52.
From the passage, we can know that the
most important thing to improve your SQ is .
A. a peaceful mind B. deep thought C. spare time and hobbies D.
good spirits
D
I have a better understanding of world
leaders fed up with endless conflicts(冲突)between nations or
regions. When my three children were young, most days it was hard to keep my
house from becoming a war zone. And that was before breakfast.
It got worse as they grew older. Three years
later, Zack, then 16, couldn’t make it through a day without playing tricks on
his sisters, Alex and Taryn , then 11 and 9.
My husband and I tried to get an
understanding of his adolescent moodiness(喜怒无常). We begged, reasoned,
punished, and left heartfelt notes on his bed about how his behavior was
hurting our family. His response was a shrug and “I say it because it’s true .”
I even tried telling the girls to fight back.
Bad idea. Now I had three kids at war. At wit’s end, I poured my heart out to
my sister in an e-mail. She wrote back, “Don’t e-mail me. E-mail him.”
Our son was online every day, mailing and
instant messaging his friends. So what if I was within shouting distance? Maybe
he would actually hear me this way. There’d be no yelling or door slamming.
Zack wouldn’t feel under attack. And with a few simple keystrokes, he could
respond. Or not. Zack didn’t reply for days. When he finally did, his entire
message was four measly(少得可怜的)words . I expected the
worst, but then smiled when I read them “You’re right. I’m sorry,” The kids
still fought, of course, but Zack scaled back the abuse. Best of all, I now
have an effective way to communicate with not one but three easily annoyed
teens. I like that they don’t tune me out as much. They like not having to
listen to me nag(指责，唠叨). Or as Alex says , “You’re so
much nicer online. ”
All I know is that the house is quiet, but
we’re talking, in fact, Taryn just instant-messaged me from upstairs. It’s time
to take her to softball practice.
