Accidental discoveries have often opened the door to beauty and wonder．The rock paintings in France that date back 15 000 years, for example, 1 by two boys who were looking for shelter from the rain．The paintings 2 became “the find of last century”．Or, the Sanxingdui Ruins, known by historians as “the Ninth Wonder of the World”, were discovered in Sichuan Province by a farmer．
In the spring of 1929, Yan Qingbao, then a 43 year-old 3 , discovered a circular piece of jade(玉)while digging a hole． 4 by curiosity, he dug deeper and found a group of about 400 colourful jade pieces．At the time, he had no idea his discovery would be 5 important? as other wonders of the world 6 , China’s Great Wall and Egypt’s pyramids．
Since then, more than 10 000 relics(文物), dating back to between 5000 and 3000 BC have been unearthed(出土)at Sanxingdui．These relics 7 gold, pottery(陶器), bone tools and ivory(象牙)objects．They prove that Sanxingdui contains the ruins of an ancient city that was once the political, economic and cultural center of the ancient Shu Kingdom－the old name for Sichuan．
It has 8 modern historians realize that Sichuan’s human history went back 9 five thousands years, and located on the upper part of the Yangtze River．The site challenges the common idea 10 Chinese civilization rose from a single source－the Yellow River valley．Sanxingdui was named the Scientific Education Base for China’s Youth in March this year．
But still, only four of the Sanxingdui Ruins’ 12 square kilometers have been uncovered．Who knows what other big surprises are waiting to be shown to the world?
As my wife greeted me one evening, her voice came through the door,“Guess what?”
I always take a deep 1 on this very leading question．“What?”I asked．
“I just won a sales contest at work and the 2 is dinner for two at the new fancy restaurant down by the river-front!”
She was so 3 ．We knew the restaurant was extremely good．“See?I told you there would be a 4 for me to wear my new spring outfit,”she shyly reminded me．
“ 5 can play at that game,”I responded．“I will wear my gray suit, my Borsalino imported straw hat and a new silk tie．We will be well 6 ．”
It was early 7 and nearing dusk as the waiter took us to a table by a window, with a(n) 8 of the river．And the table was 9 set, with a smoke-gray tablecloth and bright colored napkins．
A delicious meal 10 in such an atmosphere should be remembered a long time．As it 11 , this will probably never be forgotten．
As the shadows lengthened, the 12 rocking by the riverbank, I murmured,“Why not take a walk?”
Hand in hand, we walked by the stores．People smiled and nodded．“I 13 realized there were so many 14 people as we have seen this evening, dear,”I observed．
“Probably your new straw hat or your 15 ,”she said．
After receiving many smiles, we 16 ourselves back at the restaurant, looking at ourselves in the 17 ．It was then that I saw the 18 for all the smiles．
Caught in the fly of my trousers and 19 down for all to see was a bright red 20 from the restaurant!
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church．The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages．
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought． 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 ．One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key．”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories．My mom knew the true story, 12 ．Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny．
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 ．But my mom announced that we were going home 15 ．At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church．We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church．There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 ：
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night．Happy Easter．
