Ⅳ.语法填空
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 (烟斗) __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：本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了Kate为一向难以取悦的父亲精心挑选了圣诞礼物，可是，最后发现还是没有挑对礼物。
答案：
1.as 考查比较等级。根据本句中的“easy to please as her mother”可知，此处为“as+形容词的原级+as”的句型。故填as。
2.who 考查定语从句。先行词“her mother”在非限制性定语从句中作主语，且指人，所以用关系代词who引导。故填who。
3.an 考查冠词的用法。此处“experience”意为“经历”，是可数名词，表示泛指，且“unpleasant”是以元音音素开头的单词，所以用不定冠词an。故填an。
4.front 考查固定短语。固定短语in front of，意为“在……的前面”，此处是指在柜台前面。故填front。
5.said 考查动词的时态。根据全文可知，叙述的是过去发生的事情，所以此处用一般过去时。故填said。
6.on 考查固定搭配。固定短语：(be)on sale意为“出售，减价出售”，符合语境。故填on。
7.though/although/even though/while 考查连词辨析。根据下文“her father only smoked a pipe occasionally”可知，此处引导让步状语从句，所以用连词though/although/even though/while连接。
8.to 考查sure的用法。be sure后接动词不定式作宾语。故填to。
9.chosen 考查非谓语动词。动词choose与被修饰的名词“present”之间构成逻辑上的被动关系，所以用过去分词作定语。故填chosen。
10.smoking 考查动词stop的用法。句意为：“你父亲终于决定戒烟了，”她告诉女儿。因此此处stop后接动名词作宾语，意为“停止做某事”。故填smoking。
