The young Chinese girl mixed her bread dough and left it in the sun to rise． Then off she went for a walk with her boy friend, an Italian sailor． When they returned they saw that the dough had risen too much． It hung over the edge of the dish in strings, hardened by the sun． Fearing his loved one would be punished, the sailor gathered up the signs of her neglect．

　　Back at his ship he gave the pieces of dough to the cook, who added them to the soup． Everyone thought the result was delicious -- even the captain, Marco Polo． And when Polo and his men left China inA． D． 1292 to return to Italy, they took with them news of the wonderful new food - macaroni． At least that's how the story goes!

1．The second thing the girl did was_________．

A．go walking with a sailor　　 B．leave her dough in the sun

C．find her dough had hardened D．mix her dough

2． The dough would probably have made good bread if the girl had_______．

A．mixed it more carefully B．let it rise longer

C．put it in a smaller dish　　D．returned sooner

3．The pieces of dough looked like_______．

A． shells B． seeds C． strings D． signs

4．The sailor gathered up the dough in an effort to________．

A．protect the girl　　 B．help the cook

C．please the captain　　D．invent a new food

5．The first to eat the new food were_________．

A．the girl and the sailor　　 B．the girl's family

C．Marco Polo and his men D．the Chinese sailors

6．News of the wonderful new food reached Italy about________．

A． 1042 B． 1292 C． 1492 D． 1972

7．According to this story, macaroni was invented_______．

A．by accident B． in China

C．hundreds of years ago　　D．All of the above