In the face of tragedy，you must of course let yourself feel: Cry without holding back, shake with fear, yell out in anger, accept and follow your feelings. This is part of the wise approach to tragedy: The Upward Path —the feeling of emotions, the acceptance of them, and the coupling of the emotional mind with wisdom. Along this path, you'll take the experience —no matter how sad or upsetting —as a learning event, just as a11 other points on your journey will prove to be. While tragic, you must recognize this is still a chance for all involved to grow. You should let both sadness and joy, fear and courage, dark and light fill your world, and learn to find your steady, calm center in the midst of the opposing forces. This is the Upward Path. Use the event as a chance to gain balance and discover wisdom —the wisdom of love and of letting go, of non-attachment and non-resistance, and using this experience to eventually help others in need of guidance.
Being able to relate to others who have also experienced tragedy and inspire in them hope — of recovery, and of moving forward —is perhaps the greatest gift you can receive from tragedy. Turn the negative into positive, the pain into connection. After you've taken appropriate time to be sad, to feel your own pain, you should make it your work，your goal, your purpose to connect with others who need help. Show them how you've experienced feelings, achieved
balance，and gained wisdom that you would never have otherwise had the chance to learn.
FEEL, but do not FEED on tragedy. Rather, let it inspire you to go beyond the person who you were before. With demise comes renewal, so let this loss be also your rebirth. No matter how hopeless it seems, no matter how difficult this becomes, you have the power to transform yourself into someone greater than you ever knew you could be.
小題1:When following the Upward Path, the person facing tragedy should _______.
A．free his emotions
B．hold back his feelings
C．fill his world with positive ideas
D．give in to tragedy and all opposing forces
小題2:According to the author，the greatest gift one gets from tragedy is being able to _______.
A．seek solutions from others
B．forgive others and move on
C．stay calm and resist change
D．understand and help others
小題3:The purpose of the passage is to _______.
A．a(chǎn)nalyze the causes of tragedy
B．suggest a way of dealing with tragedy
C．tell people how to prevent tragedy
D．encourage people to build friendship after tragedy

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B

試題分析：文章大意：本文講述了如何去面對不幸及解決方法。
小題1:A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“While tragic, you must r………balance and discover wisdom — the wisdom of love and of letting go”可知：如果一個人沿著向上的軌跡；那么當(dāng)他面對悲劇時，就會釋放他的情緒，獲得心理平衡，發(fā)現(xiàn)智慧。故A正確。
小題2:D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中“Being able to relate to others who have also experienced tragedy and inspire in them hope — of recovery, and of moving forward”可知：能與那些經(jīng)歷過不幸的人相處，并鼓勵他們?nèi)カ@得希望。故D正確。
小題3:B 主旨大意題。本文講述了如何去面對不幸及解決方法；故B正確。
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