Marco Polo is probably the most (0) ..... traveller-explorer of the Far East. He was born in 1254 and was the son of an Italian merchant living in Venice, an important trade centre at that time. Marco was well educated and also very curious, (1) particular interest in different cultures. His father had already travelled to the Far East (2)... times, and in 1271, when Marco was seventeen, he decided to take Marco with him on his journey to China along the Silk Road, a series of trade (3) through Asia. ***** They (4) ..... out from Venice, travelled through Armenia, Persia, and Afghanistan, and along the Silk Road. After travelling for (5) three years, they finally arrived at their (6); the summer (7) ..... of the emperor Kublai Khan at Shang-tu, close to modern-day Beijing. Marco Polo (8) in love with the city and became close to Kublai Khan, advising him on many (9) ... Marco Polo left a (10) account of his journey to China and his stay there. (11) not really a historian, he also wrote a long history of the Mongol people. Not everyone agrees that Marco Polo's stories are real. However, fiction or not, they have captivated readers (12) the fact that he was the centuries.
1 A presenting B putting C showing D giving
2 A few B several C plenty D assorted
3 A routes B ways C courses D tracks
4 A made B went C set D put
5 A beyond B after C above D over
6 A position B goal C destination D location
7 A residence B habitat C place D institution
8 A set B went C fell D dropped
9 A tasks B questions C themes D matters
10 A specific B detailed C particular D proper
12 A during B throughout C in D by​