高考英语完形填空训练（023）
As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how 1 it was to choose a suitable Christmas 2 for her father.
She 3 that he were as easy to 4 as her mother, who was 5 satisfied with perfume (香水).
6 , shopping at this time of the year was a most 7 job. People 8 on your feet, pushed you with their 9 and almost 10 you over in their hurry in order to 11 something cheap ahead of you.
Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on 12 . “They are 13 silk,” the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to 14 her to buy one. But Edith knew from past 15 that her choice of ties 16 ever pleased her father.
She move on slowly and then, quite by chance, stopped where a small crowd of 17 had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes on sale and the 18 were very reasonable. Edith did not hesitate for 19 ; although her father 20 smoked a pipe once in a while, she knew this was 21 to please him.
When she got home, with her small but 22 present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already 23 table. Her mother was in great excitement. “Your father has at last 24 to stop smoking,” she told her daughter happily. Edith was so 25 that she could not say a single word.
1. A. difficult B. pleasant C. easy D. long
2. A. suit B. card C. thing D. gift
3. A. believed B. wished C. hoped D. supposed
4. A. excite B. deal with C. please D. persuade
5. A. never B. seldom C. always D. sometimes
6. A. However B. Unfortunately C. Besides D. Finally
7. A. unhappy B. careful C. exciting D. tiring
8. A. walked B. stepped C. ran D. pressed
9. A. shoulders B. heads C. feet D. sticks
10. A. turned B. hit C. brought D. knocked
11. A. watch B. find C. catch D. keep
12. A. time B. show C. board D. duty
13. A. real B. cheap C. true D. exact
14. A. advise B. ask C. force D. persuade
15. A. experience B. things C. gifts D. stories
16. A. always B. hardly C. once D. even
17. A. girls B. boys C. men D. women
18. A. prices B. colors C. shapes D. goods
19. A. thinking B. that C. long D. a moment
20. A. always B. nearly C. only D. never
21. A. hardly B. impossibly C. possibly D. certainly
22. A. cheap B. well-chosen C. expensive D. ready-made
23. A. on B. by C. beside D. at
24. A. agreed B. decided C. wanted D. tried
25. A. excited B. happy C. surprised D. puzzled
KEYS: 1-5 ADBCC 6-10 CABAD 11-15 BBADA 16-20BCACC 21-25 DBDBC
