1. 求高考語法填空試題要答案加解析。
Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult ___31___ was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was as easy ___32___ (please) as her mother, who was always delighted with perfume.
Besides, shopping at this time of the year was not ___33___ pleasant experience: people stepped on your feet or ___34___ (push) you with their elbows (肘部), hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.
Jane paused in front of a counter ___35___ some attractive ties were on display. 「They are real silk,」 the assistant tried to attract her. 「Worth double the price.」 But Jane knew from past experience that her ___36___ (choose) of ties hardly ever pleased her father.
Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality pipes ___37___ sale. She did not hesitate for long: although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please ___38___.
When Jane got home, with her small but well-chosen present in her bag, her parents were already ___39___ table having supper. Her mother was excited. 「Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,」 Jane ___39___ (inform).
答案與解析：
本文講敘Jane在聖誕節給父親選禮物，因往年送父親領帶不能使父親高興，滿以為這次買煙斗送父親會讓父親高興的，卻被告知父親終於戒煙了。
31. it。在賓語從句中作形式主語，真正的主語是to choose…。
32. to please。在形容詞後作狀語，只能用動詞不定式。
33. a。表示「一次」愉快的經歷。
34. pushed。與stepped並列，也用一般過去時。
35. where。因兩句之間沒有連詞，必定是填連詞；後句是定語從句，要填的詞在從句中作地點狀語，故填關系副詞where。
36. choice。在形容詞性物主代詞後一定是用名詞形式。
37. on。因表示「出售」的on sale是固定搭配。
38. him。給父親買禮物，根據常識應是使父親高興，作賓語用代詞。please him /father使他高興。
39. at。名詞(table)在句中不作主語，也不作動詞的賓語，很可能就是作介詞的賓語；由having supper可知，填at；因為at table表示「在餐桌邊，在進餐」，也是習慣搭配。
40. was informed。因Jane與inform是被動關系，又是一般過去時。