TheyoungChinesegirlmixedherbreaddoughandleftitinthesuntorise．Thenoffshewentforawalkwithherboyfriend,anItaliansailor．Whentheyreturnedtheysawthatthedoughhadrisentoomuch．Ithungovertheed

TheyoungChinesegirlmixedherbreaddoughandleftitinthesuntorise．Thenoffshewentforawalkwithherboyfriend,anItaliansailor．Whentheyreturnedtheysawthatthedoughhadrisentoomuch．Ithungovertheedgeofthedishinstrings,hardenedbythesun．Fearinghislovedonewouldbepunished,thesailorgatheredupthesignsofherneglect．

Backathisshiphegavethepiecesofdoughtothecook,whoaddedthemtothesoup．Everyonethoughttheresultwasdelicious--eventhecaptain,MarcoPolo．AndwhenPoloandhismenleftChinainA．D．1292toreturntoItaly,theytookwiththemnewsofthewonderfulnewfood-macaroni．Atleastthat'showthestorygoes!

1．Thesecondthingthegirldidwas_________．

A．gowalkingwithasailorB．leaveherdoughinthesun

C．findherdoughhadhardenedD．mixherdough

2．Thedoughwouldprobablyhavemadegoodbreadifthegirlhad_______．

A．mixeditmorecarefullyB．letitriselonger

C．putitinasmallerdishD．returnedsooner

3．Thepiecesofdoughlookedlike_______．

A．shellsB．seedsC．stringsD．signs

4．Thesailorgatheredupthedoughinaneffortto________．

A．protectthegirlB．helpthecook

C．pleasethecaptainD．inventanewfood

5．Thefirsttoeatthenewfoodwere_________．

A．thegirlandthesailorB．thegirl'sfamily

C．MarcoPoloandhismenD．theChinesesailors

6．NewsofthewonderfulnewfoodreachedItalyabout________．

A．1042B．1292C．1492D．1972

7．Accordingtothisstory,macaroniwasinvented_______．

A．byaccidentB．inChina

C．hundredsofyearsagoD．Alloftheabove