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年前離 開家鄉(xiāng)菲律賓與家人一起在美國生活， 此處指“我”離開機場，故選A.

2. C解析:根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容可知，奶奶是在 提醒“我”關(guān)于蚊子的這種“擾外來游客 的行為”。

warn sb. of sth.意為“提醒某 人某事”。

3. D解析:“我”本來是菲律賓人，再一次 回到家鄉(xiāng)，是客人的身份而不是外國人。

4. B解析：由文章內(nèi)容可知，這里指離開 祖國越久，選longer。

5. A解析：grow表示“變得”，后接形容 詞作表語。即“離自己的故鄉(xiāng)越遠，血好 像對蚊子來說更甜”。

6. D 解析：an old wives’ tale 表示“無稽 之談”，由此可知“我”不相信這個說法。

7. A解析:after介詞，“在……之后”。

8. D解析：blanket意為“毯子”，此處指 用毯子把自己包起來，以免被蚊子咬。

9. B解析：文中多次提到bite ,此處指采 用多種措施防止蚊咬，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 可知此時應(yīng)該是晚上。

11. C解析：被蚊子咬了應(yīng)該是非常痛 苦的。

12. A 解析：由從句 who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine 可 知，“我”“叫醒了”表妹，希望能從她那兒得到一些安慰。

13. B解析：在睡夢中被叫醒，因此她很不高興被打擾。

14. B 解析：因為她繼續(xù)睡著了，因此 “我”很忌妒地看著她睡覺。

15. A解析：land意為“(鳥、昆蟲等) 落 下”;fall意為“掉下;落下”，多指自由 降落。此處指“我”希望有一只蚊子落 在她的臉上。

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

17. C解析：soundlessly意為“無聲地；靜 靜地”，此處他們都睡得很熟，沒有受到 蚊子的打擾。

18. D解析：根據(jù)自己的經(jīng)歷，“我”接受 了奶奶的說法。

19. A 解析：keep an open mind about sth.意為“愿意考慮某事”。此處表示 “我”對這些無稽之談的認(rèn)可。

20. C解析:“我”接受這些無稽之談是因 為它們有可取之處。