阅读理解OneofthethingsIalwaysbelieveisthatnomatterhowbadsomethingisyoucantakesomethingpositiveoutofit.TheonetimeIwasn’tsureofthatwasonSeptember11.
阅读理解
OneofthethingsIalwaysbelieveisthatnomatterhowbadsomethingisyoucantakesomethingpositiveoutofit.TheonetimeIwasn’tsureofthatwasonSeptember11.
Iusuallywakeupat6∶30or7∶00inthemorning.ThatdayIhappenedtowakeupearlier.IturnedontheTVandIsawthataplanehadcrashedintotheNorthToweroftheWorldTradeCenter.Myfirstreactionwasthatitwasaterribleaccident.ThenIsawanotherplaneflyintotheSouthTowerandIrealizedthatIwaswitnessinganactofterrorism.
MywifeandIspentthedaywatchingtheterriblepicturesoverandoveragain.WhenIWatchedfamilymemberslookingfortheirlovedonesthepainintheireyeswassomethingIwouldneverforget.Couldn’tunderstandhowsomethingthisterriblecouldhavehappened.
Itwasn’tuntilafewweeksafterSeptember11thatIbegantoseethatperhapssomegooddidcomefromthistragedy.Peopleseemdifferentnowmoreunderstandingmoretolerant.Littlethingsthatseemedtobesuchatroublebeforearenolongerbigthings.PersonallyIammoretolerantthanIwas.Irealizelifeistooshortandtooprecioustoletmyselfgetworriedoversmallthings.I’velearnedalsothatyoucan’ttakethingsforgrantedThingschangeintheblinkofaneye.Peoplegotoworkanddon’tcomeback.Onemomentthey’relivingandthenextminutethey’renot.Anditdoesn’tmatterwhoyouarethereisnothingyoucandoaboutit.Weneverknowwhenourtimeherewillbeoversoweallneedtomakethemostofeveryminutewehave.
Youtrytolearnfromwhathappened.Youcan’tbeusedupit.Youcan’tlivebyit.Allyoucandoisjustlive.
注:crash撞击 reaction反应 witness目击 tragedy悲剧 tolerant宽容的 precious珍贵的 take-forgranted认为——是当然的
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Theword“positive”inthepassageprobablymeans________.
[]A.
terrible
B.
bad
C.
good
D.