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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 before1Kennedy Airport in New York,my grandma2me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the3like me.She said,“There’s an old saying—the4you stay away from the motherland,the sweeter your blood5to the mosquitoes.”Not6it,I replied,“Grandmaaaa,that’s just an old wives’ tale!”Well,less than a week7my arrival in Manila,I was already carpeted with a8of mosquito bites.I took many measures to keep myself from being9，but they all proved useless.Late one10in my cousin’s home,I couldn’t bear the11of the bites.Hoping to find some fort,I12my cousin,who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine.Unhappy for being13she said,“There is nothing you can do.Go back to sleep.”With a few turns,she slept again.Enviously(妒忌地)14her sleep,I hoped a big mosquito would15on 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’16,only to find they were all sleeping17as the same thing occurred again and again.From those bites,I came to18my grandma’s silly tale.From then on,I’ve always tried to keep a(n)19mind about those strange old wives’ tales20they do have some truth to them.1.A.leavingB.passingC.visitingD.finding2.A.persuadedB.remindedC.warnedD.informed3.A.studentsB.foreignersC.passengersD.visitors4.A.earlierB.longerC.soonerD.later5.A.growsB.goesC.flowsD.remains6.A.expectingB.understandingC.recognizingD.believing7.A.afterB.beforeC.whenD.as8.A.shadeB.pileC.cloudD.blanket9.A.touchedB.bittenC.defeatedD.discovered10.A.morningB.afternoonC.eveningD.night11.A.noiseB.hitC.painD.effect12.A.woke upB.shouted atC.looked forD.dropped on13.A.blamedB.interruptedC.movedD.frightened14.A.havingB.watchingC.makingD.helping15.A.landB.flyC.fallD.wait16.A.housesB.flatsC.roomsD.homes17.A.joyfullyB.anxiouslyC.soundlesslyD.worriedly18.A.tellB.knowC.rememberD.accept19.A.openB.activeC.clearD.honest20.A.andB.soC.becauseD.until