Passage 2 ?(07·四川) ?完形填空

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 (驚奇的), 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. blamed ? ? ? ? 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. honest

55. A. and ? ? ? ? ? B. so ? ? ? ? ? ? ? C. because ? ? ? ? ? ? D. until

答案 ?36.A ?37.C ?38.D ?39.B ?40.A ?41.D ?42.A ?43.D ?44.B ?45.D ?46.C ?47.A ?48.B ?49.B ?50.A ?51.C ?52.C ?53.D ?54.A ?55.C