Family stories are amazing to me．You hear of family members long ago and by hearing about their stories, you can find timeless wisdom that can apply to your own life．
I'll never forget the story my mom told me about Grandma．Grandma cooked for a crew of 24 farmhands so most of her days were taken up cooking breakfast, lunch, and dinner for a bunch of(一群)loud complaining men coming in from hunting or farming．She took care of five children as well so her house was a busy little place, but where you would find Grandma the most would be in front of her stove, stirring(搅拌)a pot of something．
The kids would run in and she'd give them a hug and then she'd go back to stirring．The men would come in and clean up all the biscuits and bacon and then she'd start on the next meal, once again standing and stirring at the stove．They'd tell her how wonderful her food was and then pour out their troubles to her as she listened and stirred．
One time Ruth watched as the farmhands ate quickly and went back out to work, hearing all of them grumbling about their lives．Then one by one the children came in to tell Grandma their own worries．She would smile, give them some kind of advice, and keep stirring．Ruth watched sitting at the table and when everyone left she said,“Mother．How can you just sit there and stir?Everyone tells you how bad their life is and you just smile and stir?Why don't you just tell them that you've had enough and you can't take anymore?Do something…Stop stirring!”Grandma looked up at Ruth and smiled…and kept stirring．
“Ruth, don't you know that the stirring is very important?You see, when I'm stirring I'm putting all my thoughts and dreams into that pot．As everyone comes in and tells me about their life I put the love and positive thoughts into my pot and stir．Then when they eat it they have been given a pot full o hope．If we have any kind of problems I envision(想象)a solution and put it in my pot and stir．My stirring is what keeps me focused on what is good in the world．So instead of worrying about all that is around me I keep stirring knowing that all is well．”
(1)
From the passage we know ________．
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A．
women's position was very low in those days
B．
lots of people lived in the author's family
C．
the author's grandma lived a very busy life
D．
women could not find jobs outside at that time
(2)
The underlined phrase“grumbling about”in the passage means“________”．
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A．
talking about
B．
complaining about
C．
showing off
D．
commenting on
(3)
Why did Ruth ask her mother those questions?
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A．
She believed her mother was so great and helpful．
B．
She thought her mother treated the workers badly．
C．
She thought it was unfair for her mother to do so much work．
D．
She complained her mother was doing nothing but stir．
(4)
Which of the following words can describe the author's grandma?
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A．
Patient．
B．
Determined．
C．
Independent．
D．
Generous．
(5)
According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
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A．
Grandma always put her tiredness and troubles into the pot．
B．
Grandma was always worried about people's troubles and problems．
C．
Grandma was unconcerned with other people's complaint and troubles．
D．
Grandma was always keeping a positive attitude to anything good or bad．
阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
Have you ever played the game “Telephone” ? You sit in a circle with a group of people and one person whispers a phrase to the person next to him or her．Then, each person keeps whispering the phrase around the circle until it reaches the last person, who repeats the whispered statement out loud．What started out as "Pizza tastes great" can end up as "Pete's a great ape! " It's funny to laugh at how twisted the sentence became as it got passed around．Gossip can work the same way, but it's not so funny．In fact, it can be very hurtful．
When you say cruel things, tell stories that you're not sure are true, or let out information that you know is supposed to remain private, you're spreading gossip．What if you saw funny Jake go into the principal's office and you started wondering if he was in trouble．There's nothing wrong with wondering that, but what if you started telling other people you think Jake's in big trouble．You really don't know why he was in the principal's office, right?
But before you know it, everyone is talking about how Jake is in trouble and imagining why．Maybe he put his rubber snake in the teacher's desk, someone says．Maybe he hit a kid who didn't laugh at one of his jokes, another person suggests．Jake doesn't come back to class for a long time, but when he does, everyone wants to know what happened in the principal's office．Jake might be a little angry or confused about all the questions, especially when he explains, "I went to the principal's office because my mom was there to take me to a doctor appointment．"
That's how rumors work．They start small and often blow up into something different from the truth．
(1)
The first paragraph is written to ________．
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A．
give an example of gossiping
B．
show how the game Telephone is played
C．
discuss the difference between a game and gossip
D．
show how gossip works
(2)
Jake's example is to show that gossip can start when you ________．
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A．
say bad things about somebody
B．
tell something you are not sure about
C．
are curious about what somebody is doing
D．
let out private information about somebody
(3)
We can infer from the third paragraph that ________．
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A．
gossip can hurt one deeply
B．
gossip can hurt no one if everyone knows the truth finally
C．
gossip is always started by several causes together
D．
gossip can turn into reality finally
(4)
The underlined word “twisted” in the first paragraph probably means ________．
