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第四部分：第一节：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.
