完形突破Passage Eight

It was the night before the composition was due. As I looked at the list of topics， “The Art of Eating Spaghetti （意大利面條）” caught my eye. The word “spaghetti” brought back the 1 of an evening at Uncle Allen’s in Belleville 2 all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat 3 spaghetti for supper. Spaghetti was an exotic （外來的） treat in 4 days. Never had I eaten spaghetti， and 5 of the grown-ups had enough experience to be 6 it. What laughing 7 we had about the 8 respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth. 9 ， I wanted to write about that， but I wanted to 10 it down simply for my own 11 ， not for Mr Fleagle， my composition teacher. 12 him， I would write something else.

When I finished it， the night was half gone and there was no 13 left to write a proper composition for Mr Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to 14 my work. Two days pas-sed before Mr Fleagle returned the 15 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 16 to the whole class. 17 laughed， then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment. 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 .

1. A. memoryB. thoughtC. knowledgeD. experience

2. A. whenB. whereC. sinceD. after

3. A. cookedB. servedC. gotD. made

4. A. theirB. pastC. lastD. those

5. A. noneB. oneC. someD. neither

6. A. careful aboutB. good atC. fond ofD. interested in

7. A. speechesB. lessonsC. sayingsD. arguments

8. A. nearlyB. naturallyC. officiallyD. socially

9. A. EspeciallyB. ProbablyC. SuddenlyD. Fortunately

10. A. settleB. putC. bringD. let

11. A. workB. storyC. luckD. joy

12. A. HoweverB. ThereforeC. As forD. Except for

13. A. timeB. excuseC. wayD. idea

14. A. give upB. go onC. hand inD. hand out

15. A. writtenB. gradedC. collectedD. signed

16. A. loudB. fastC. publiclyD. calmly

17. A. PeopleB. NobodyC. SomebodyD. I

18. A. shockB. wonderC. worryD. pleasure

19. A. ifB. forC. whileD. although

20. A. exciteB. satisfyC. thinkD. laugh