Marco Polo travelled across Europe and Asia with his father, ________71 wanted to do trade with the Chinese. Eventually, they arrived in Beijing. At that time, China ___________ (rule) 72 by the Yuan Dynasty Emperor,Kublai Khan. Marco was amazed __________(find) 73 how beautiful and powerful China was and how__________ (impress)74 Beijing and the Emperor’s Palace were. It also surprised and even __________(confuse) 75 him to see paper money ______76 (use) in the markets and black stones serve as fuel.
In 1291, after 17 years of service_______77 the Emperor, Marco returned to Italy as a very wealthy man. Unfortunately, a local war broke out and he was caught and put into prison. _________78, Marco was lucky enough to meet _________79 prisoner who enjoyed listening to his _______80 (story) about China and wrote a book called The Description of the World.