题目内容：

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult 1. was to choose a suitable Christmas gift for her father. She wished that he was as easy 2. (please) as her mother, who was always delighted with perfume.

Besides, shopping at this time of the year was not 3. pleasant experience：people 4.（step）on your feet or pushed you with their elbows (肘部), hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.

Jane paused in front of a counter 5. 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 6. (choose) of ties hardly ever pleased her father. Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality pipes 7. 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 8..

When Jane got home, with her small but well-chosen present in her bag, her parents were already 9. table having supper. Her mother was excited. “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,” Jane 10. (inform).