阅读下列短文.用适当的词填空. As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult

阅读下列短文，用适当的词填空。

As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a 1 Christmas gift for her father．

She 2 that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was always 3 with perfume(香水)．Besides, shopping at this time of the year was a most 4 job．People 5 on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost knocked you over in their hurry in order to find something cheap 6 of you．

Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on 7．“They are 8 silk,”the shop assistant told her with a smile, trying to 9 her to buy one．But Edith knew from past 10 that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father．She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, 11 where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter．She found some fine pipes on sale and the 12 were very beautiful．Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father only smoked a pipe once in a 13, she believed this was certainly to please him．

When she got home, with her small but 14 present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already at table．Her mother was in great 15．“Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,”she told her daughter happily．Edith was so 16 that she could not say a single word．

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