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Learning how to be patient with people can be challenging for some. After all, not everybody is gifted with great patience. The good news is that it is something that can be learned and eventually perfected

When the customer before you takes ages to pay for his or her groceries, you tap your foot impatiently and cough every～and then; but，the customer is still not hurrying up. It takes all of your power not to make a scene. However, if you picture that customer to be someone you like (say your partner), then you will find yourself not getting too annoyed, right? So the next time you find yourself losing patience with somebody, simply imagine that person to be someone you really, really like and your patience will extend its life.

The second step on how to be patient with people involves whistling. When you whistle a happy tune, you instantly cheer up. You can sing your favorite song if you can't whistle—it really doesn't make a difference. What’s important here is that you have done something that makes you feel good. And when you feel good, you are more likely to be patient with the people around you. Next, when you’re stressed, it’s almost impossible to learn how to be patient with people. If you know you’re going to be in a situation where your patience will be tested, meditate(沉思)or get yourself a massage按摩）first. Don't dive into anything unless you've managed to clear

yourself off negative emotions. Remember: the more stressed you are, the faster you’11 you’re your temper. The less stress you have in your life, the longer your patience.

Learning how to be patient with people is not a necessity in life. You've seen people who manage to survive day to day with incredibly bad tempers after all. But do you really want to live like they do? If, however, you want a life that has better quality than that, then just follow these steps and embrace the fact that patience is a virtue.

1.What does the underlined phrase in paragraph 2 mean？（within 3 words

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2.How many ways are mentioned to be patient？（one word）

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3.What should you do when your patience will be tested？（within 6 words）

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4.What's the main idea of the passage？（within 6 words）

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5.How do you extend your patience？（within 9 words）

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Answer 1

1.Quarrel publicly. / Quarrel with others. / Be angry. / Get angry.

2.3 / Three.

3.Meditate or get yourself a massage.

4.Ways of learning to be patient. / How to be patient with others.

5.By imagining that person to be someone you like / love.

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：本文論述了人們要學(xué)會與人相處要有耐心，同時指出耐心也是對人們的一個大的挑戰(zhàn)，文中對于如何應(yīng)對挑戰(zhàn)，如何讓自己變得有耐心，提出了一些建議，文章最后指出耐心是人們的一種美德。

1.。根據(jù)the customer is still not hurrying up. It takes all of your power not 既然是顧客就不能發(fā)脾氣，就應(yīng)有耐心，那么就不會在公共場合吵架了，從而可以歸納出答案。

2.細節(jié)題。根據(jù)全文可知，作者提出了3種方法讓人變得有耐心。

3.細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第四段If you know you’re going to be in a situation where your patience will be tested, meditate(沉思)or get yourself a massage按摩）first.可以歸納出答案。

4.細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章首句Learning how to be patient with people can be challenging for some.可以歸納出答案。

5.5】歸納題。根據(jù)However, if you picture that customer to be someone you like (say your partner), then you will find yourself not getting too annoyed, right?可以歸納出答案。

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