15. A. expensive B.
famous C.
useful
D. friendly
名师点评
天气和假期永远是西方人日常谈论的话题，所以要了解西方文化就必须对他们的节假日有足够的了解。本文为你提供了一些，想必你会对西方的文化有进一步的了解。
答案简析
B。节假日中人们喜欢一家人一起出去游玩。
B。and这里表承接。
A。根据第一句话中的提示。
C。yet用于现在完成时的否定句中，其他词均不可以。
C。在旅游前，人们需要谈论一下计划，故选need 。
C。本文都是以第三人称写的。
A。节假日过后，人们总会互相询问是否喜欢自己的旅行。
B。有时一些相似的问题也会在假日来临之前就被讨论，故选before。
B。这里讲的是外国人的旅游习惯，包括那些在中国工作和生活的外国人。visitors则是片面的，仅指游客，故不选。
C。have opportunities意为“有机会”。
C。与第6题同解。
D。本文是围绕人们问旅游方面的问题展开的，故选questions 。
B。他们对以下的事感兴趣，想知道其中情况，故选B。
A。他们很想知道自己有没有选对地方，故选right 。
B。根据常识，人们一般会认为著名的地方都是正确的选择，所以人们想知道那些不太著名的地方是否是正确的选择。
When the boys
1 home, it was eleven o’clock. It was dark
2 but there was a light inside their home and the door
3 . They could see a man inside.
“Who can
4 be? ” Said Peter. “Mother and Father 5 to
do some 6 . They won’t be home 7
eight o’clock. ”
When the man saw Peter, he
looked 8 . Then he smiled and said. “Come in! You don’t know
me, but I’m a friend of 9 .” The man didn’t see John.
Peter went inside and
began 10 to the man but John didn’t. He quickly but
quietly ran off. He soon found a policeman and brought him back
11 home. The man was 12 there, but when he
saw the policeman, he tried to run off. The policeman caught him
13 the arm. Just then the boys’ parents 14
.
“Is the man your friend?” The
policeman asked Mr. Turner .
“No, he is a thief. He wanted to
steal my money. 15 nice of you to catch him.”