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本文为纪实性报导，作者目击了国际重大悲剧惨案，因而思绪万千．读后会激发学生：学习兴趣，用英文了解国际事件，外国朋友的心态．

　　One of the things I always believe is that no matter how bad something is, you can take something positive out of it. The one time I wasn't sure of that was on September 11.

　　I usually wake up at 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning. That day, I happened to wake up earlier. I turned on the TV and I saw that a plane had crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. My first reaction was that it was a terrible accident. Then I saw another plane fly into the South Tower and I realized that I was witnessing an act of terrorism.

　　My wife and I spent the day watching the terrible pictures over and over again. When I watched family members looking for their loved ones, the pain in their eyes was something I would never forget. I couldn't understand how something this terrible could have happened.

　　It wasn't until a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see that perhaps some good did come from this tragedy. People seem different now, more understanding, more tolerant. Little things that seemed to be such a trouble before are no longer big things. Personally, I am more tolerant than I was. I realize life is too short, and too precious, to let myself get worried over small things. I've learned also that you can't take things for granted. Things change in the blind of an eye. People go to work and don't come back. One moment they're living and the next minute they're not. And, it doesn't matter who you are, there is nothing you can do about it. We never know when our time here will be over, so we all need to make the most of every minute we have.

　　You try to learn from what happened. You can't be used up by it. You can't live by it. All you can do is just live.

　　注：crash撞击　　reaction反应　　witness目击　　tragedy悲剧　　tolerant宽容的　　precious珍贵的　　take…for granted认为……是当然的

1．The word “positive” in the passage probably means ________.

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A．terrible

B．bad

C．good

D．real

2．What did the writer see after he turned on the TV that morning?

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A．A fire starting.

B．A plane flying.

C．A terrible accident.

D．An act of terrorism.

3．From September 11, the writer has realized that ________.

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A．people should make the most of every minute they have

B．he has become less tolerant towards others

C．he should get worried about little things

D．life is too short to care about others

4．What's the best title(题目) of this passage?

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A．A Report about September 11

B．The Tragedy of September 11

C．September 11 and My Family

D．September 11 and My Turn

Answer 1

答案：C;D;A;D
解析：

剖析：1．第一道是猜词题，需从上下文对比中加以理解，特别是文章开头的一句话：One of the things I always believe is that no matter how bad something is, you can take something positive out of it.作者一直确信任何一件事，不管有多不好的一面，从中也可找到好的一面．因而要找bad的反义词，即good． 　　2．这是一道细节题．题目问：那天早晨作者从电视上看到了什么？ 　　A．正着火．B．一架飞机在飞行． 　　C．可怕的交通事故．D．恐怖行为． 　　这在文章第二段有详细而明确的答案．Then I saw another plane fly into the South Tower and I realized that I was witnessing an act of terrorism． 　　3．这是一道逻辑推理的问题，考生要根据作者传递的信息，借助平时的生活阅历，想象出作者所要表达的意图． 　　在文中第四段作者有深刻的感触，最后总结出一句话：We never know when our time here will be over, so we all need to make the most of every minute we have.与设题中的A项：“people should make the most of every minute they have”意思完全一致，即：人们应该充分利用他们所有的每一分钟 　　4．这是一道确定题目的选题，是要概括归纳全文的选题． 　　A．关于9.11的报告　　B．9.11悲剧 　　C．9.11和我的一家　　D．9.11和我的思变 　　显然通过做第三题时，已了解到作者思想上的变化，对人生的理解，顺理成章，画龙点睛之笔．