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Unit 2 Lesson 8 Marco Polo and the Silk Road
【基础性作业】
一、单项选择
( )1.The place is to me. It's the first time I have come here.
A.old B.happy
C.new D.sad
( )2.—There are some elephants, koalas and snakes in the zoo.
—What animals are in it?
A.other B.the other
C.others D.another
( )3.China is a big country a long history.
A.at B.on
C.with D.to
( )4.—Did he well last night?
—Yes, he did.
A.sleep B.slept
C.sleeping D.sleeps
( )5. the age of 7., Bruce won first prize in the piano competition.
A.In B.At
C.On D.For
【拓展性作业】
二、句型转换
6.I hope to write a book like that someday. (改为同义句)
I hope that I a book like that someday.
7.Marco Polo travelled with his father and uncle. (对画线部分提问)
Marco Polo with?
8.My family travels to Beidaihe. (用last month改写)
My family to Beidaihe last month.
9.Their journey lasted about twenty years. (对画线部分提问)
their journey ?
10.She read a book about Marco Polo at the age of ten. (改为同义句)
She read a book about Marco Polo she ten years old.
【综合性作业】
三、阅读理解
Marco Polo was born (出生) in Venice in 12.54.. He was the most famous westerner to visit Asia during the Middle Ages (中世纪). 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 and uncle. 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 became a Chinese official (官员).
After spending nearly seventeen years in the East, Marco Polo and his father prepared to return home. When they finally arrived in Venice, their fam