It'sfourteenyearssinceIleftthePhilippinestolivewithmyfa...

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It's fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA. A month ago, while on summer vacation back in my motherland, I learned a lesson from mosquito (蚊子) bites. Right before  1   Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandma   2   me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the   3   like me. She said, "There's an old saying—the   4   you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood   5   to the mosquitoes. " Not   6   it, I replied, "Grandma, that's just an old wives' tale!" 

Well, less than a week   7   my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted with a   8   of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being   9   , but they all proved useless.

Late one   10   in my cousin's home, I couldn't bear the   11   of the bites. Hoping to find some comfort, I   12   my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being   13    she said, "There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep. " With a few turns, she slept again. Enviously (妒嫉地)   14   her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would   15   on her face.  However, the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly, never biting her. Amazed (惊奇的), I ran to others'   16   , only to find they were all sleeping   17   as the same thing occurred again and again.

From those bites, I came to   18   my grandma's silly tale. From then on, I've always tried to keep a(n)   19   mind about those strange old wives' tales   20   they do have some truth to them.   

1. A. leaving            B. passing               C. visiting                   D. finding

2. A. persuaded          B. reminded          C. warned                   D. informed

3. A. students          B. foreigners           C. passengers                 D. visitors

4. A. earlier              B. longer             C. sooner                   D. later

5. A. grows            B. goes               C. flows                   D. remains

6. A. expecting           B. understanding      C. recognizing               D. believing

7. A. after             B. before              C. when                    D. as

8. A. shade             B. pile                C. cloud                           D. blanket

9. A. touched          B. bitten                C. defeated                  D. discovered

10. A. morning         B. afternoon            C. evening                  D. night

11. A. noise            B. hit                 C. pain                      D. effect

12. A. woke up       B. shouted at         C. looked for                 D. dropped on

13. A. blamed          B. interrupted          C. moved                    D. frightened

14. A. having           B. watching           C. making                   D. helping

15. A. land              B. fly                 C. fall                             D. wait

16. A. houses         B. flats               C. rooms                  D. homes

17. A. joyfully        B. anxiously            C. soundlessly               D. worriedly

18. A. tell            B. know               C. remember                  D. accept

19. A. open          B. active               C. clear                     D. honest

20. A. and           B. so                 C. because                  D. until

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1—5  ACDBA   6—10 DADBD   11—15 CABBA    16—20 CCDAC

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