Many years ago，a young foreigner 【小题1】(call)Marco polo traveled a1l the way from Italy to China.From then on a window to the east has been 【小题2】(open)for Westerners.Two kinds of gold coins once 【小题3】(make)by Europeans showed their respects to the great explorer.

Marco Polo was 【小题4】(bear)in 1254.He lived in Venice，a rich city in Italy.Marco’s father and uncle were merchants.They had traveled to the east.So when Marco was young，he enjoyed 【小题5】 (listen)to the stories about the places 【小题6】(visit )by his father.His father decided 【小题7】(take)him on a trip.When Marco Polo was just 17，he left his country for China.They were among the first to go along the silk road.They had a lot of trouble in 【小题8】(explore)．So it was a hard trip for Marco Polo，but he was very brave.After about four years，Marco met Kublai Khan (忽必烈汗)who gave him a job.Marco spent 17 years 【小题9】(work)for him.

He visited most parts of China.He learned lots of 【小题10】(interest)things about Chinese life.When he returned home，he let others know about things like coal and paper money.He wrote about his trip in a famous book.