It was the night before the composition was due. As I looked at the list of topics(題目), “The Art of Eating Spaghetti(意大利面條)” 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(外來的) 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___.
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 

36---55   AABDA   BDDCB   DCACB   ACDBD             

本文是一篇記敘文。內(nèi)容比較簡單,貼近學(xué)生的生活實(shí)際。作者就第一次吃面條的經(jīng)歷,突發(fā)奇想,為了自娛寫成文章。但為了應(yīng)付老師,權(quán)充未完成的作業(yè)上交。結(jié)果卻給全班同學(xué)帶來了歡樂,作者自己也感到快樂。
36. A。memory意為“記憶”; thought意為“思想, 想法”; knowledge意為“知識(shí), 學(xué)問”; experience意為“經(jīng)驗(yàn), 經(jīng)歷”。從全文來看,作者是記述了記憶中的一件事。因此此題答案選A。
37. A。此題是一個(gè)由關(guān)系副詞when引導(dǎo)的定語從句,先行詞是an evening。
38. B。serve意為“供飯菜”。在此處是指晚飯吃面條。cook后面可跟meal, dinner等詞。
39. D。in those days意為“當(dāng)時(shí), 那時(shí)候”。
40. A。根據(jù)句中的and可知是并列句,再根據(jù)前面的Never,可知本題應(yīng)該表示否定的詞,但neither表示“兩者都不”,與上文中的all of us不符,故答案為A。
41. B。根據(jù)上文中提到的Spaghetti was an exotic treat,可知“成年人中也沒有一個(gè)人對(duì)吃面條在行。”
42. D。根據(jù)上文所講,我們中沒有人知道吃面條的方法,因此發(fā)生了可笑的“爭論”。
43. D。此題為副詞詞義辨析。nearly意為“密切地”;naturally意為“自然地”;officially意為“正式地;官方地”;socially意為“在社交方面”。根據(jù)句意,他們爭論的是關(guān)于“在社交方面體面的方法”。故答案為D。
44. C。從作者一伙人的可笑的爭論,作者突發(fā)奇想。
45. B。put down意為“記下”,與前一分句的write意思一致。
46. D。與文章最后一段中的happiness相呼應(yīng)。
47. C。上句說到,作者寫文章是為了自樂,而不是為了完成老師的作業(yè)。因此,本句是說,至于老師,我將寫別的內(nèi)容。
48. A。作者筆鋒一轉(zhuǎn),然而,寫完此文時(shí)已是半夜,因此沒有時(shí)間來寫老師布置的作文了。
49. C。第二天一早,我只好交上了我的作品。
50. B。此題是考查過去分詞作定語。graded 意為“評(píng)完分?jǐn)?shù)的”。
51. A。loud意為“高聲地, 大聲地”。read out意為“把. . . 讀出”。本句是說老師向全班同學(xué)讀了作者的文章。
52. C。老師讀的時(shí)候,先是有人笑了,接著全班同學(xué)都開懷大笑。
53. D。本文作者的寫作目的是為了娛樂,但此處盡力部表現(xiàn)出來。與前文的enjoyment和for my own joy相應(yīng)。
54. B。并列連詞for在此表示原因。
55. D。本段前面兩次出現(xiàn)laugh一詞,因此空也用laugh前后呼應(yīng)。
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C.It’s about taking some responsibility for the argument.
D.Don’t let this happen to a friendship you care about
E. Here are some things to keep in mind.
F. There are some special cases when you shouldn’t be the one to apologize first.
G. .Once you’ve both said it,you’ll both feel a million times better.

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