IV.完形填空

It's fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the U. S. A. A month ago,while on summer vacation back in my motherland,I learned a lesson from mosquito bites. Right before 1 Kennedy Airport in New York,my grandma 2 me of the behaviour of the native mosquitoes around the 3 like me. She said, “There's an old saying—the 4 you stay away from the mother- land,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 covered with a 8 in case 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 (忌妒地) 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,I ran to others’ 16 ,only to find they were all sleeping 17 as the same thing happened 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. recognising   D. believing

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

8. A. type   B. pile   C. loud   D. blanket

9. A. touched   B. bitten

   C. beaten   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. troubled

   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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