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     Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult   1   was to choose a suitable

Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was as easy   2   ( please) as her mother, who was always delighted with perfume.

     Besides, shopping at this time of the year was not   3   pleasant experience: people stepped on your feet or 

  4   ( push) you with their elbows (肘部), hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.

     Jane paused in front of a counter   5   some attractive ties were on display."They are real silk," the assistant

tried to attract her."Worth double the price." But Jane knew from past experience that her  6  ( choose) of ties

hardly ever pleased her father.

     Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality pipes   7   sale. She

did not hesitate for long: although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while, she knew that this was a

present which was bound to please   8  .

     When Jane got home, with her small but well-chosen present in her bag, her parents were already   9   table

having supper. Her mother was excited."Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," Jane  10   (inform).