职称英语《综合类》C级考试阅读理解的专项练习(3)
<p> <span word="Seeing">Seeing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Centuries">Centuries</span> <span word="Ago">Ago</span></p><p> <span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="enjoy">enjoy</span> <span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="books">books</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="familiar">familiar</span> <span word="authors">authors</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Arthur">Arthur</span> <span word="Frommer">Frommer</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="Eugene">Eugene</span> <span word="Fodor">Fodor</span>，<span word="it">it</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="surprise">surprise</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lean">lean</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="writing">writing</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="venerable">venerable</span> <span word="history">history</span>. <span word="Almost">Almost</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="earliest">earliest</span> <span word="annals">annals</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="recorded">recorded</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="individuals">individuals</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="ready">ready</span> <span word="audiences">audiences</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="accounts">accounts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="journeys">journeys</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="strange">strange</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="exotic">exotic</span> <span word="locales">locales</span>.1</p><p> <span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="earliest">earliest</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="writers">writers</span>，<span word="a">a</span> <span word="Greek">Greek</span> <span word="geographer">geographer</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="historian">historian</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="Strabo">Strabo</span>，<span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Christ">Christ</span>. <span word="Though">Though</span> <span word="Strabo">Strabo</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="traveled">traveled</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="east">east</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Black">Black</span> <span word="Sea">Sea</span> <span word="west">west</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Italy">Italy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="south">south</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</span>，<span word="he">he</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="details">details</span> <span word="gleaned">gleaned</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="writers">writers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="extend">extend</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="enliven">enliven</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="accounts">accounts</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="multivolumed">multivolumed</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="Geography">Geography</span> <span word="provides">provides</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="surviving">surviving</span> <span word="account">account</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cities">cities</span>，<span word="peoples">peoples</span>，<span word="customs">customs</span>，<span word="and">and</span> <span word="geographical">geographical</span> <span word="peculiarities">peculiarities</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="whole">whole</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="time">time</span>.</p><p> <span word="Two">Two</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="classic">classic</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="writers">writers</span>，<span word="the">the</span> <span word="ltalian">ltalian</span> <span word="Marco">Marco</span> <span word="Polo">Polo</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Moroccan">Moroccan</span> <span word="Ibn">Ibn</span> <span word="Battutah">Battutah</span>，<span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="roughly">roughly</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="period">period</span>. <span word="Marco">Marco</span> <span word="Polo">Polo</span> <span word="traveled">traveled</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="uncle">uncle</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="A">A</span>.<span word="D">D</span>.1275 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="remained">remained</span> <span word="there">there</span> 16 <span word="or">or</span> 17 <span word="years">years</span>，<span word="visiting">visiting</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="travels">travels</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="Marco">Marco</span> <span word="returned">returned</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ltaly">ltaly</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="dictated">dictated</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="memoirs">memoirs</span>，<span word="including">including</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="heard">heard</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="others">others</span>，<span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="scribe">scribe</span>，<span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="resulting">resulting</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="II">II</span> <span word="milione">milione</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="instant">instant</span> <span word="success">success</span>.<span word="Though">Though</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="attest">attest</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="accuracy">accuracy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="says">says</span>，<span word="Marcos">Marcos</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="impelled">impelled</span> <span word="Europeans">Europeans</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="begin">begin</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="voyages">voyages</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="exploration">exploration</span>. 2</p>
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