Question

Mrs Smith works in a museum in London. She’s        in all kinds of old things and she has collected a lot of stamps. But she prefers the vases. So she often spends her holidays in China. She visited a lot of museums in Beijing, Xi’an and other        . She goes to the markets and tries to buy some nice old vases.

Last month the      woman travelled in Hangzhou. She went to a shop one afternoon and foumd a beautiful vase there. She looked at it for a long time and was sure it was      about seven hundred years ago. She liked it very much and paid a lot of money for it. She was so happy that she couldn’t fall      that night. On her way to England , she took good care of it.

1.A. interests   B. interesting  C. interested

2.A. towns     B. cities      C. countries

3.A. American  B. English    C. German

4.A. kept      B. made      C. found

5.A. asleep     B. sleep      C. sleeping

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了史密斯太太在伦敦博物馆工作，她喜欢收藏花瓶，上个月她到杭州旅游，花钱买了一个七百多年前的花瓶，当晚她高兴得无法入睡，在去英国的路上，她也小心看管。

1.语境的理解。根据语境，史密斯太太对各种古董感兴趣，并且她还收藏了很多邮票。所以选择答案C，be interested in：对---感兴趣。

2.语境的理解。根据短文内容She visited a lot of museums in Beijing, Xi’an可知，还有其他一些城市。towns：小镇,cities ：城市 ，countries：国家。故选B。

3.语境的理解。联系上文Mrs Smith works in a museum in London.可知，史密斯太太应该是一个英国人。故应选B。

4.考查动词及语境的理解。kept：保存， made ：制造 ，found：发现。联系上下文可知，史密斯太太喜欢收藏古董，她看到的花瓶确定是七百多年前制造的。故选B。

5.考查动词短语及语境的推断。根据对语境的理解，史密斯太太买了花瓶之后高兴得无法入睡。fall asleep是固定短语。故应选A。

考点：日常生活类短文。