1. A. ill　　　　　　　　 B. rich　　　　　　　　　 C. honest　　　　　　　 D. luck

15.　 D。整篇文章讲的就是关于足球的事，故选D。

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　　　 Soon after Dave left university, one of his uncles, who was 　1　 　and had no children of his own, died and 　2　 　Dave a lot of money, so he decided to 　3　 　his own company.

　　　 He found a nice 　4　 , 　5　 　some new furniture(家具)and 　6　 . He had only been there for a few hours 　7　 　he heard someone come towards the door of his office. “It’s my first 　8　 ,” he thought. He quickly 　9　 　the telephone, and 　10　 　to be busy 　11　 　an important call from someone in New York who wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.

　 The man 　12　 　at the door while seeing this was 　13　 , came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his 　14　 , then he said to Dave, “I’m from the telephone company, and I was sent here to 　15　 　your telephone.”

14.　 B。latest是“最近”，“最新”的意思, 符合题义。

13.　 C。hear表示听到的结果，listen to表示听的动作，故选C。

12.　 D。turn on 是“打开”的意思，文中是打开电视，故选D。

11.　 A。would rather do“宁愿做某事”，would like和to搭配，had better是“最好”的意思，因此答案是A。

10.　 B。讲述我害怕站在足球场附近的原因，人群太危险了。

9.　　　 A。be afraid of 所接宾语若是可怕的事或物时通常是害怕做某事而引起不好的后果，be afraid to do不敢做某事，故选A。

8.　　　 C。根据句意，他们象疯子一样大喊大叫，故选madmen。千万不要眼花看成madams。

7.　　　 D。shout 是“大叫”的意思，和句意相符。