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As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas
1for her father.
She2that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was3satisfied with perfume (香水).
4, shopping at this time of the year was a most5job. People6on your feet, pushed you with their
shoulders and almost7you over in their hurry in order to8something cheap ahead of you.
Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on9 . 'They
are10silk,' the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to11her to buy one. But Edith knew from
past12that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.
She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance,13where a small crowd of men had gathered round
a counter. She found some fine pipes (烟斗) on sale and the14were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate
for long, although her father15smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was16to please him.
When she got home, with her small but17present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and
her parents were already18table. Her mother was in great19 . 'Your father has at last decided to stop
smoking,' she told her daughter happily. Edith was so20that she could not say a single word.
( )1. A. suit
( )2. A. believed
( )3. A. never
( )4. A. Therefore
( )5. A. unhappy
( )6. A. walked
( )7. A. turned
( )8. A. watch
( )9. A. time
( )10. A. real
( )11. A. hope
( )12. A. experience
( )13. A. stopped
( )14. A. money
( )15. A. always
( )16. A. hardly
( )17. A. cheap
( )18. A. on
( )19. A. excitement
( )20. A. glad B. card
B. wished
B. seldom
B. Fortunately
B. careful
B. stepped
B. hit
B. find
B. show
B. cheap
B. ask
B. things
B. saw
B. cigarette
B. nearly
B. impossibly
B. well-chosen
B. by
B. anger
B. happy C. thing
C. hoped
C. always
C. Besides
C. exciting
C. lifted
C. brought
C. grasp
C. board
C. poor
C. force
C. books
C. asked
C. shapes
C. only
C. possibly
C. expensive
C. beside
C. sadness
C. surprised D. gift
D. supposed
D. scarcely
D. Finally
D. tiring
D. stood
D. knocked
D. sell
D. duty
D. exact
D. persuade
D. school
D. found
D. shop
D. never
D. certainly
D. ready-made
D. at
D. disappointment
D. excited