It was the night before the composition was due. As I looked at the list of topi

It was the night before the composition was due. As I looked at the list of topics （题目） , "The Art of Eating Spaghetti （意大利面条） " caught my eye. The word "spaghetti" brought back the1  of an evening at Uncle Alien' s in Belleville   2   all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat  3   spaghetti for supper. Spaghetti was an exotic （外来的） treat in   4  days. Never had I eaten spaghetti, and  5   of the grown-ups had enough experience to be  6   it. What laughing  7   we had about the  8   respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth.   9 , I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to  10   it down simply for my own 11 , not for Mr. Fleagle, my composition teacher.   12  , I would write something else.

When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no  13   left to write a proper com­position for Mr. Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to  14   my work. Two days pas­sed before Mr. Fleagle returned the   15   papers. He said, "Now, class, I want to read you a composition, “The Art of Eating Spaghetti'. "

My words! He was reading my words out 16 to the whole class.   17  laughed, then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment. I did my best not to show  18  , but what I was feeling was pure happiness,  19my words had the power to make people  20.

1. A. memory                  B. thought               C. knowledge            D. experience   

2. A. when                      B. where                C. since                    D. after            

3. A. cooked                    B. served                 C. got                        D. made           

4. A. their                        B. past                    C. last                       D. those           

5. A. none                       B. one                     C. earns                    D. neither         

6. A. careful about           B. good at               C. fond of                 D. interested in

7. A. speeches                 B. lessons                C. sayings                 D. arguments    

8. A. nearly                     B. naturally              C. officially               D. socially        

9. A. Especially                B. Probably             C. Suddenly               D. Fortunately  

10. A. settle                     B. put                     C. Bite                      D. let               

11. A. work                     B. story                  C. luck                      D. joy

12. A. However               B. Therefore            C. As for him            D. Except for that    

13. A. time                      B. excuse                C. way                      D. idea             

14. A. give up                  B. continue              C. hand in                 D. delay           

15. A. written                  B. graded                C. collected               D. calmly

16. A. laid                       B. fast                     C. publicly                 D. calmly         

17 A. People                    B. Nobody               C. Somebody             D. I                 

18. A. shock                    B. wonder               C. worry                    D. pleasure       

19. A. if                          B. for                      C. while                    D. although      

20. A. excited                  B. satisfied              C. think                     D. laugh           

试题答案

1-5 AABDA  6-10 BDDCB  11-15 DCA CB  16-20 ACDBD