题目内容：

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult1. was to choose a Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was easy 2.(please). Besides, shopping at this time of the year was not 3.pleasant experience: people stepped on your feet or 4.（push）you with their elbows, hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.

Jane paused in front of a counter (柜台) 5. some attractive ties were on display. But Jane knew from past experience that the 6.（choose）of ties hardly ever pleased her father.

Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality 7.(pipe) on sale. She did not hesitate for long: although her father smoked a pipe only once 8. a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please him.

When Jane got home，her parents were already at table having supper. Her mother was 9.(excite). “Your father has decided to stop smoking,” Jane 10.（inform）.