：短文填词。（共l0小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1)汉语提示；2)首字母提示；3)语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。

In 1921,after 17 years of ______（服务）to the Emperor,            76___________

Marco returned to Italy.He was now a very w_____man.                     77___________

Not long after his return,a _____(当地的)war broke out                       78___________

near his town.During the war,Marco was the _____(上尉)                             79___________

of a warship but was caught by the enemy and put into prison.

However,Marco was l______ enough to meet another                  80_________

prisoner who enjoyed ______(听)to his stories about                         81_________

China.The prisoner was an a_________ and he took                       82_________

d_______ while Marco told all his stories to him.                              83_________

The prisoner then wrote the stories in a book c____                          84_________

The D______of the World, which became one of the                           85_________

best-selling books in Europe.