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 (惱怒的) 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.
小題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．a(chǎn)nger and irritation is a natural part of our life
小題2:The purpose of the author is to________.
A．tell us his own experience in life
B．a(chǎn)dvise us how to find peace of mind
C．tell us a happy trip he took with his children
D．a(chǎn)sk us to see things from both sides
小題3:By the underlined part (in Para.4)，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
小題4: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．a(chǎn)lways expects others to act in his way
D．a(chǎn)lways suffers from his anger and irritation

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:B

小題1:　D
解析　細節(jié)理解題。由文章第二段可知，作者認為，生氣和發(fā)怒是我們生活中不可缺少的部分。C項由文章內(nèi)容不能得出。
小題2:　B
解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章的結尾可推斷出作者的寫作意圖，作者是想告訴我們怎樣保持良好的心態(tài)。
小題3:　A
解析　細節(jié)理解題。由下文可知，作者用形象的比喻說明，只要我們心里想著事情最壞的結果，在發(fā)生不好的事情時，就依舊可以保持平靜的心態(tài)。
小題4:　B
解析　推理判斷題。綜合文章信息可知，作者找到了消除怒氣，獲得平靜心態(tài)的辦法，那就是做最壞的打算。進而，不論壞事發(fā)生與否，作者都能調(diào)整好自己的心情。
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A．Jealousy is a bad feeling.
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