-- _______?（本题分值：1分）
【正确答案】 A
A. What for
B. What is it
C. How is it
D. How come
35、I don't mind picking up your things from the store. _______ , the walk will do me good.（本题分值：1分）
【正确答案】 D
A. Sooner or later
B. Still
C. In time
D. Besides
四、完形填空(共20小题；每小题l.5分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
36、
　　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 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 . （本题分值：1.5分）
【正确答案】 A
A. memory
B. thought
C. knowledge
D. experience
37、（本题分值：1.5分）
【正确答案】 A
A. when
B. where
C. since
D. after
38、（本题分值：1.5分）
【正确答案】 B
A. cooked
B. served
C. got
D. made
39、（本题分值：1.5分）
【正确答案】 D
A. their
B. past
C. last
D. those
40、（本题分值：1.5分）
【正确答案】 A
A. none
B. one
C. earns
D. neither
41、（本题分值：1.5分）
【正确答案】 B
A. careful about
B. good at
C. fond of
D. interested in
42、（本题分值：1.5分）
【正确答案】 D
A. speeches
B. lessons
C. sayings
D. arguments
43、（本题分值：1.5分）
【正确答案】 D
A. nearly
B. naturally
C. officially
D. socially
44、（本题分值：1.5分）
【正确答案】 C
A. Especially
B. Probably
C. Suddenly
D. Fortunately
45、（本题分值：1.5分）
【正确答案】 B
A. settle
B. put
C. Bite
D. let
46、（本题分值：1.5分）
【正确答案】 D
A. work
B. story
C. luck
D. joy
47、（本题分值：1.5分）
【正确答案】 C
A. However
B. Therefore
C. As for him
D. Except for that
48、（本题分值：1.5分）
【正确答案】 A
A. time
B. excuse
C. way
D. idea
49、（本题分值：1.5分）
【正确答案】 C
A. give up
B. continue
C. hand in
D. delay
50、（本题分值：1.5分）
【正确答案】 B
A. written
B. graded
C. collected
D. calmly
51、（本题分值：1.5分）
【正确答案】 A
A. laid
B. fast
C. publicly
D. calmly