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 __2__that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was __3__satisfied with perfume(香水). Besides, shopping at this time of the year was a most unhappy job. People stepped on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost __4__ you over in their hurry in order to __5__ something cheap ahead of you.
Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter(柜台), where some beautiful ties were on __6__. "They are __7__silk," the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to __8__her to buy one. But Edith knew from past __9__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(烟斗) on sale and the __10__were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father __11__ smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was __12__ to please him.
When she got home, with her small but __13__present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already at table. Her mother was in great __14__. "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she told her daughter happily. Edith was so __15__that she could not say a single word.
小题1: | A.suit | B.card | C.thing | D.gift |
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小题2: | A.believed | B.wished | C.thought | D.supposed |
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小题3: | A.never | B.seldom | C.always | D.scarcely |
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小题4: | A.turned | B.hit | C.brought | D.knocked |
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小题5: | A.watch | B.find | C.grasp | D.sell |
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小题6: | A.time | B.show | C.board | D.duty |
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小题7: | A.real | B.cheap | C.poor | D.exact |
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小题8: | A.hope | B.ask | C.force | D.persuade |
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小题9: | A.experience | B.things | C.books | D.school |
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小题10: | A.money | B.cigarette | C.shapes | D.shop |
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小题11: | A.always | B.nearly | C.only | D.never |
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小题12: | A.hardly | B.impossibly | C.possibly | D.certainly |
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小题13: | A.cheap | B.well-chosen | C.expensive | D.ready-made |
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小题14: | A.excitement | B.anger | C.sadness | D.disappointment |
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小题15: | A.glad | B.happy | C.surprised | D.excited |
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