese but he couldn't speak Chinese.
D.Marco Polo and his father was away from Italy for about 25 years.
参考答案
练基础
1.Coal　2.lasted　3.king　4.discovered　5.Europe
6.from　7.At　8.between　9.on　10.During
练能力
11.At　the　age　of
12.travelled　to
13.will　bring　back
14.to　write　like
15.are　new　to
16.journey　17.others　18.goods　19.invented　20.Asia
练素养
21~23　CBD
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