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 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.

A．suit B．card C．pipe D．gift

A．remind B．please C．hope D．suppose

A．interested B．annoyed C．impressive D．satisfied

A．unhappy B．careful C．exciting D．amazing

A．walked B．stepped C．lifted D．stood

A．turned B．hit C．brought D．knocked

A．hope B．ask C．force D．persuade

A．experience B．stories C．friends D．activities

A．stopped B．saw C．asked D．found

A．always B．nearly C．only D．never

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

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

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

A．glad B．happy C．surprised D．excited

A．tell B．say C．think D．talk