Question

It was the night before the composition was due. As I looked at the list of topics, "The Art of Eating Spaghetti（意大利面条）" caught my eye. The word "spaghetti" brought back the _________of an evening at Uncle Alien's in Belleville___________all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat_________ spaghetti for supper. Spaghetti was an exotic（外来的）treat in __________days. Never had I eaten spaghetti, and  ______of the grown-ups had enough experience to be    _____ it. What laughing ________ we had about the ________ respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth. ___________，I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to _______it down simply for my own_________，not for Mr. Fleagle, my composition teacher, _______, I would write something else.

When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no _________left to write a proper composition for Mr. Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to ________ my work. Two days passed before Mr. Fleagle returned the________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__________to the whole class. ________ laughed, then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment. I did my best not to show    ____，but what I was feeling was pure happiness, _________my words had the power to make people _____.

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. take    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. signed

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

Answer

1. A

2. A

3. B

4. D

5. A

6. B

7. D

8. D

9. C

10. B

11. D

12. C

13. A

14. C

15. B

16. A

17. C

18. D

19. B

20. D

【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。

1.考查名词。A.memory意为“记忆”; B.thought意为“思想, 想法”;C. knowledge意为“知识, 学问”;D. 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。

2.考查定语从句。根据The word "spaghetti" brought back the ____1____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. “意大利面”这个词让我们想起了在贝尔维尔沃尔的外星人叔叔家的一个晚上，我们围坐在桌子旁，帕特阿姨晚餐上供应意大利面。此题是一个由关系副词when引导的定语从句，先行词是an evening。故选A。

3.考查动词。A. cooked做饭；B. served提供饭菜；C. got得到；D. made制造。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。故选B。

4.考查形容词。A. their他们的；B. past过去的；C. last最后的；D. those那些。in those days意为“当时, 那时候”。故选D。

5.考查不定代词。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。

6.考查词组。A. careful about小心；B. good at 擅长；C. fond of喜爱； D. interested in对---感兴趣。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。”故选B。

7.考查名词。A. speeches演讲；B. lessons课程，教训；C. sayings谚语； D. arguments争论。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”。故选D。

8.副词词义辨析。A.nearly意为“密切地”；B.naturally意为“自然地”；C.officially意为“正式地；官方地”；D.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。

9.考查副词。A. Especially特别地；B. Probably很可能地；C. Suddenly突然；D. Fortunately幸运地。从作者一伙人的可笑的争论，作者突发奇想。故选C。

10.考查动词短语。A. settle down定居；B. put down记下；C. take down拿下；D. let down使失望。put down意为“记下”，与前一分句的write意思一致。故选B。

11.考查名词。A. work工作；B. story故事；C. luck运气；D. joy高兴。与文章最后一段中的happiness相呼应。故选D。

12.考查上下文联系。A. However然而；B. Therefore因此；C. As for him至于他；D. Except for that除了---之外。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。故选C。

13.考查名词。A. time时间；B. excuse借口；C. way方法；D. idea想法，主意。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。故选A。

14.考查动词词组。A. give up放弃；B. continue继续；C. hand in上交； D. delay拖延。第二天一早，我只好交上了我的作品。故选C。

15.考查过去分词作定语。A. written写；B. graded评完分数；C. collected收集；D. signed签署。根据Two days passed before Mr. Fleagle returned the____15____papers. 可知，两天过去了，Mr. Fleagle才把批改过的试卷交了回来。graded 意为“评完分数的”。故选B。

16.考查副词。A. loud大声地；B. fast快速地；C. publicly公然地；D. calmly冷静地。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。故选A。

17.考查不定代词。A. People人们；B. Nobody没有人；C. Somebody某人； D. I我。老师读的时候，先是有人笑了，接着全班同学都开怀大笑。故选C。

18.考查名词。A. shock震惊；B. wonder惊奇；C. worry担忧；D. pleasure快乐。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。故选D。

19.考查并列连词。根据I did my best not to show ___18___，but what I was feeling was pure happiness, ____19____my words had the power to make people ___20___.可知，我最好不要显示快乐，但我的感觉是纯粹的幸福，因为我的话有让人开怀大笑的力量。并列连词for在此表示原因。故选B。

20.考查动词。A. excited感到兴奋；B. satisfied感到满意；C. think想，认为；D. laugh大笑。根据I did my best not to show ___18___，but what I was feeling was pure happiness, ____19____my words had the power to make people ___20___.可知，我最好不要显示快乐，但我的感觉是纯粹的幸福，因为我的话有让人开怀大笑的力量。本段前面两次出现laugh一词，所以此空也用laugh前后呼应。故选D。