一

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__1__Kennedy Airport in New York， my grandma__2__me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the__3__like me. She said， \"There's an old saying——the__4__you stay away from the motherland， the sweeter your blood__5__to the mosquitoes.\" Not__6__it， I replied， \"Grandmaaaa， that's just an old wives' tale!\"

Well， less than a week__7__my arrival in Manila， I was already carpeted with a__8__of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being__9__， but they all proved useless.

Late one__10__in my cousin's home， I couldn't bear the__11__of the bites. Hoping to find some comfort， I__12__my cousin， who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being__13__，she said， \"There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep. \"With a few turns， she slept again. Enviously (妒嫉地)__14__her sleep， I hoped a big mosquito would__15__on her face. However， the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly， never biting her. Amazed (驚奇的)， I ran to others'__16__， only to find they were all sleeping__17__as the same thing occurred again and again.

From those bites， I came to__18__my grandma's silly tale. From then on， I've always tried to keep a(n)__19__mind about those strange old wives' tales __20__ they do have some truth to them.

二

When I was young， my parents ran a snack bar in our small town.

One evening in early April， my mother told me to fill in at the snack bar__1__a worker who had the flu. I told her I would mess it up，__2__I had never worked at the bar before. I__3__that instead of making money， I would end up owing it.

\"You can do it，\" said my mother，\"__4__， you won't get much business until lunch.\"

\"But I'll never remember the orders， and I'm no good__5__money. Please， Mom， don't__6__me.

\"Then I'll help you，\" she said.

I shrugged my shoulders. I thought my mother's__ 7 __was a bad one， but Ｉ__ 8__.

When I got to the bar the next day， I found my mother was__ 9 __. Because the weather that day was rainy and cold， people wanted hot snacks and drinks.__10__， I was really slow at taking the orders and making change. The line of people grew， and everybody seemed__11__， I was so nervous that my hands shook， and I__12__a cup into pieces. What a mess! Then my mother came to__13__me， and she also showed me how to make__14__. If someone gave me $ 5 for something that cost $ 3.25， I handed over__15__quarters and a dollar and said， \"75 cents makes four dollars， plus one dollar makes five.\" Things went more__16__after that.

By the end of the day， I could remember orders，__17__the bill， and make change quickly with a smile. I was even a little__18__when the sun came out and dried up business. My mother said she was proud of me， and when she__19__that I work at the snack bar again next year， I did not even shrug. I was too busy__ 20__the restaurant I would open one day.

三

I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents__1__the necessities of life__2__they couldn't give much more. If I asked my father__3__a pair of jeans， he would say， \"If you want them， make the money and buy them__4__.\" He wasn't being mean; he just couldn't__5__them. From age 12 on， I did part-time jobs after school.

When I__6__from high school， I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp (新兵訓練營) at Parris Island， S. C.， where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily__7__. These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock (模擬的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully__8__discipline， team-work and responsibility. It didn't__9__whether you were black， white or Asian; everyone worked together for the__10__of the company.

I went__11__to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I__12__most was the counseling (咨詢) meeting I__13__with the family members of the men and women in my__14__， trying to help them deal with the long periods of__15__. These proved popular and word of them spread. __16__I was being asked to give encouraging__17__to business groups， educators and kids across the country.

But I consider the boot camp my first real__18__， and my life is still guided by the__19__lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline， friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to__20__it.

答案：

（一）

1~5 Ａ C D B A

6~10 D A D B D

11~15 C A B B A

16~20 C C D A C

（二）

1~5 B A C C D

6~10 D A B C D

11~15 D C B D B

16~20 A D C D A

（三）

1~5 A B C C D

6~10 D B C A A

11~15 B C D A D

16~20 B C C A B