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It’sfourteenyearssinceIleftthePhilippinestolivewithmyfamilyintheUSA．Amonthago,whileonsummervacationbackinmymotherland,Ilearnedalessonfrommosquito(蚊子)bites．Rightbefore1KennedyAirportinNewYork,mygrandma2meofthebehaviorofthenativemosquitoesaroundthe3likeme．Shesaid,“There’sanoldsaying－the4youstayawayfromthemotherland,thesweeteryourblood5tothemosquitoes．“Not6it,”Ireplied,“Grandmaaaa,that’sjustanoldwives’tale!”

Well,lessthanaweek7myarrivalinManila,Iwasalreadycarpetedwitha8ofmosquitobites．Itookmanymeasurestokeepmyselffrombeing9,buttheyallproveduseless．

Lateone10inmycousin’shome,Icouldn’tbearthe11ofthebites．Hopingtofindsomecomfort,I12mycousin,whowassleepingpeacefullyinthebednexttomine．Unhappyforbeing13shesaid,“Thereisnothingyoucando．Gobacktosleep．”Withafewturns,shesleptagain．Enviously(妒忌地)14hersleep,Ihopedabigmosquitowould15onherface．However,themosquitoeswouldjustlightlydancearoundherforeheadandflyawayquickly,neverbitingher．Amazed(惊奇的),Irantoothers’16,onlytofindtheywereallsleeping17asthesamethingoccurredagainandagain．

Fromthosebites,Icameto18mygrandma’ssillytale．Fromthenon,I’vealwaystriedtokeepa(n)19mindaboutthosestrangeoldwives’tales20theydohavesometruthtothem．

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A．

leaving

B．

passing

C．

visiting

D．

finding

(2)

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A．

persuaded

B．

reminded

C．

warned

D．

informed

(3)

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A．

students

B．

foreigners

C．

passengers

D．

visitors