完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas __1__for her father.

She __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（柜台）, 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 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.

1.	A．suit B．card C．thing D．gift

 

2.	A．believed B．wished C．thought D．supposed

 

3.	A．never B．seldom C．always D．scarcely

 

4.	A．turned B．hit C．brought D．knocked

 

5.	A．watch B．find C．grasp D．sell

 

6.	A．time B．show C．board D．duty

 

7.	A．real B．cheap C．poor D．exact

 

8.	A．hope B．ask C．force D．persuade

 

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

 

10.	A．money B．cigarette C．shapes D．shop

 

11.	A．always B．nearly C．only D．never

 

12.	A．hardly B．impossibly C．possibly D．certainly

 

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

 

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

 

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