Mr West wanted to buy his wife a Christmas present,but he was always very ____, so he was never able to find time to go to the shop. At last, when it was the week _  __ Christmas,and the shops were very crowded, he decided that he couldn't __  __ any longer. He worked in an office, and __ __ had lunch in a restaurant, but one day he bought some sandwiches,ate them ____ and went out to a big shop near his ____ during his lunch hour.
The shop was full of women, who were also buying ____ during their lunch hour. Mr West stood ____ at the edge of a crowd of ____ who were pushing forward to try to get to the people who were ____ necklaces and earrings. He tried to move forwards slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were ____ into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly ____ him. Afterhalf an hour, he was just as ____ from the people who were selling the necklaces as he had been when he came in,and his lunch hour was' coming in ____, so he decided to change his ____ 0f doing things. He put his head down, gave a sudden loud shout andstarted to ____ his way towards the ____ of the crowd as hard as he could.
The women around him became very ____ when they saw what he was doing,and began to scold（责备）him."Why can't you behave like a ____?" they shouted.
"Ladies," he answered them, "I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past half an hour, and it has got me ____, so now I am starting to behave like a lady!"
A. busy   B; lazy  C. free  D. bored

A．behind B．around C．before D．after

A．work B．stay C．think D．wait

A．never B．seldom C．sometimes D．usually

A．slowly B．quickly C．worriedly D．happily

A．car B．house C．office D．restaurant

A．clothes B．sandwiches C．food D．presents

A．politely B．timely C．alone D．freely

A．men B．women C．children D．strangers

A．examining B．choosing C．selling D．buying

A．knocking B．coming C．entering D．jumping

A．past B．behind C．over D．against

A．near B．far C．up D．out

A．an end B．a top C．a stop D．the limit

A．idea B．way C．measure D．plan

A．step B．go C．push D．pull

A．center B．edge C．back D．front

A．surprised B．angry C．afraid D．nervous

A．woman B．lady C．man D．gentleman

A．nowhere B．anywhere C．somewhere D．everywhere