【阅读理解OneofthethingsIalwaysbelieveisthatnomatterhowbadsomethingis,youcantakesomethingpositiveoutofit．TheonetimeIwasn’tsureofthatwasonSeptember11．Iusuallywakeupat6∶30or7∶00】

　　阅读理解

　　OneofthethingsIalwaysbelieveisthatnomatterhowbadsomethingis,youcantakesomethingpositiveoutofit．TheonetimeIwasn’tsureofthatwasonSeptember11．

　　Iusuallywakeupat6∶30or7∶00inthemorning．Thatday,Ihappenedtowakeupearlier．IturnedontheTVandIsawthataplanehadcrashedintotheNorthToweroftheWorldTradeCenter．Myfirstreactionwasthatitwasaterribleaccident．ThenIsawanotherplaneflyintotheSouthTowerandIrealizedthatIwaswitnessinganactofterrorism．

　　MywifeandIspentthedaywatchingtheterriblepicturesoverandoveragain．WhenIWatchedfamilymemberslookingfortheirlovedones,thepainintheireyeswassomethingIwouldneverforget．Couldn’tunderstandhowsomethingthisterriblecouldhavehappened．

　　Itwasn’tuntilafewweeksafterSeptember11thatIbegantoseethatperhapssomegooddidcomefromthistragedy．Peopleseemdifferentnow,moreunderstanding,moretolerant．Littlethingsthatseemedtobesuchatroublebeforearenolongerbigthings．Personally,IammoretolerantthanIwas．Irealizelifeistooshort,andtooprecious,toletmyselfgetworriedoversmallthings．I’velearnedalsothatyoucan’ttakethingsforgranted,Thingschangeintheblinkofaneye．Peoplegotoworkanddon’tcomeback．Onemomentthey’relivingandthenextminutethey’renot．And,itdoesn’tmatterwhoyouare,thereisnothingyoucandoaboutit．Weneverknowwhenourtimeherewillbeover,soweallneedtomakethemostofeveryminutewehave．

　　Youtrytolearnfromwhathappened．Youcan’tbeusedupit．Youcan’tlivebyit．Allyoucandoisjustlive．

　　注：crash撞击　reaction反应　witness目击　tragedy悲剧　tolerant宽容的　precious珍贵的　take－forgranted认为——是当然的

　　(1)

　　Theword“positive”inthepassageprobablymeans________．

　　[]A．

　　terrible

　　B．

　　bad

　　C．

　　good

　　D．

　　real

　　(2)

　　WhatdidthewriterseeafterheturnedontheTVthatmorning?

　　[]A．

　　firestarting．

　　B．

　　Aplaneflying．