Question

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.

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

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：

1.根据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,可知从我和家人离开菲律宾到美国生活已经有十四年了。.一个月前，我在暑假回家乡，所以是离开肯尼迪机场，可知选A。

2.我的奶奶告诫我persuade说服remind 使……想起warn 告诫 inform 通知，故选C。

3.根据like me，故选D。

4.根据 下文内容蚊子总是咬我，可知这里想表达离家乡越远，血越甜，选B。

5.结合全文内容，离家乡越远，对于蚊子来说血变得越甜， 选A。

6.我回答，不要相信那些，选D。

7.在我到达马尼拉不到一周，故选A，

8.carpeted铺地毯，故选D ，毯子。

9.根据I was already carpeted with a blanket of mosquito bites.故选B。

10.根据下文 大家都在睡觉，故选D。

11.蚊子咬了以后会疼，故选C。

12.根据Unhappy for being  interrupted   she said,可知我把她吵醒了，选A。

13.我把她吵醒了，打扰了她，故选B。

14.根据上文With a few turns, she slept again.看着她转了几个身又睡着了，我嫉妒的看着她睡，故选B。

15.落在她的脸上，故选A。

16.结合全文可知跑到其他人的房间，故选C。

17.根据y who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine.安静的睡着，故选C

18.根据全文内容，蚊子总是咬我，不咬其他人，和奶奶告诫我的一样，可知选D 接受。

19.because they do have some truth to them，因为有时候无稽之谈是正确地，所以我对它们没有了偏见，选A，无偏见的。

20.结合全文奶奶告诫我的老人的老话是正确的，故选C 因为。

考点：这是一篇叙事类短文,通过描写我多年后回家乡，奶奶告诉我离家乡越远，血越甜，越招蚊子咬，开始我认为这是无稽之谈，事实表明，奶奶说的是对的。所以我认为对于那些老人留下的老话，不能有偏见。