阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从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。
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 1Kennedy Airport in New York,my grandma 2me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the 3like me.She said,“There’s an old saying—the 4you stay away from the motherland,the sweeter your blood 5to the mosquitoes.”Not 6it,I replied,“Grandmaaaa,that’s just an old wives’ tale!”
Well,less than a week 7my arrival in Manila,I was already carpeted with a 8of mosquito bites.I took many measures to keep myself from being 9,but they all proved useless.
Late one 10in my cousin’s home,I couldn’t bear the 11of the bites.Hoping to find some comfort,I 12my cousin,who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine.Unhappy for being 13she said,“There is nothing you can do.Go back to sleep.”With a few turns,she slept again.Enviously(妒忌地) 14her sleep,I hoped a big mosquito would
15on 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 17as the same thing occurred again and again.
From those bites,I came to 18my grandma’s silly tale.From then on,I’ve always tried to keep a(n) 19mind about those strange old wives’ tales 20they 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
The flowers his friend gave him will die unless ___ every day.
A.watered B.watering
C.water D.to water
—Dad!Tom’s broken a glass!
—_______.Accidents will happen.
A.No way B.Doesn’t matter
C.No trouble at all D.Don’t mention it
It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly ___ my friend.
A.turn out B.bring out
C.call out D.pick out
Little joy can equal ___ of a surprising ending when you read stories.
A.that B.those
C.any D.some
Of the two coats,I’d choose the ___ one to spare some money for a book.
A.cheapest B.cheaper
C.more expensive D.most expensive