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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 _______.
