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​​​​​​​If you're reading my confessions (自白), congratulations! You'll have a safe and healthy summer.We love when you work up a sweat. It's really the carbon dioxide you breathe out that makes us beeline toward you, not the fragrance of your "sweet blood."Love beer? So do some of us. They can tell when you've been drinking because your skin chemistry changes, and it attracts them.Pregnant? Yum.If you're having a baby, you emit more carbon dioxide and your belly has a higher temperature, drawing some of us right to you. Sorry, baby.Hate getting bitten up? Blame the ladies. Males do not eat human blood: They get all their nutrition from plants. After we have a blood meal, we can lay anywhere from 100 to 400 eggs.Smelly feet are simply delicious. Scientists have shown we find your toes ten times more inviting than Limburger cheese.If your home's landscaping is well tended, we won't like it as much. We like to hang out in thick, overgrown vegetation. The darker and more damp, the better. And puddles (水沟) of smelly water is where we like to lay our eggs.Got those CO2 -emitting traps in your yard? Great!You may think you're outsmarting us with these devices, which emit carbon dioxide to lure (引诱) us into a trap. But they may attract more of us than they are able to trap, increasing our presence in your yard.When it comes to West Nile, end-of-summer bites may do more harm. It's simple logic: We bite birds with West Nile virus; then we bite humans and spread it. By summer's end, we've had more chances to bite infected birds. （1） Who is making confessions? A . A male bee. B . A female bee. C . A male mosquito. D . A female mosquito. （2） Which of the following is least likely to attract "WE" according to the text? A . A neat dry garden. B . A person who just finished exercising. C . A sweaty pair of socks. D . A dark damp bush with smelly puddles. （3） What is the tone of the text? A . Amusing. B . Serious. C . Threatening. D . Proud. 答案： D A A

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