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　　Walking around in the huge department store, Kate had to admit it was really difficult to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that her father was __1__ easy to please as her mother，__2__ was always delighted with perfume.

　　Besides, shopping at this time of the year is __3__ unpleasant experience: people step on your shoes, push you with their elbows and almost knock you over in their hurry to get to a bargain ahead of you.

　　Partly to have a rest, Kate paused in __4__ of a counter where some attractive ties were on display. “They are real silk and worth the price，” the saleswoman __5__(say) to Kate. But Kate knew from past experience that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.

　　She moved on and then quite by chance stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some good quality pipes (煙斗) __6__ sale, and the prices were reasonable. Kate did not hesitate for long: __7__ her father only smoked a pipe occasionally, she knew that this was a present which was sure __8__ please him.

　　When she got home with her small but well __9__(choose) present in her bag, her parents were already at table having supper. Her mother was in especially cheerful mood. “Your father has at last decided to stop __10__(smoke)，” she informed her daughter.

　　文章大意：本文是一篇記敘文，講述了Kate為一向難以取悅的父親精心挑選了圣誕禮物，可是，最后發(fā)現(xiàn)還是沒有挑對禮物。

　　答案：

　　1.as　考查比較等級。根據(jù)本句中的“easy to please as her mother”可知，此處為“as+形容詞的原級+as”的句型。故填as。

　　2.who　考查定語從句。先行詞“her mother”在非限制性定語從句中作主語，且指人，所以用關(guān)系代詞who引導(dǎo)。故填who。

　　3.an　考查冠詞的用法。此處“experience”意為“經(jīng)歷”，是可數(shù)名詞，表示泛指，且“unpleasant”是以元音音素開頭的單詞，所以用不定冠詞an。故填an。

　　4.front　考查固定短語。固定短語in front of，意為“在……的前面”，此處是指在柜臺前面。故填front。

　　5.said　考查動詞的時態(tài)。根據(jù)全文可知，敘述的是過去發(fā)生的事情，所以此處用一般過去時。故填said。

　　6.on　考查固定搭配。固定短語：(be)on sale意為“出售，減價出售”，符合語境。故填on。

　　7.though/although/even though/while　考查連詞辨析。根據(jù)下文“her father only smoked a pipe occasionally”可知，此處引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，所以用連詞though/although/even though/while連接。

　　8.to　考查sure的用法。be sure后接動詞不定式作賓語。故填to。

　　9.chosen　考查非謂語動詞。動詞choose與被修飾的名詞“present”之間構(gòu)成邏輯上的被動關(guān)系，所以用過去分詞作定語。故填chosen。

　　10.smoking　考查動詞stop的用法。句意為：“你父親終于決定戒煙了，”她告訴女兒。因此此處stop后接動名詞作賓語，意為“停止做某事”。故填smoking。