It's fourteen years since I left the Phili

题目内容：

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 before16Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandma 17me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the 18like me. She said, "There's an old saying—the 19you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood 20to the mosquitoes. " Not 21it, I replied, "Grandma, that's just an old wives' tale!"

Well, less than a week 22my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted with a 23of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being 24, but they all proved useless.

Late one 25in my cousin's home, I couldn't bear the 26of the bites. Hoping to find some comfort, I 27my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being 28she said, "There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep. " With a few turns, she slept again. Enviously (妒嫉地) 29her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would 30on 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' 31, only to find they were all sleeping 32as the same thing occurred again and again.

From those bites, I came to 33my grandma's silly tale. From then on, I've always tried to keep a(n) 34mind about those strange old wives' tales 35they do have some truth to them.

小题1:

A．leaving

B．passing

C．visiting

D．finding小题2:

A．persuaded

B．reminded

C． warned

D． informed小题3:

A．students

B．foreigners

C．passengers

D．visitors小题4:

A．earlier

B．longer

C．sooner

D．later小题5:

A．grows

B．goes

C．flows

D．remains小题6:

A．expecting

B．understanding

C．recognizing

D．believing小题7:

A．after

B．before

C．when

D．as小题8:

A．shade

B．pile

C．cloud

D．blanket小题9:

A．touched

B．bitten

C．defeated

D．discovered小题10:

A．morning

B．afternoon

C．evening

D．night小题11:

A．noise

B．hit

C．pain

D．effect小题12:

A．woke up

B．shouted at

C．looked for

D．dropped on小题13:

A．blamed

B．interrupted

C．moved

D．frightened小题14:

A．having

B．watching

C．making

D．helping小题15:

A．land

B．fly

C．fall

D．wait小题16:

A．houses

B．flats

C．rooms

D．homes小题17:

A．joyfully

B．anxiously

C．soundlessly

D．worriedly小题18:

A．tell

B．know

C．remember

D．accept小题19:

A．open

B．active

C．clear

D．honest小题20:

A．and

B．so

C．because

D．until

最佳答案：

小题1:A

小题2:C

小题3:D

小题4:B

小题5:A

小题6:D

小题7:A

小题8:D

小题9:B

小题10:D

小题11:C

小题12:A

小题13:B

小题14:B

小题15:A

小题16:C

小题17:C

小题18:D

小题19:A

小题20:C

答案解析：

小题1:根据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,可知从我和家人离开菲律宾到美国生活已经有十四年了。.一个月前，我在暑假回家乡，所以是离开肯尼迪机场，可知选A。

小题2:我的奶奶告诫我persuade说服remind 使……想起warn 告诫 inform 通知，故选C。

小题3:根据like me，故选D。

小题4:根据下文内容蚊子总是咬我，可知这里想表达离家乡越远，血越甜，选B。

小题5:结合全文内容，离家乡越远，对于蚊子来说血变得越甜，选A。

小题6:我回答，不要相信那些，选D。

小题7:在我到达马尼拉不到一周，故选A，

小题8:carpeted铺地毯，故选D ，毯子。

小题9:根据I was already carpeted with a blanket of mosquito bites.故选B。

小题10:根据下文大家都在睡觉，故选D。

小题11:蚊子咬了以后会疼，故选C。

小题12:根据Unhappy for being interrupted she said,可知我把她吵醒了，选A。

小题13:我把她吵醒了，打扰了她，故选B。

小题14:根据上文With a few turns, she slept again.看着她转了几个身又睡着了，我嫉妒的看着她睡，故选B。

小题15:落在她的脸上，故选A。

小题16:结合全文可知跑到其他人的房间，故选C。

小题17:根据y who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine.安静的睡着，故选C

小题18:根据全文内容，蚊子总是咬我，不咬其他人，和奶奶告诫我的一样，可知选D 接受。

小题19:because they do have some truth to them，因为有时候无稽之谈是正确地，所以我对它们没有了偏见，选A，无偏见的。

小题20:结合全文奶奶告诫我的老人的老话是正确的，故选C 因为。

点评：答题前一定要读懂全文，弄清文章要表达的思想，注意前后段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一篇文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。