3. A. to pass 　　　　 B. to spend 　 C. having 　　　　　　 D. asking

2. A. do it 　　　　　　 B. doing that C. to do it 　　　　　　 D. with that

1. A. at home 　　　　　　　 B. at house 　　 C. in school 　　　　 D. in factory

15．C。take ---off---是固定搭配，意为“把……从……取下”。

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　　 There is a holiday next week and I can't decide what to do. I have a lot of work to do __1__and this would be a good chance(机会) __2__.　But I don't like　__3__ the holiday in this way. I can work at home all the rest of the year. Last year I went__4__to the mountains. __5__ there was beautiful, but it is too cold this time of year. And it's really__6__ far to go for a short holiday. I decide __7__ this isn't a good time to__8__the mountains. But I__9__to go somewhere else.

　Perhaps this would be a good chance to go to the beach(海滨). I like to go for walks __10__ the seashore__11__　the warm sunshine and watch the water. It's only eight miles and I could get there__12__about two hours. After thinking it __13__, I am sure that this is a __14__ time for the seashore than __15__.

14．A。quickly表示“立刻行动，毫不迟延”用于此处符合the man 的心境，也大大地增强了文章的幽默感。

13．B。enter作“进入”讲时，一般不与into连用，故不选C。

12．B。随着情节的发展，飞机上的人越来越多，快要“满了”，所以用full。

11．B。try只表示设法去做某事，而不表示是否做成；manage却表示设法做成了某事。由本句末的but they also read the notice and went on得知，不选C。

10．C。此处不定式to sit用作定语，应与被修饰的名词seat构成动宾关系，而sit却是不及物动词，必须加上介词on。

9．A。another表泛指“另一个”。