4.　　　 But Marco always stood by his tales.　

3.　　　 Although people enjoyed reading his books, many of them thought that Marco’s stories about China were too fantastic to be true.

2.　　　 Not long after his return, a local was broke out near his town.

1.　　　 Marco, in turn, was amazed by how beautiful and powerful China was.

15. A 本题考察词组a large quantity of (大量的), 后面可跟不可数名词或可数名词的复数形式。

14. C本题考察动词词组。stand up 站起来；起立， stand about 闲立着，stand by 支持；保卫；坚持，stand back 退后，不参与做出决定

13. B 本题考察动词词组。break down 破坏；发生故障 break out 发生；爆发 break into 闯入；突然开始 break up 破碎；解散

12. A 本题考察由turn 构成的词组。in turn依次，轮流, on the turn 正在转变，快要转变, by turn 轮流，交替 ,at every turn 出处；事事；每次

11. D 本题考察词组。

10. B 本题考察词义辨析。confused和confusing作表语使用时，前者主语是人，后者主语是物。confusion 为名词， confuse 为动词。