15. C。意为星期一早晨临近了。 　

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Policemen were called by a shop in Southland early on Christmas morning. When they 　1　 　they found two burglars (偷盗者) were kept in a lift with a heavy box of money. The two men were in their twenties. They 　2　 　an office in the 　3　 　and took the money box and ran 　4　 　the lift. They did not see the sign on the door saying that it 　5　 　no more than two people.

“They were kept between the 　6　 　because they 　7　 　a heavy box,” the police officer said, “they 　8　 　there for six hours, 　9　 　on what they hoped to be their Christmas 　10　 . They were doing this at a time when people were at 　11　 　for the Christmas with their families. It was a very special 　12　 　when the policemen 　13　 　the door and they walked 　14　 , holding out arms. They said they had never been 　15　 　pleased to see policemen. The policemen said they were pleased to see them too.　

14. B。 固定短语so…that,，such…that 另，many， much， little， few前用 so而不用such。

13. B。这里故意把if和whether放在一起，其实，我们需要的是“假如”，而非“是否”，故选择if，本句是一个条件状语从句，故用一般现在时。

12.C。下午过后，当然是夜晚就在眼前。

11. A。入睡，睡着。

10. D。watch sb. doing sth.。seeing也很具有迷惑性，但观看某人踢足球还是应当用watch。

9. B。表示怎样度过下午是个问题。

8. B。被打扰，所以用被动式，of 后接动名词形式作宾语。

7. B。catch a bus 赶车。

6. C。通过上下文可知只有用最高级，意为“星期日的淋浴是一个星期中最令人愉快的”。