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Passage Three

¡¡¡¡As she walked round the huge department store,Edith reflected how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father.She wish that he was as easy to please as her mother,who was always delighted with perfume.

¡¡¡¡Besides,shopping at this time of the year was a most disagreeable experience;people trod on your toes,poked you with their elbows and almost knocked you over in their haste to get to a bargain ahead of you.

¡¡¡¡Partly to have a rest,Edith paused in front of a counter where some attractive ties were on display.¡°They are real silk¡±,the assistant assured her,trying to tempt her.¡°Worth double the price.¡± But Edith knew from past experience that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.

¡¡¡¡She moved on reluctantly and then quite by chance,stopped where a small crowd of man had gathered round a counter.She found some good quality pipes on sale¡ªand the prices were very reasonable.Edith did not hesitate for long: although her father only smoked a pipe occasionally,she knew that this was a present which was bund to please him.

¡¡¡¡When she got home,with her small wellª²chosen present concealed in her handbag,her parents were already at the supper table.Her mother was in an especially cheerful mood,¡°Your father has at last to decide to stop smoking.¡± She informed her daughter.

¡¡¡¡()10.Edith¬ðs father.

¡¡¡¡A.did not like present

¡¡¡¡B.never got present

¡¡¡¡C.preferred ties

¡¡¡¡D.was difficult to choose a present for

¡¡¡¡()11.The assistant spoke to Edith because she seemed.

¡¡¡¡A.attractive B.interested in ties

¡¡¡¡C.tiredD.in need of comfort

¡¡¡¡()12.Edith stopped at the next counter.

¡¡¡¡A.purposelyB.suddenly

¡¡¡¡C.unwillinglyD.accidentally

¡¡¡¡()13.Edith¬ðs father smoked a pipe.

¡¡¡¡A.when he was obligedB.on social occasions

¡¡¡¡C.from time to timeD.when he was delighted

¡¡¡¡()14.Shopping was very disagreeable at that time of the year because.

¡¡¡¡A.customers trod on each other¬ðs toes

¡¡¡¡B.customers poked each other with their elbows

¡¡¡¡C.customers knocked each other

¡¡¡¡D.customers were doing their shopping in a great hurry