How many times have you got upset because someone wasn't doing his job,because your child isn't behaving?How many times have you been irritated (恼怒的) when you've planned something carefully and things didn't go as you'd hoped?

This kind of anger and irritation happens to all of us—it’s part of the human experiences.

One thing that irritates me is when people talk during a movie,or cut me off in traffic. Actually, I have a lot of these little annoyances—don't we all?And it isn’t always easy to find peace when you’ve become upset or irritated.

Let me tell you a little secret to finding peace of mind: see the glass as already broken .

See, the cause of our stress, anger and irritation is that things don't go the way we like, the way we expect them to. Think of how many times this has been true for you. And so the solution is simple:expect things to go wrong, expect things to be different than we hoped or planned,expect the unexpected to happen. And accept it.

One quick example: on our recent trip to Japan, I told my kids to expect things to go wrong—they always do on a trip. I told them, “See it as part of the adventure.”

And this worked like a charm. When we inevitably(不可避免地) took the wrong train on a foreign­language subway system, or when it rained on the day we went to Disney Sea, or when we took three trains and walked 10 blocks only to find the National Children's Castle closed on Mondays...they said, “It's part of the adventure!” And it was all OK—we didn't get too bothered.

So when the nice glass you bought inevitably falls and breaks some day, you might get upset. But things will be different, if you see the glass as already broken, from the day you get it. You know it'll break some day, so from the beginning, see it as already broken. Be a time­traveler, or someone with time­traveling vision, and see the future of this glass, from this moment until it inevitably breaks. And when it breaks, you won't be upset or sad—because it was already broken, from the day you got it. And you’ll realize that every moment you have with it is precious.

1.The author would probably agree that________.

A.we should control our anger and irritation

B.we must get well prepared for the future

C.optimism can help us overcome our anger and irritation

D.anger and irritation is a natural part of our life

2.The purpose of the author is to________.

A.tell us his own experience in life

B.advise us how to find peace of mind

C.tell us a happy trip he took with his children

D.ask us to see things from both sides

3.By the underlined part (in Para.3), the author tells us to________.

A.get ready for the worst result of things

B.enjoy the process of things

C.expect little from life

D.find the relationship between cause and effect

4.The author’s children could enjoy their trip to Japan because________.

A.everything went smoothly

B.they had a lot of adventures

C.they had expected things to go wrong

D.they could soon get used to the customs there

5.We can learn from the passage that the author________.

A.often gets angry in his life

B.can adjust his state of mind accordingly

C.always expects others to act in his way

D.always suffers from his anger and irritation

 

短文改错(共10小题,每小题1.5分,共15分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每行作出判断;如无错误,在该行右边横线上面一个勾(√);如有错误(每行只有一个错误),则按下列情况改正:?

此行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线( / )划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。?

此行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。?

此行错一个词:在错的词下面划一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。?

注意:原行没有错的不要改。?

It rained very hardly last summer and the little                                  44.       

stream near our house became big river.It burst                                     45.       

through the bank.The fields all round was soon full                        46.       

of water.Luckily,the water didn’t reach any of the                      47.       

house in our village.But the bursting water from the                    48.       

river carried away our wooden bridge,that was over                    49.       

three hundred of years old.We were very sorry to                                   50.       

lose the oldest thing we have had for such a                                       51.        

long time.We will build a new bridge,so it will                              52.       

not be so familiar than the one we had before!                               53.       

 

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