本文為紀(jì)實(shí)性報(bào)導(dǎo)，作者目擊了國際重大悲劇慘案，因而思緒萬千．讀后會激發(fā)學(xué)生：學(xué)習(xí)興趣，用英文了解國際事件，外國朋友的心態(tài)．

　　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撞擊　　reaction反應(yīng)　　witness目擊　　tragedy悲劇　　tolerant寬容的　　precious珍貴的　　take…for granted認(rèn)為……是當(dāng)然的

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

[　　]

A．terrible
B．bad
C．good
D．real

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

[　　]

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 ________.

[　　]

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(題目) of this passage?

[　　]

A．A Report about September 11

B．The Tragedy of September 11

C．September 11 and My Family

D．September 11 and My Turn

答案：C;D;A;D
解析：

　　剖析：1．第一道是猜詞題，需從上下文對比中加以理解，特別是文章開頭的一句話：One of the things I always believe is that no matter how bad something is, you can take something positive out of it.作者一直確信任何一件事，不管有多不好的一面，從中也可找到好的一面．因而要找bad的反義詞，即good．

　　2．這是一道細(xì)節(jié)題．題目問：那天早晨作者從電視上看到了什么？

　　A．正著火．B．一架飛機(jī)在飛行．

　　C．可怕的交通事故．D．恐怖行為．

　　這在文章第二段有詳細(xì)而明確的答案．Then I saw another plane fly into the South Tower and I realized that I was witnessing an act of terrorism．

　　3．這是一道邏輯推理的問題，考生要根據(jù)作者傳遞的信息，借助平時(shí)的生活閱歷，想象出作者所要表達(dá)的意圖．

　　在文中第四段作者有深刻的感觸，最后總結(jié)出一句話：We never know when our time here will be over, so we all need to make the most of every minute we have.與設(shè)題中的A項(xiàng)：“people should make the most of every minute they have”意思完全一致，即：人們應(yīng)該充分利用他們所有的每一分鐘

　　4．這是一道確定題目的選題，是要概括歸納全文的選題．

　　A．關(guān)于9.11的報(bào)告　　B．9.11悲劇

　　C．9.11和我的一家　　D．9.11和我的思變

　　顯然通過做第三題時(shí)，已了解到作者思想上的變化，對人生的理解，順理成章，畫龍點(diǎn)睛之筆．


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