阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D) 中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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, “Grandma, 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 (惊奇的), 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