15．C。“lead sb. to某地”意思是“引导某人到达某地”。

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Several years ago I studied in a university in the biggest city in our country. It’s beautiful but it’s hot in __1__. So I usually returned to my hometown when my __2__ began. It is not big, but it’s cool and quiet. I could __3__ in the daytime and have a good sleep at night.

One day I had some __4__ to solve. But I didn’t take the dictionaries home. My father told me Charlie, one of my __5__, had a good library. I went to his house at once. We didn’t see each other after I __6__ middle school. At first he didn’t recognize me. He __7__ me up and down. And then he called out, “Oh, dear! It’s you, Fred!”

Of course we were __8__ to meet each other again and talked a lot about our schoolmates and __9__. Later on he showed me around his library. It wasn’t big but there were a lot of nice books in it. And the dictionaries I __10__ were in them too. At last I said, “__11__ you lend some dictionaries to me, please?”

“I’m sorry I don’t lend any books to __12__,” said the young man.

“Are you afraid I’ll __13__ them?”

“No, I’m not. I’m afraid you won’t __14__ them to me. Look! All the books are not __15__, but borrowed!”

14．A。try one’s best to do sth.意思是“尽某人最大的努力去做某事”，为正确选项。

13．B。这里应该用动词不定式to help you find your way作目的状语才合符句意。

12．A。根据上文列举的根据地图找名胜的例子可知，做数学题目也需要“地图”。故应选need to have。

11．D。the road to the answers意为“解决问题的路径”，to为正确选项。

10．A。做数学题时，你肯定要对题目中所给的信息进行思考。故应选thought over。

9．B。本文是讲如何在一个陌生的城市里找到目的地，而不是找去某个城市的路。故选in。

8．B。根据地图上的位置，你会毫不费力地找到想去的地方。故选no。

7．D。show sb. sth.意为“把……给某人看”，合符文意，为正确选项。

6．A。根据句意，前半句是后半句的条件状语从句，应用if引导。