【OneofthethingsIalwaysbelieveisthatnomatterhowbadsomethingis,youcantakesomethingpositiveoutofit.TheonetimeIwasn'tsureofthatwasonSeptember11.Iusuallywakeupat6:30or7:00inthemorning.Tha】

　　OneofthethingsIalwaysbelieveisthatnomatterhowbadsomethingis,youcantakesomethingpositiveoutofit.TheonetimeIwasn'tsureofthatwasonSeptember11.

　　Iusuallywakeupat6:30or7:00inthemorning.Thatday,Lhappenedtowakeupearlier.IturnedontheTVandIsawthataplanehadcrashedintotheNorthToweroftheWorldTradeCenter.Myfirstreactionwasthatitwasaterribleaccident.ThenIsawanotherplaneflyintotheSouthTowerandIrealizedthatIwaswitnessinganactofterrorism.

　　MywifeandIspentthedaywatchingtheterriblepicturesoverandoveragain.WhenIwatchedfamilymemberslookingfortheirlovedones,thepainintheireyeswassomethingIwouldneverforget.Icouldn'tunderstandhowsomethingthisterriblecouldhavehappened.

　　Itwasn'tuntilafewweeksafterSeptember11thatIbegantoseethatperhapssomegooddidcomefromthistragedy.Peopleseemdifferentnow,moreunderstanding,moretolerant.Littlethingsthatseemedtobesuchtroublebeforearenolongerbigthings.Personally,IammoretolerantthanIwas.Irealizelifeistooshortandtooprecioustoletmyselfgetworriedoversmallthings.I'velearnedalsothatyoucan'ttakethingsforgranted.Thingschangeintheblindofaneye.Peoplegotoworkanddon'tcomeback.Onemomentthey'relivingandthenextminutethey'renot.And,itdoesn'tmatterwhoyouare,thereisnothingyoucandoaboutit.Weneverknowwhenourtimeherewillbeover,soweallneedtomakethemostofeveryminutewehave.

　　Youtrytolearnfromwhathappened.Youcan'tbeusedupbyit.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．terribleB．6adC．goodD．real2．WhatdidthewriterseeafterheturnedontheTVthatmorning?

　　[]

　　A．Afirestarting.B．Aplaneflying.C．Aterribleaccident.D．Anactofterrorism.3．FromSeptember11,thewriterhasrealizedthat________.

　　[]

　　A．peopleshouldmakethemostofeveryminutetheyhave

　　B．hehasbecomelesstoleranttow