It was the night before the composition was due. As I looked a the list of topics(题目)，"The Art of Eating Spaghetti(意大利面条)" caught my eye. The word "spaghetti" brought back the 36 of an evening at Uncle Alien's in Belleville 37 all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat 38 spaghetti for supper, Spaghetti was an exotic(外来的)treat in 39 days. Never had I eaten spaghetti, and 40 of the grown-ups had enough experience to be 41 it. What laughing 42 we had about the 43 respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth. 44 , I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to 45 it down simply for my own 46 , not for Mr . Fleagle, my composition teacher. 47 ,I would write something else.
When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no 48 left to write a proper composition for Mr . Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to 49 my work. Two days passed before Mr . Fleagle returned the 50 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 51 to the whole class, 52 laughed, then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment. I did my best not to show 53 , but what I was feeling was pure happiness, 54 my words had the power to make people 55 .
( )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.some 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.loud 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
解析：全文讲作者一次有趣的吃意大利面条的经历，偏巧老师让写作文，他便写了一篇文章，原想自己留着，另写篇上交。由于时间不够，他只好将原本想留给自己的文章上交了，没想到作文极为成功。
1.A。“Spaghetti”这个词使他想起了以前吃面条的事，所以用memory .
2.A。when引导定语从句，修饰前面的evening,意为“当时”。
3.B。那天晚上作者和其他一些亲属坐在桌边吃Aunt Pat所做的面条，此时的面条不是在加工厂制做当中，不用made，不是刚买到，不用got，也不是在厨房里煮制过程中，不用cooked,而是端到餐桌上了，故用served。serve除作“服务”解以外，还有“端上(饭菜)”之意。
4.D。“在那个时候”或“在那些日子”用in those days。
5.A。
6.B。作者从未吃过意大利面条，而在座的成年人也都不擅长/没吃过，所以才有下文有关怎样吃意大利面条才得体的令人发笑的争论。
7.D。上句提到没有吃意大利面条的经验，因而大家才会争论怎样吃。所以填arguments。
8.D。吃东西的方式和举止要得体，要符合一定的社会文化，所以填socially。
9.C。文章开头提到spaghetti一词使作者想起过去的经历，由这经历突然想到了作文题，他要写这一文题。填suddenly表思绪的突然过渡。
10.B。
11.D。“把……写下来/记下来”用“put sth.down”。写下这一经历自己欣赏和享用，故用“joy”。
12.C。上文说自己要写吃意大利面条的经历，写下来自己留着享用，不给作文老师。作文是要交的，那么就写点别的给他吧。“As for him”可译为“至于他吗”
13.A。写完那篇文章，到了半夜了(自己还要睡觉)，也就没有时间写准备上交的作文了。
14.C。别无选择，只好“上交”(原本打算留给自己的)作品。“hand in”是“上交”的意思。上交了但作品还是自己的，故不算放弃，不选A。B和D离题较远。
15.B。老师把作文收上去，过了两天发下来，那么这两天老师把作文批改，给分(或定个等级)，作文也就是“被给过等级”的作文了。
16.A。老师极为欣赏作者的作文，所以把它朗读给全班，故选A。C项有干扰性，但“publicly”与“to the whole class”重复，不可选。
17.C。因故事有趣，有人先笑了，接着全班都开怀大笑。“then”是“接着、然后”的意思。先有人笑，然后是全都笑，不能是“无人笑，接着全都笑”，过于突兀，排除B。由于作者早已知道故事情节，未必先笑，排除D, People一词太空泛，范围过大，不可选。
18.D。自己的作文得到老师和同学们的欣赏，自然高兴，但不能显露自己的得意，所以填pleasure。
19.B。虽尽量不显示自己的得意，但心中还是充满了快乐，因为自己的作品能使人开怀一笑。所以填for，是表原因的并列连词。
20.D。从全文可知，使人发出笑声，而不是使人兴奋/满意/思考。排除其他选项。
