47. The person who _______ (发现) the fossils is a little boy.

46. Look! The ground is _______ (覆盖) with snow.

　Mrs Smiths works in a museum in London. She’s_ 16__in all kinds of__17_ things and she has collected a lot of stamps. But she prefers the vases.(瓶子) So she often spends her holiday in China. She visited a lot of museums in Beijing, Shanghai, Xi’an and other__18__. She goes to the markets and tried to_19__ some nice old vases.

Last month the__20_woman traveled in Hangzhou. She went to a shop one afternoon and found a beautiful vase there. She looked at it for a___21_ time and was sure it was _22__ about seven hundred years ago. She liked it very much and paid_23___ money for it. She was so happy that she couldn’t fall___24_ that night. On her way to England, she took good care of it.

　As soon as she got__25__, she showed it to her family and friends. All of them thought it was an invaluable asset(无价之宝). Fred, her five-year-old___26_ wanted to look at it. She didn’t agree and after that her husband put it in the shelf. Then she said to her son, “It cost much money, you know. Don’t_27__it, or you will break it .”

　Every time when Mrs Smiths came back, she went to see _28__the vase was all right or not, and she said she was always worried about it.

This afternoon the__29_ in the office rang. Mrs Smiths went to answer it. Fred said, “Good news for you, mum!” “What’s that?” she asked.

“You were always__30_ I would break the vase,” said the boy. “Now you needn’t be worried about it any longer!”

16.(　 ) A. interests　　　 B. interest　　　 C. interesting　　　 　D. interested

17.(　 ) A. old　　　　 　B. new　　 　　 C. good　　　 　　　　　　 D. bad

18.(　 ) A. towns　　　　 B. cities　　　 C. countries　　 　　　　　 D. villages

19.(　 ) A. send　　　 　B. buy　　　　 C. borrow　　 　　　　　　 D. lend

20.(　 ) A. American　　 B. French　 　　C. German　 　　　　　　 D. English

21.(　 ) A. short　 　　　B. long　　　 　C. little　　　　 　　　　 D. few

22.(　 ) A. kept　　 　　　B. discovered　　 C. made　　　 　　　　　 D. found

23.(　 ) A. many　　　 　B. some　　　　 C. a little　　　　 　　　 D. a lot of

24.(　 ) A. asleep　　　 B. sleep　　　 　C. sleepy　　　 　　　　 D. sleeping

25.(　 ) A. to come　　　 B. at home　　　 C. back to home　　　 D. home

26.(　 ) A. daughter　 　　　 　B. sister　 　　　C. brother　　　　 　　　 D. son

27.(　 ) A. move　　 　　B. feel　　　 　C. break　　 　　　　　　　 D. touch

28.(　 ) A. if　　　 　　　B. weather　　　 C. that　　　　 　　　　 D. whether

29.(　 ) A. telephone　　 B. bell　　　　 　C. clock　　　　 　　　 D. doorbell

30.(　 ) A. worry　　 　　B. angry　　　　 C. afraid　　　　 　　 D. sorry

15.(　 )The girl was seen ____ with her mother at 8:00 yesterday.

　　　 A. quarrel　 　B. quarrelling　 C. to quarrel　 　　　D. quarreled

14.(　 ) Please tell me ____ you’ve found.

　　 A. why　　　　 B. what　　 　　C.where　　　 　　D.when

13.(　 )The beautiful pictures ____ show here ____ by Zhang Daqian.

　　 A. on, were drawn　 B. on, drew　 C. 　to, are drawn　 　D. to, todraw

12.(　 )I have never seen such a strange thing ____ three legs.　

　A. by　　　 　B. for 　　　　　C. on 　　　　　　D. with