As she walked round the large shop, Edith

题目内容：

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, 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(犹豫) 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小题2:

A．believed

B．wished

C．thought

D．considered小题3:

A．never

B．seldom

C．always

D．rarely小题4:

A．turned

B．hit

C．brought

D．knocked小题5:

A．watch

B．find

C．grasp

D．sell小题6:

A．time

B．show

C．board

D．duty小题7:

A．real

B．cheap

C．poor

D．exact小题8:

A．hope

B．ask

C．force

D．persuade小题9:

A．experience

B．things

C．books

D．school小题10:

A．money

B．cigarette

C．shapes

D．shop小题11:

A．always

B．nearly

C．only

D．never小题12:

A．hardly

B．impossibly

C．possibly

D．certainly小题13:

A．cheap

B．well-chosen

C．expensive

D．ready-made小题14:

A．excitement

B．anger

C．sadness

D．disappointment小题15:

A．glad

B．happy

C．surprised

D．excited

最佳答案：

小题1:D

小题2:B

小题3:C

小题4:D

小题5:C

小题6:B

小题7:A

小题8:D

小题9:A

小题10:C

小题11:C

小题12:D

小题13:D

小题14:A

小题15:C

答案解析：

女儿精心地位爸爸挑选生日礼物，结果却出人意料。

小题1:上下文串联。根据Christmas可知是卖圣诞节礼物给父亲。

小题2:动词辨析。A认为；B希望；C思考；D考虑。结合句意可知B正确，她希望父亲和母亲一样容易取悦，母亲总是被香水所满足。

小题3:副词辨析。解析同上。

小题4:动词辨析。根据上下文可知他几乎被人们撞倒。

小题5:动词辨析。A观察；B发现；C抓住；D卖；根据句意可知C正确，人们为了抢先抓住那些便宜货，而争先恐后。

小题6:介词搭配。根据上下文可知是那些领带在展出销售。

小题7:形容词辨析。根据上下文可知是售货员在吹嘘推销自己的产品。

小题8:动词辨析。根据上下文可知售货员是想说服顾客买他的东西。

小题9:名词辨析。A经验；B事情；C书本；D学习。根据句意可知A正确。根据以往的经验。

小题10:名词辨析。A钱；B香烟；C形状；D商店。根据句意可知是指那些烟斗的外形很好。

小题11:上下文串联。根据后面的once in a while可知父亲仅仅只是偶尔抽烟。

小题12:副词辨析。A几乎不；B不可能；C可能；D当然，一定；根据句意可知她认为这个烟斗一定能让他满意。

小题13:形容词辨析。根据句意可知这是一个准备好的礼物。特别注意B选项。

小题14:名词辨析。根据上下文可知妈妈很兴奋，因为爸爸同意戒烟。

小题15:上下文串联。根据上下文可知这样的结果出乎她的意料，所以她非常惊讶。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。