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 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 com??position for Mr. Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to ___49___my work. Two days pas??sed 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. earns   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. bite     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. calmly

51. A. laid      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---55   AABDA   BDDCB   DCACB   ACDBD             

解析:

本文是一篇记叙文。内容比较简单，贴近学生的生活实际。作者就第一次吃面条的经历，突发奇想，为了自娱写成文章。但为了应付老师，权充未完成的作业上交。结果却给全班同学带来了欢乐，作者自己也感到快乐。

36. A。memory意为“记忆”; thought意为“思想, 想法”; knowledge意为“知识, 学问”; experience意为“经验, 经历”。从全文来看，作者是记述了记忆中的一件事。因此此题答案选A。

37. A。此题是一个由关系副词when引导的定语从句，先行词是an evening。

38. B。serve意为“供饭菜”。在此处是指晚饭吃面条。cook后面可跟meal, dinner等词。

39. D。in those days意为“当时, 那时候”。

40. A。根据句中的and可知是并列句，再根据前面的Never，可知本题应该表示否定的词，但neither表示“两者都不”，与上文中的all of us不符，故答案为A。

41. B。根据上文中提到的Spaghetti was an exotic treat，可知“成年人中也没有一个人对吃面条在行。”

42. D。根据上文所讲，我们中没有人知道吃面条的方法，因此发生了可笑的“争论”。

43. D。此题为副词词义辨析。nearly意为“密切地”；naturally意为“自然地”；officially意为“正式地；官方地”；socially意为“在社交方面”。根据句意，他们争论的是关于“在社交方面体面的方法”。故答案为D。

44. C。从作者一伙人的可笑的争论，作者突发奇想。

45. B。put down意为“记下”，与前一分句的write意思一致。

46. D。与文章最后一段中的happiness相呼应。

47. C。上句说到，作者写文章是为了自乐，而不是为了完成老师的作业。因此，本句是说，至于老师，我将写别的内容。

48. A。作者笔锋一转，然而，写完此文时已是半夜，因此没有时间来写老师布置的作文了。

49. C。第二天一早，我只好交上了我的作品。

50. B。此题是考查过去分词作定语。graded 意为“评完分数的”。

51. A。loud意为“高声地, 大声地”。read out意为“把. . . 读出”。本句是说老师向全班同学读了作者的文章。

52. C。老师读的时候，先是有人笑了，接着全班同学都开怀大笑。

53. D。本文作者的写作目的是为了娱乐，但此处尽力部表现出来。与前文的enjoyment和for my own joy相应。

54. B。并列连词for在此表示原因。

55. D。本段前面两次出现laugh一词，因此空也用laugh前后呼应。