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”。

8．D。which引导定语从句，指代先行词something particularly heavy。

7．B。这里该用现在分词表示伴随动作。say强调“说”的内容，而speak则指“说”的动作，故不选D。

6．D。in large letters是固定说法，意为“用大写字母”。