As she walked round the large shop,Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas gift for her father.
She wished that he were as easy to please as her mother,who was __21__satisfied with perfume(香水).__22__,shopping at this time of the year was a most __23__job.People stood on your feet,pushed you with their shoulders and almost __24__ you over in their hurry in order to grasp something cheap ahead of you.
Partly to have a rest,Edith paused in front of a counter,where some beautiful ties were on __25__."They are real silk," the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to __26__her to buy one.But Edith knew from past __27__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 on sale and the __28__were very beautiful.Edith did not hesitate for long,although her father only smoked a pipe once in a while,she believed this was __29__ to please him.
When she got home,with her small but well-chosen present hidden in her handbag,it was time for supper and her parents were already at table.Her mother was in great excitement."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.
21.A.never B.seldom C.always D.scarcely
22.A.Therefore B.Fortunately C.Besides D.Finally
23.A.unhappy B.careful C.exciting D.tiring
24.A.turned B.hit C.brought D.knocked
25.A.time B.show C.board D.duty
26.A.hope B.ask C.force D.persuade
27.A.experience B.things C.books D.school
28.A.money B.cigarette C.shapes D.shop
29.A.hardly B.impossibly C.possibly D.certainly
30.A.glad B.happy C.surprised D.excited