55. A. wise B.
rude C.
shy D.
stupid
答案 36.D
37.A 38.B 39.C 40.B 41.C 42.B 43.A 44.D 45.C 46.D 47.C 48.D 49.A 50.B 51.A 52.B 53.C 54.C 55.D
Passage 11
(07·四川)
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, "Grandmaaaa, 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 (妒嫉地) 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.
