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Cloze（1道小题，共10分）

As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how
difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas (1) _ for her father.
She wished that he were as
easy to please as her mother, who was (2) _
satisfied with perfume. 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 knocked you over in their hurry in order to find something cheap
ahead of you.
Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter,
where some beautiful ties were on (3) _ .
“They are (4) _ silk, ” the shop assistant
told her with a smile
trying to persuade her to buy one. But Edith knew from
past (5) _ 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 shapes were very
beautiful. Edith did not
hesitate for long, although her father only smoked a pipe once in a while, she
believed this was (6) _ to please him.

When she got home, with her small but (7) _
present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were
already (8) _ table. Her mother was in great
(9) _.
“Your father has at last decided to
stop smoking,” she told her daughter happily. Edith was so (10) _ that she could not say a single
word.

1. A)
suit
B)
card

C)
thing
D)
gift

2. A)
never
B)
seldom

C)
always
D)
scarcely

3. A)
time
B)
show

C)
board
D)
duty

4. A)
real
B)
cheap

C)
poor
D)
exact

5. A)
experience
B)
things

C)
books
D)
school

6. A)
hardly
B)
impossibly

C)
possibly
D)
certainly

7. A)
cheap
B)
well-chosen

C)
expensive
D)
ready-made

8. A)
on
B)
by

C)
beside
D)
at

9. A)
excitement
B)
anger

C)
sadness
D)
disappointment

10. A)
glad
B)
happy

C)
surprised
D)
excited

Answer 1

1D. gift
2C. always
3B. show
4A. real
5A. experience
6D. certainly
7B. well-chosen
8D. at
9A. excitement
10C. surprised

Answer 2

1D 2C 3C 4A 5A 6D 7B 8D 9A 10C