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’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
2.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
3.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
4.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
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
The young boy and his father sat quietly watching the snow fall on a snowy Saturday afternoon.
“Dad, my friend told me that every snowflake is . But they look all the same to me. How can we tell?” the child asked.
Dad felt it was his to give a more satisfying answer. “Son, snowflakes are like people. We are each in a very special way. We can test it right now,” he said.
The child stood up, put out his hands, and as snowflakes landed on his gloves. “These snowflakes are all different on my gloves, but those in the yard look the same. Together they are even more_ and striking. Then if people are like snowflakes, why don't they well?”
“Choice,”Dad said. "Their choices them what they are.”
“ choice is a bad thing?” the boy asked.
“Oh, no. Only when we choose the things.”
“How do we tell right from wrong?" the child asked.
Dad was given the chance to build upon the foundation of his son's . He reached down and began to with the snow. He the snow into two sides, three large snowballs on one side and several smaller ones on the other.
“Which side did the right thing?” he asked the boy.
The child looked at both sides but answer. Then Dad placed the three larger snowballs on top of each other.
“It’ s a snowman! The side made me snowman!” the boy replied with
Yes, all these people came together and recognized how special each of them was, so they joined in a(n) to build up mankind,” Dad said.
The child then stood up and an arm full of the smaller snowballs. One by one he began to throw them at the other small piles of snow. He said,”This is what happens when people can't work together. They have a(n) .”
Dad was shocked. He stood up, lifted the boy and him tightly, whispering to him, “I hope that your world will learn to work and live together. I hope you will make the right
and learn to build the best snowman ever.”
1.A. different B. similar C. freezing D. special
2.A. challenge B. responsibility C. trouble D. position
3.A. private B. associated C. unique D. isolated
4.A. inspected B. watched C. glanced D. glared
5.A. beautiful B. effective C. comfortable D. significant
6.A. cheer up B. take care C. get along D. break up
7.A. remain B. appear C. become D. make
8.A. Though B. However C. So D. While
9.A. exact B. Wrong C. fortunate D. coincident
10.A. interest B. concern C. worry D. faith
11.A. communicate B. mix C. work D. relate
12.A. separated B. divided C. distinguished D. parted
13.A. couldn' t B. shouldn' t C. wouldn' t D. needn' t
14.A. that B. what C. how D. when
15.A. disappointment B. frustration C. enthusiasm D. humour
16.A. power B. effort C. organization D. attempt
17.A. gathered B. sorted C. threw D. formed
18.A.agreement B. debate C. war D. negotiation
19.A. trembled B. swung C. pulled D. held
20.A. steps B. turns C. choices D. points
—Well，I do think the ipod is smart, convenient and intelligent．
—________．
A．So it is B．So is it C．So does it D．So it does
I would rather ________ to work after my graduation, but my fathe would rather I ________ abroad for further education.
A. to go ; go B.go; went C.went ; have gone D . went ; will go
— Did you hear about Zhang Lili who saved the kids from being run over by a school bus?
— Yes. What do you think most people _____ if they were in a similar situation?
A. will do B. will have done. C. would do D. would have done
— How do you think I can make up with Johnson?
— Set aside ______ you disagree and try to find ______ you have in common.
A. what; what B. where; what C. what; which D. where; which
