Question

完形填空

通过下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出一个最佳选项。

As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas gift for her father. She wished that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was _______ satisfied with perfume(香水). ________, shopping at this time of the year was a most ______ job.

People stepped on your ______, pushed you with their shoulders and almost ______ 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 _____. "They are real silk." the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to persuade her to buy one. But Edith knew from past____that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father. She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, _______ where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes(烟斗) on sale and the ______ were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate(犹豫) for long, although her father _______ smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was ______ to please him.

When she got home, with her small but _____ present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already ______ table. Her mother was in great ______. "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she told her daughter happily. Edith was so _______ that she could not say a single word.

1.A. never B. seldom C. always D. hardly

2.A. Therefore B. Fortunately C. Besides D. Finally

3.A. unhappy B. careful C. exciting D. tired

4.A. hands B. feet C. back D. faces

5.A. turned B. hit C. brought D. knocked

6.A. time B. show C. board D. duty

7.A. experience B. things C. books D. school

8.A. stopped B. saw C. asked D. found

9.A. price B. cigarette C. shapes D. shop

10.A.always B. nearly C. only D. never

11.A.hard B. impossibly C. possibly D. certainly

12.A.cheap B. well-chosen C. expensive D. ready-made

13.A.on B. by C. beside D. at

14.A.excitement B. anger C. sadness D. disappointment

15.A. glad B. happy C. surprised D. Excited

Answer 1