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
16 Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandma
17 me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the
18 like me. She said, "There's an old saying—the
19 you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood
20 to the mosquitoes. " Not
21 it, I replied, "Grandma, that's just an old wives' tale!"
Well, less than a week
22 my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted with a
23 of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being
24 , but they all proved useless.
Late one
25 in my cousin's home, I couldn't bear the 26 of the bites. Hoping to find some comfort, I
27 my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being
28 she said, "There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep. " With a few turns, she slept again. Enviously (妒嫉地)
29 her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would
30 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'
31 , only to find they were all sleeping
32 as the same thing occurred again and again.
From those bites, I came to
33 my grandma's silly tale. From then on, I've always tried to keep a(n)
34 mind about those strange old wives' tales
35 they do have some truth to them.
| 小题1: | | A．leaving | B．passing | C．visiting | D．finding |
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| 小题2: | | A．persuaded | B．reminded | C． warned | D． informed |
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| 小题3: | | A．students | B．foreigners | C．passengers | D．visitors |
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| 小题4: | | A．earlier | B．longer | C．sooner | D．later |
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| 小题5: | | A．grows | B．goes | C．flows | D．remains |
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| 小题6: | | A．expecting | B．understanding | C．recognizing | D．believing |
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| 小题7: | | A．after | B．before | C．when | D．as |
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| 小题8: | | A．shade | B．pile | C．cloud | D．blanket |
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| 小题9: | | A．touched | B．bitten | C．defeated | D．discovered |
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| 小题10: | | A．morning | B．afternoon | C．evening | D．night |
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| 小题11: | | A．noise | B．hit | C．pain | D．effect |
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| 小题12: | | A．woke up | B．shouted at | C．looked for | D．dropped on |
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| 小题13: | | A．blamed | B．interrupted | C．moved | D．frightened |
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| 小题14: | | A．having | B．watching | C．making | D．helping |
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| 小题16: | | A．houses | B．flats | C．rooms | D．homes |
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| 小题17: | | A．joyfully | B．anxiously | C．soundlessly | D．worriedly |
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| 小题18: | | A．tell | B．know | C．remember | D．accept |
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| 小题19: | | A．open | B．active | C．clear | D．honest |
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| 小题20: | | A．and | B．so | C．because | D．until |
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