As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas __1__for her father.
She __2__that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was __3__satisfied with perfume(香水). Besides, shopping at this time of the year was a most unhappy job. People stepped on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost __4__ you over in their hurry in order to __5__ something cheap ahead of you.
Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on __6__. "They are __7__silk," the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to __8__her to buy one. But Edith knew from past __9__that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.
She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes(烟斗) on sale and the __10__were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate(犹豫) for long, although her father __11__ smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was __12__ to please him.
When she got home, with her small but __13__present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already at table. Her mother was in great __14__. "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she told her daughter happily. Edith was so __15__that she could not say a single word.
| 小题1: | | A．suit | B．card | C．thing | D．gift |
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| 小题2: | | A．believed | B．wished | C．thought | D．considered |
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| 小题3: | | A．never | B．seldom | C．always | D．rarely |
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| 小题4: | | A．turned | B．hit | C．brought | D．knocked |
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| 小题5: | | A．watch | B．find | C．grasp | D．sell |
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| 小题6: | | A．time | B．show | C．board | D．duty |
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| 小题7: | | A．real | B．cheap | C．poor | D．exact |
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| 小题8: | | A．hope | B．ask | C．force | D．persuade |
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| 小题9: | | A．experience | B．things | C．books | D．school |
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| 小题10: | | A．money | B．cigarette | C．shapes | D．shop |
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| 小题11: | | A．always | B．nearly | C．only | D．never |
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| 小题12: | | A．hardly | B．impossibly | C．possibly | D．certainly |
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| 小题13: | | A．cheap | B．well-chosen | C．expensive | D．ready-made |
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| 小题14: | | A．excitement | B．anger | C．sadness | D．disappointment |
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| 小题15: | | A．glad | B．happy | C．surprised | D．excited |
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