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’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
【小題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．a(chǎn)nger and irritation is a natural part of our life
【小題3】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
【小題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．a(chǎn)lways expects others to act in his way
D．a(chǎn)lways suffers from his anger and irritation


【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】A
【小題5】B

解析試題分析：本文中作者告訴我們的對(duì)待任何事情，我們都要做最壞的打算，只有這樣我們才可以找到內(nèi)心真正的安寧。
【小題1】C 推理題。根據(jù)expect things to go wrong, expect things to be different than we hoped or planned，expect the unexpected to happen. And accept it. 和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.”可知在旅行中，我的孩子按照我的建議，先把事情想得最糟糕。然后就可以享受整個(gè)旅行了。故C正確。
【小題2】D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段This kind of anger and irritation happens to all of us—it’s part of the human experiences.可知作者認(rèn)為生氣和憤怒都是我們生活的一部分。故D正確。
【小題3】B 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章23,4段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 .可知在本文中作者主要告訴我們的是如何在生活中尋找到內(nèi)心的安靜和安寧，就是要做最壞的打算。故B正確。
【小題4】A 推理題。根據(jù)本句Let me tell you a little secret to finding peace of mind: see the glass as already broken .可知作者建議我們把杯子看成是已經(jīng)破了的東西，這樣即使杯子真得破了，我們也有心理準(zhǔn)備了。也就是說(shuō)要做最壞的打算。故A正確。
【小題5】B 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后3段所述可知作者能夠根據(jù)不同的情況來(lái)調(diào)整自己的情緒和行為，故B正確。
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