Question

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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一篇说明文，说明了生气和恼怒是人类经验的一部分，要很好地调整自己的心态

1.细节题，由第二段第一句it’s part of the human experiences.可以知道答案，故选D。

2.细节题，由第三段第一句Let me tell you a little secret to finding peace of mind可以知道答案，所以选B。

3.细节题，由第三段最后一句expect things to go wrong, expect things to be different than we hoped or planned，expect the unexpected to happen. And accept it.可以知道答案，所以选A

4.细节题，由第四段第一句话I told my kids to expect things to go wrong可以知道答案，所以选C

5.推理题，由第二段第一句This kind of anger and irritation happens to all of us—it’s part of the human experiences可以推出答案，所以选B

考点：本篇是一篇说明文

点评：本文主要说明了生气和恼怒的关系，考生可以从它们的关系着手，主要考查细节题，要求考生很很强的细节分析能力，从文章中找出答案的依据，要求考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。