Cloze (选词填空) Fill in the blanks with words or phrases given below.(从以下给出的词或词组中选择正确的一个填入横线中)Change the form where necessary.(必要的地方可以改变词的形式) [ tedious ; recall ; career ; off and on ; finally ; turn out ; vivid ; hold back ; rigid ; respectable ; scan ; formal ; ] Dear Aunt Pat, Dec.1,1943 Today my English teacher chose my essay to read to the class. I had tried to make it funny--and it worked! Everybody laughed. Even prim Mr.Fleagle had to struggle to ___________(1) a smile. Afterwards lots of people offered me their congratulations. I was more surprised than anybody. As you know, I used to find our English exercises rather ________(2), but this time when I ________(3) the list of essay titles one caught my eye. It was “The art of eating spaghetti.” Do you ______(4) that night in Belleville when you made us all spaghetti? It remains _______(5) to me. Especially all the good-humored arguments we had about the proper way to eat it. So that's what I wrote about. I've had the idea __________(6) for some time now that one day I might take up writing. If I can _________(7) more work like that perhaps I really will be able to make a ________(8) of it.