题目内容
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 36 Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandma 37 me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the 38 like me. She said, “There’s an old saying—the 39 you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood 40 to the mosquitoes.” Not 41 it, I replied, “Grandmas, that’s just an old wives’ tale!”
Well, less than a week 42 my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted with a 43 of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being 44 , but they all proved useless.
Late one 45 in my cousin’s home, I couldn’t bear the 46 of the bites, Hoping to find some comfort, I 47 my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being 48 ,she said, “There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep.”With a few turns, she slept again. Enviously (嫉妒地) 49 her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would 50 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’ 51 ,only to find they were all sleeping 52 as the same thing occurred again and again.
From those bites, I came to 53 my grandma’s silly tale. From then on. I’ve always tried to keep a(n) 54 mind about those strange old wives’ tales 55 they do have some truth to them.
36. A. leaving B. passing C. visiting D. finding
37. A. persuaded B. reminded C. warned D. informed
38. A. students B. foreigners C. passengers D. visitors
39. A. earlier B. longer C. sooner D. later
40. A. grows B. goes C. flows D. remains
41. A. expecting B. understanding C. recognizing D. believing
42. A. after B. before C. when D. as
43. A. shade B. pile C. cloud D. blanket
44. A. touched B. bitten C. defeated D. discovered
45. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night
46. A. noise B. hit C. pain D. effect
47. A. woke up B. shouted at C. looked for D. dropped on
48. A. blarney B. interrupted C. moved D. frightened
49. A. having B. watching C. making D. helping
50. A. land B. fly C. fall D. wait
51. A. houses B. flats C. rooms D. homes
52. A. joyfully B. anxiously C. soundlessly D. worriedly
53. A. tell B. know C. remember D. accept
54. A. open B. active C. clear D. boneset
55. A. and B. so C. because D. until
36---55 ACDBA DADBD CABBA CCDAC
解析:
36. A 解析:leave 意为“离开”。根据下文中的“you stay away from the motherland”和第二段中的“Well,less than a week after my arrival in Manila”可判断出在离开Kennedy Airport in New York之前,作者的祖母对她提出了警告。pass意为“经过,通过,穿过,越过,超过,掠过,前进”;visit意为“拜访,访问,探望,问候”;find意为“找到,获得,发现,(偶然)看见,拾得,遇见”。
37. C 解析:warn意为“警告”。根据作者的祖母说的话“the longer you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood grows to the mosquitoes”可判断出这是一种警告。persuade意为“说服,劝服,使相信”;remind意为“使想起,使记起,提醒”;inform意为“告诉,报告,通知”。
38. D 解析:passenger意为“旅客”。根据上文中的“Right before leaving Kennedy Airport in New York”可判断出这里指的是像作者那样的旅客。student意为“学生”;foreigner意为“外国人”;visitor意为“访问者,来客,来宾;留住客,住客,游客,来游者,参观者”。
39. B 解析:long意为“长”,根据句意选long,表示时间的程度。early意为“早的,早熟的,及早的,早先的,早期的”;soon意为“立刻,即刻,马上,一会儿,不久,没多时”;late意为“迟的,晚(期)的,已故的,新近的”。
40. A 解析:grow意为“变成”,后接形容词,意为“渐渐变得”,强调“逐渐变化”的过程。表示“你离开自己的祖国时间越长,你的血液对蚊子来说变得更甜”。go意为“变得”,主语多是物,往往指向坏的方面转变。flow意为“流,流动”;remain意为“保持,逗留,剩余,残存”。
41. D 解析:believe意为“相信”。根据下文中作者对她祖母说的话“Grandmaaaa,that’s just an old wives’ tale!”可判断出她不相信祖母所说的话。expect意为“期待,预期,预料”;understand意为“懂得,了解,明白,理解,领悟,领会(真意等),熟悉,通晓”;recognize意为“认识,识别,认出,看出,招呼”。
42. A 解析:after意为“在……之后”。根据上下文的内容可判断出作者到达Manila以后不到一周,就挨了蚊子无数的叮咬。before意为“在……以前”;when意为“当……的时候”;as意为“当……的时候”。
43. D 解析:blanket意为“层”,a blanket mosquito bites指作者的身上被蚊子都叮遍了。shade意为“荫,阴处,树阴”;pile意为“堆积,堆”;cloud意为“云”。
44. B 解析:bit意为“咬”。根据上文中的“a blanket mosquito bites”可判断出作者想出了许多防止蚊子叮咬的办法,但都没有用。touch意为“触,碰,摩,摸”;defeat意为“打破,摧毁,打败(敌人),使受挫折”;discover意为“看出,发现,看到”。
45. D 解析:night意为“夜晚”。根据下文中的“who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine”可判断出事情发生在夜里。morning意为“早晨”;afternoon意为“下午”;evening意为“傍晚”。
46. C 解析:pain意为“痛苦”。根据其定语of the bites可判断出作者无法忍受叮咬的痛苦。noise意为“叫喊,嘈杂声,噪音,喧闹声,吵闹”;hit意为“打击,命中,击中”;effect意为“结果,效能,效果,效力,效应,作用,功效,影响”。
47. A 解析:wake up意为“把……叫醒”。根据下文中的“who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine”可判断出作者把睡梦中的表妹叫醒。shout at意为“冲……大声喊叫”;look for意为“寻找”;drop on意为“训斥,惩罚”。
48. B 解析:interrupt意为“打搅”。根据上文中的“I woke up my cousin,who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine”可判断出由于作者的表妹正在睡梦中,被叫醒而感到不高兴。blame意为“责备,谴责,非难,挑剔”;move意为“动,移,移动,搬动”;frighten意为“使惊惧,吓唬”。
49. B 解析:watch意为“注视”。根据下文中的“However,the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly,never biting her.”可判断出注视着表妹睡觉。故选B项。have sb. do sth.意为“使某人做某事”;make sb. do sth.意为“使某人做某事”;help意为“帮助”。
50. A 解析:land意为“上岸,着陆”。根据上文中的“Enviously watching her sleep”可判断出出于妒忌,作者希望一个大蚊子落在表妹的脸上。故选A项。fly意为“飞”;fall意为“落下,散落”;wait意为“等,等候,等待”。
51. C 解析:room意为“房间”。根据上文的内容可判断出这个故事发生在作者表妹家里,所以她从这个房间跑到了另外一个房间。house意为“房屋,住宅,住家”;flat意为“公寓”;home意为“家,家庭,家庭生活”。
52. C 解析:soundlessly意为“静悄悄地,无声地,完全静寂地”。根据上文中的“who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine”和下文中的“as the same thing occurred again and again”可判断出另外那个房间的人们也在熟睡中,故选C项。joyfully意为“喜悦地,高兴地”;anxiously意为“忧虑地,不安地”;worriedly意为“忧愁地”。
53. D 解析:accept意为“接受”。根据上文的内容可判断出由于蚊子把作者的全身都叮遍了,她想出各种办法防止蚊子叮咬,但都没有用,而当地人却没有受到蚊子的叮咬,所以作者开始接受祖母说的传说。tell意为“讲,说,告诉,吩咐,命令”;know意为“知道,了解,懂得”;remember意为“记起,想起,回忆起”。
54. A 解析:open mind意为“思想开放”,表示对那些奇怪的传说保持思想开放的态度。active意为“活动的,有活动力的,有生气的,活泼的,灵敏的,敏捷的,主动的,能动的,积极的,有力的,勤勉的”;clear意为“清澈的,透明的”;honest意为“诚实的”。根据全文意思选A项。
55. C 解析:because引导原因状语从句,意为“因为”。根据这两的句子的意思可判断出它们是因果关系,保持思想开放的原因是这些传说的确包含了一些整理。and意为“及,和,与,同”;so意为“因此”;until意为“直到……为止”。