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.
小题1:A. interests B. interesting C. interested
小题2:A. towns B. cities C. countries
小题3:A. American B. English C. German
小题4:A. kept B. made C. found
小题5:A. asleep B. sleep C. sleeping
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:B
小题5:A
题目分析：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。
小题1:考查形容词及语境的理解。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。
小题2:考查名词及语境的理解。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。
小题3:考查名词及语境的理解。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。
小题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。
小题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。