【阅读理解OneofthethingsIalwaysbelieveisthatnomatterhowbadsomethingis,youcantakesomethingpositiveoutofit.TheonetimeIwasn’tsureofthatwasonSeptember11.Iusuallywakeupat6∶30or7∶00】
阅读理解
OneofthethingsIalwaysbelieveisthatnomatterhowbadsomethingis,youcantakesomethingpositiveoutofit.TheonetimeIwasn’tsureofthatwasonSeptember11.
Iusuallywakeupat6∶30or7∶00inthemorning.Thatday,Ihappenedtowakeupearlier.IturnedontheTVandIsawthataplanehadcrashedintotheNorthToweroftheWorldTradeCenter.Myfirstreactionwasthatitwasaterribleaccident.ThenIsawanotherplaneflyintotheSouthTowerandIrealizedthatIwaswitnessinganactofterrorism.
MywifeandIspentthedaywatchingtheterriblepicturesoverandoveragain.WhenIWatchedfamilymemberslookingfortheirlovedones,thepainintheireyeswassomethingIwouldneverforget.Couldn’tunderstandhowsomethingthisterriblecouldhavehappened.
Itwasn’tuntilafewweeksafterSeptember11thatIbegantoseethatperhapssomegooddidcomefromthistragedy.Peopleseemdifferentnow,moreunderstanding,moretolerant.Littlethingsthatseemedtobesuchatroublebeforearenolongerbigthings.Personally,IammoretolerantthanIwas.Irealizelifeistooshort,andtooprecious,toletmyselfgetworriedoversmallthings.I’velearnedalsothatyoucan’ttakethingsforgranted,Thingschangeintheblinkofaneye.Peoplegotoworkanddon’tcomeback.Onemomentthey’relivingandthenextminutethey’renot.And,itdoesn’tmatterwhoyouare,thereisnothingyoucandoaboutit.Weneverknowwhenourtimeherewillbeover,soweallneedtomakethemostofeveryminutewehave.
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
(1)
Theword“positive”inthepassageprobablymeans________.
[]A.
terrible
B.
bad
C.
good
D.
real
(2)
WhatdidthewriterseeafterheturnedontheTVthatmorning?
[]A.
firestarting.
B.
Aplaneflying.