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.
小題1:A. interests   B. interesting  C. interested
小題2:A. towns     B. cities      C. countries
小題3:A. American  B. English    C. German
小題4:A. kept      B. made      C. found
小題5:A. asleep     B. sleep      C. sleeping

Answer 1

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:B
小題5:A

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了史密斯太太在倫敦博物館工作，她喜歡收藏花瓶，上個月她到杭州旅游，花錢買了一個七百多年前的花瓶，當晚她高興得無法入睡，在去英國的路上，她也小心看管。
小題1:考查形容詞及語境的理解。根據語境，史密斯太太對各種古董感興趣，并且她還收藏了很多郵票。所以選擇答案C，be interested in：對---感興趣。
小題2:考查名詞及語境的理解。根據短文內容She visited a lot of museums in Beijing, Xi’an可知，還有其他一些城市。towns：小鎮,cities ：城市 ，countries：國家。故選B。
小題3:考查名詞及語境的理解。聯系上文Mrs Smith works in a museum in London.可知，史密斯太太應該是一個英國人。故應選B。
小題4:考查動詞及語境的理解。kept：保存， made ：制造 ，found：發現。聯系上下文可知，史密斯太太喜歡收藏古董，她看到的花瓶確定是七百多年前制造的。故選B。
小題5:考查動詞短語及語境的推斷。根據對語境的理解，史密斯太太買了花瓶之后高興得無法入睡。fall asleep是固定短語。故應選A。