When my grandmother was raising me in Stamps,Arkansas,she had a particular routine when people who were known to be whiners entered her store.My grandmother would ask the customer,“How are you doing today,Thomas?”

The person would reply,“Not so good today, Henderson.You see,it's this summer heat.I just hate it.It just makes me tired.It's almost killing me.”Then my grandmother would stand calmly,her arms folded,and say,“Uh-h(huán)uh,uh huh.”

As soon as the complainer was out of the store,my grandmother would call me to stand in front of her.Then she would say the same thing she had said at least a thousand times,it seemed to me.“Jane,did you hear what so-and-so complained about?”And I would nod.Grandmother would continue,“Jane,there are people who went to sleep all over the world last night,poor and rich and black and white,but they will never wake again.Those dead people would give anything,anything at all for just five minutes of this weather that person was complaining about.So you watch yourself about complaining,Jane.What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it.If you can't change it,change the way you think about it.Don't complain.”

I have learned a lot from my grandmother.Her opinions always hit the nail on the head.Whining is not only impolite,but can be dangerous.

6. The underlined word “whiners” in Paragraph 1 refers to those people who ________.

A. complain often         B. enter a store regularly

C. are afraid of hot weather  D. think little of themselves

7. From what the author's grandmother said we can infer  that________.

A. she tried to comfort the whiners

B. she was impolite to the whiners

C. she was against whining

D. she shared the whiners' opinions

8. The author's grandmother told her to________.

A. be sympathetic to the dead

B. treasure every moment of her life

C. keep away from the whiners

D. get used to things she disliked

9. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Grandmother once owned a store in Stamps,Arkansas.

B. The author was told different things after different whiners left Grandmother's store.

C. The author was told that she could change her way of thinking about things.

D. Grandmother's opinion that people shouldn't complain was reasonable.

10. What is the purpose of the author in writing the passage?

A. To show that complaining is not only rude but harmful.

B. To tell us a story about her grandmother.

C. To show how to live one's life to the fullest.

D. To tell us people's different attitudes towards complaining.

6. 解析:選A。詞義猜測題。由第二段那個(gè)人的答復(fù)以及第三段中the complainer及complained about可知,whiners指的是那些經(jīng)常抱怨的人。

7. 解析:選C。推理判斷題。祖母對(duì)抱怨者無話可說,而且要作者聽明白,其意圖是讓作者明白抱怨沒有用,由此可知作者的祖母反對(duì)抱怨。

8. 解析:選B。推理判斷題。作者的祖母提到有些人晚上睡著,白天再也醒不過來了,說明活著就是一種幸福,要珍惜生命的每一刻。

9. 解析:選B。推理判斷題。從第一段第一句話可知,A項(xiàng)正確;從第三段前兩句話可知,B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤;從第三段倒數(shù)第二句可知,C項(xiàng)正確;從最后一段第二句可知,D項(xiàng)正確。

10. 解析:選A。主旨大意題。由文章最后一句“Whining is not only impolite,but can be

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