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(煙斗) on sale and the __10__were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate(猶豫) 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.

1.

A．suit

B．card

C．thing

D．gift

 

2.

A．believed

B．wished

C．thought

D．considered

 

3.

A．never

B．seldom

C．a(chǎn)lways

D．rarely

 

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．a(chǎn)sk

C．force

D．persuade

 

9.

A．experience

B．things

C．books

D．school

 

10.

A．money

B．cigarette

C．shapes

D．shop

 

11.

A．a(chǎn)lways

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．a(chǎn)nger

C．sadness

D．disappointment

 

15.

A．glad

B．happy

C．surprised

D．excited

 

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.C

12.D

13.D

14.A

15.C

【解析】女兒精心地位爸爸挑選生日禮物，結(jié)果卻出人意料。

1.上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)Christmas可知是賣(mài)圣誕節(jié)禮物給父親。

2.動(dòng)詞辨析。A認(rèn)為；B希望；C思考；D考慮。結(jié)合句意可知B正確，她希望父親和母親一樣容易取悅，母親總是被香水所滿足。

3.副詞辨析。解析同上。

4.動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知他幾乎被人們撞倒。

5.動(dòng)詞辨析。A觀察；B發(fā)現(xiàn)；C抓�。籇賣(mài)；根據(jù)句意可知C正確，人們?yōu)榱藫屜茸プ∧切┍阋素�，而�?zhēng)先恐后。

6.介詞搭配。根據(jù)上下文可知是那些領(lǐng)帶在展出銷售。

7.形容詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知是售貨員在吹噓推銷自己的產(chǎn)品。

8.動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知售貨員是想說(shuō)服顧客買(mǎi)他的東西。

9.名詞辨析。A經(jīng)驗(yàn)；B事情；C書(shū)本；D學(xué)習(xí)。根據(jù)句意可知A正確。根據(jù)以往的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。

10.名詞辨析。A錢(qián)；B香煙；C形狀；D商店。根據(jù)句意可知是指那些煙斗的外形很好。

11.上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)后面的once in a while可知父親僅僅只是偶爾抽煙。

12.副詞辨析。A幾乎不；B不可能；C可能；D當(dāng)然，一定；根據(jù)句意可知她認(rèn)為這個(gè)煙斗一定能讓他滿意。

13.形容詞辨析。根據(jù)句意可知這是一個(gè)準(zhǔn)備好的禮物。特別注意B選項(xiàng)。

14.名詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知媽媽很興奮，因?yàn)榘职滞饨錈煛?/p>

15.上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上下文可知這樣的結(jié)果出乎她的意料，所以她非常驚訝。

 

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