Question

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

Answer 1

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

IV.l. A解析：由第一句可知，“我”14年前离 开家乡菲律宾与家人一起在美国生活， 此处指“我”离开机场，故选A.

2. C解析:根据下文内容可知，奶奶是在 提醒“我”关于蚊子的这种“扰外来游客 的行为”。

warn sb. of sth.意为“提醒某 人某事”。

3. D解析:“我”本来是菲律宾人，再一次 回到家乡，是客人的身份而不是外国人。

4. B解析：由文章内容可知，这里指离开 祖国越久，选longer。

5. A解析：grow表示“变得”，后接形容 词作表语。即“离自己的故乡越远，血好 像对蚊子来说更甜”。

6. D 解析：an old wives’ tale 表示“无稽 之谈”，由此可知“我”不相信这个说法。

7. A解析:after介词，“在……之后”。

8. D解析：blanket意为“毯子”，此处指 用毯子把自己包起来，以免被蚊子咬。

9. B解析：文中多次提到bite ,此处指采 用多种措施防止蚊咬，但都不管用。

10. D 解析：由 who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine 及下文 中 的 only to find they were all sleeping 可知此时应该是晚上。

11. C解析：被蚊子咬了应该是非常痛 苦的。

12. A 解析：由从句 who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine 可 知，“我”“叫醒了”表妹，希望能从她那儿得到一些安慰。

13. B解析：在睡梦中被叫醒，因此她很不高兴被打扰。

14. B 解析：因为她继续睡着了，因此 “我”很忌妒地看着她睡觉。

15. A解析：land意为“(鸟、昆虫等) 落 下”;fall意为“掉下;落下”，多指自由 降落。此处指“我”希望有一只蚊子落 在她的脸上。

16. C 解析：由 Late one 10 in my cousin's home可知，“我”去了其他人 的房间。

17. C解析：soundlessly意为“无声地；静 静地”，此处他们都睡得很熟，没有受到 蚊子的打扰。

18. D解析：根据自己的经历，“我”接受 了奶奶的说法。

19. A 解析：keep an open mind about sth.意为“愿意考虑某事”。此处表示 “我”对这些无稽之谈的认可。

20. C解析:“我”接受这些无稽之谈是因 为它们有可取之处。