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   16   Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandma   17   me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the   18   like me. She said, "There's an old saying—the   19   you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood   20   to the mosquitoes. " Not   21   it, I replied, "Grandma, that's just an old wives' tale!" 
Well, less than a week   22   my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted with a   23   of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being   24   , but they all proved useless.
Late one   25  in my cousin's home, I couldn't bear the   26   of the bites. Hoping to find some comfort, I   27   my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being   28    she said, "There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep. "  With a few turns, she slept again. Enviously (妒嫉地)   29   her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would   30   on 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  32   as the same thing occurred again and again.
From those bites, I came to   33   my grandma's silly tale. From then on, I've always tried to keep a(n)  34   mind about those strange old wives' tales   35   they do have some truth to them.

A．leaving B．passing C．visiting D．finding

A．persuaded B．reminded C． warned D． informed

A．students B．foreigners C．passengers D．visitors

A．earlier B．longer C．sooner D．later

A．grows B．goes C．flows D．remains

A．expecting B．understanding C．recognizing D．believing

A．after B．before C．when D．as

A．shade B．pile C．cloud D．blanket

A．touched B．bitten C．defeated D．discovered

A．morning B．afternoon C．evening D．night

A．noise B．hit C．pain D．effect

A．woke up B．shouted at C．looked for D．dropped on

A．blamed B．interrupted C．moved D．frightened

A．having B．watching C．making D．helping

A．land B．fly C．fall D．wait

A．houses B．flats C．rooms D．homes

A．joyfully B．anxiously C．soundlessly D．worriedly

A．tell B．know C．remember D．accept

A．open B．active C．clear D．honest

A．and B．so C．because D．until