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 小题2: A．believed B．wished C．thought D．considered 小题3: A．never B．seldom C．always D．rarely 小题4: A．turned B．hit C．brought D．knocked 小题5: A．watch B．find C．grasp D．sell 小题6: A．time B．show C．board D．duty 小题7: A．real B．cheap C．poor D．exact 小题8: A．hope B．ask C．force D．persuade 小题9: A．experience B．things C．books D．school 小题10: A．money B．cigarette C．shapes D．shop 小题11: A．always B．nearly C．only D．never 小题12: A．hardly B．impossibly C．possibly D．certainly 小题13: A．cheap B．well-chosen C．expensive D．ready-made 小题14: A．excitement B．anger C．sadness D．disappointment 小题15: A．glad B．happy C．surprised D．excited