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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. __4__, shopping at this time of the year was a most __5__job. People __6__on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost __7__ you over in their hurry in order to __8__ something cheap ahead of you.
Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on __9__. "They are __10__silk," the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to __11__her to buy one. But Edith knew from past __12__that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.
She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, __13__where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes on sale and the __14__were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father __15__ smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was __16__ to please him.
When she got home, with her small but __17__present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already __18__table. Her mother was in great __19__. "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she told her daughter happily. Edith was so __20__that she could not say a single word.
1. A. suitB. card C. thing D. gift
2. A. believed B. wished C. hoped D. supposed
3. A. never B. seldom C. always D. scarcely
4. A. ThereforeB. FortunatelyC. Besides D. Finally
5. A. unhappyB. carefulC. excitingD. tiring
6. A. walked B. steppedC. liftedD. stood
7. A. turned B. hit C. brought D. knocked
8. A. watch B. findC. grasp D. sell
9. A. timeB. show C. board D. duty
10. A. realB. cheap C. poor D. exact
11. A. hope B. ask C. forceD. persuade
12. A. experience B. thingsC. books D. school
13. A. stopped B. sawC. asked D. found
14. A. money B. cigaretteC. shapesD. shop
15. A. always B. nearly C. onlyD. never
16. A. hardly B. impossibly C. possibly D. certainly
17. A. cheap B. well-chosenC. expensive D. ready-made
18. A. on B. byC. besideD. at
19. A. excitement B. anger C. sadness D. disappointment
20. A. glad B. happyC. surprisedD. excited