Question

 

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 the  36   of an evening at Uncle Allen'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 com position 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  .

   

36. A. memory	B. thought	C. knowledge	D. experience
37. A. when	B. where	C. since	D. after
38. A. cooked	B. served	C. got	D. made
39. A. their	B. past	C. last	D. those
40. A. none	B. one	C. some	D. neither
41. A. careful about	B. good at	C. fond of	D. interested in
42. A. speeches	B. lessons	C. sayings	D. arguments
43. A. nearly	B. naturally	C. officially	D. socially
44. A. Especially	B. Probably	C. Suddenly	D. Fortunately
45. A. settle	B. put	C. take	D. let
46. A. work	B. story	C. luck	D. joy
47. A. However	B. Therefore	C. As for him	D. Except for that
48. A. time	B. excuse	C. way	D. idea
49. A. give up	B. continue	C. hand in	D. delay
50. A. written	B. graded	C. collected	D. signed
51. A. loud	B. fast	C. publicly	D. calmly
52. A. People	B. Nobody	C. Somebody	D. I
53. A. shock	B. wonder	C. worry	D. pleasure
54. A. if	B. for	C. while	D. although
55. A. excited	B. satisfied	C. think	D. laugh

Answer 1

36．A

解析：memory为“记忆，留在记忆中的往事”，thought为“想法，观念”。跟brought back(使记起，使回忆)搭配应用memory即spaghetti使我记起了在Uncle Al―len家的往事，所以正确答案为A。

37．A

解析：根据上下语境此处应填表示时间的连词，连接此处与上句。此句为定语

从句，它所修饰的先行词不是Uncle Allen's，也不是Belleville，而是an evening，所以应填when，相当于in which也即in the evening，所以正确答案为A。

38．B

解析：根据上下语境并没有说Aunt Pat做了Spaghetti，所以A、D项排除，而是说我们后来吃了，所以应用serve(供以饮食，上菜／饭等)，所以正确答案为B。

39．D

解析：根据上下语境，此句仍在回忆，所以应用those。in those days为“在过去的那些日子里”，所以正确答案为D。

40．A

解析：根据题空前的and说明这是一并列句，前句用了Never，后句也应用否定代词，所以应用none，故正确答案为A。

41．B

解析：综合上下语境，to be 41 it．是定语修饰其前的experience，又因后面提及的吃spaghetti的情景，可猜出此处应填good at，即我们谁也不擅长吃spaghetti，而其它几个选项放在这里不恰当，所以正确答案为B。

42．D

解析：此句设了两个空，但都是围绕怎样吃spaghetti而设的。speeches演讲，演说；lessons教程，教训；sayings格言，警句；arguments辩论，争论，所以此题正确答案为D。

43D

解析：根据上下语境及method前的respectable应选socially，故正确答案为D。

44．C

解析：根据上下语境，我是在回忆起这段往事时，突发奇想，想写下来，所以应用Suddenly，而其它三个词放在此处行文逻辑都不通，所以正确答案为C。

45．B

解析：settle down安顿，定居；put down写出，写下；take down取下，写下，记录；let down放低，放下；take down只指记下别人说的或写的东西，而put down还可指把自己想写的东西写出来，所以B为正确答案。

46．D

解析：根据上下文，应为for my own joy，因为把这段回忆写出来是作者自愿的，故正确答案为D。

47．C

解析：根据上下语境，此处应为对于老师，As for sb．“对于某人来说”。其它三项放在此处都不能把上下文恰当地贯穿起来，所以C为正确答案。

48．A

解析：根据题空前的the night was half，很显然这里应填time，There was no time left to do sth．为“没有做某事的时间了”，所以A为正确答案。

49．C

解析：据上下文，他只写了一篇作文，所以除了交上这篇之外，别无选择，There

  is no choice but to do sth．“除了做某事以外，别无选择”。所以C为正确答案。

50．B

解析：written“书面的”；graded“打过分的，分过等级的”；collected“搜集的”；signed“已签过字的”。据上下文，此处是指老师拿回他已经分出优、良的作文。因为后文又暗示了老师朗读了“我”的作文，所以B为正确答案。

51．A

解析：据上文，I want to read you a composition和最后一段中的the whole class was laughing可知老师朗读了“我”的作文。read loud“朗读”，而publicly是“公开的”=openly，not in private，所以正确答案为A。

52．C

解析：据上下文，先是一人笑，然后全班笑，所以正确答案为C。

53．D

解析：据but后句的pure happiness可知53空为pleasure，所以正确答案为D。

54．B

解析：据上下语境，我之所以感到快乐，是因为……。for“因为”，放在句中后句对前句起补充说明作用，所以正确答案为B。

55．D

解析：文中最后一段多次出现laugh作暗示，“我”的作文确实使别人发笑，所以正确答案为D。