完形填空(共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分)
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從1~15各題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas   1 for her father.
She wished that he were as easy to   2 as her mother, who was always   3  with perfume (香水). Besides, shoping at this time of the year was a most   4  job. People   5  on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost   6  you over in their hurry in order to find something cheap ahead of you.
Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on show . "They are real silk," the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to   7  her to buy one. But Edith knew from past   8  that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.
She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance,  9  where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes on sale and the shapes were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father   10  smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was   11  to please him.
When she got home, with her small but   12  present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already at table. Her mother was in great   13  . "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she told her daughter happily. Edith was so   14  that she could not  15  a single word.
小題1:
A．suit B．card C．pipe D．gift
小題2:
A．remind B．please C．hopeD．suppose
小題3:
A．interested B．a(chǎn)nnoyed C．impressive D．satisfied
小題4:
A．unhappy B．careful C．exciting D．a(chǎn)mazing
小題5:
A．walked B．stepped C．lifted D．stood
小題6:
A．turned B．hit C．brought D．knocked
小題7:
A．hope B．a(chǎn)sk C．force D．persuade
小題8:
A．experience B．stories C．friends D．a(chǎn)ctivities
小題9:
A．stopped B．saw C．a(chǎn)sked D．found
小題10:
A．a(chǎn)lways B．nearly C．only D．never
小題11:
A．hardlyB．impossibly C．possibly D．certainly
小題12:
A．cheap B．well-chosen C．expensive D．ready-made
小題13:
A．excitement B．a(chǎn)nger C．sadness D．disappointment
小題14:
A．glad B．happy C．surprised D．excited
小題15:
A．tellB．sayC．thinkD．talk
小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:B
小題6:D
小題7:D
小題8:A
小題9:A
小題10:C
小題11:D
小題12:B
小題13:A
小題14:C
小題15:B

小題1:D由下文可知, Edith 在為父親選擇一件圣誕節(jié)禮物。
小題2:B這里的please表示他希望爸爸能象媽媽一樣好取悅，
小題3:D be satisfied with“對…滿意”和前面的please一致。
小題4:A句意是：時值圣誕節(jié)購物高峰,買東西不是一件令人愉快的事情，填unhappy。
小題5:B：句意人們踩到你的腳上,用肩膀擠著你,為了能在你的前面買到便宜貨,幾乎會把你撞倒。Step on your feet“踩到你的腳”
小題6:D knock you over“把你撞倒”。
小題7:D try to persuade sb to do “試著說服某人做…”.
小題8:A句意是：但從過去的經(jīng)驗中她知道她選擇的領帶很難使父親滿意。填experience。
小題9:A句意是：她在一群男子聚集的地方停了下來。選stopped
小題10:C 從后面的once in a while偶爾，看出填：only。
小題11:D句意是：她相信一定會讓爸爸滿意的。
小題12:B從上文可知,這份小禮物是精心挑選的。Well-chosen。
小題13:A  in great excitement“很興奮地“
小題14:C 前面說她爸爸戒煙了，說明Edith 對父親戒煙感到驚訝,
小題15:B 句意是：她驚訝的說不出一句話。
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