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___. 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