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.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4: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:D
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B

試題分析:本文是一篇說明文，說明了生氣和惱怒是人類經(jīng)驗的一部分，要很好地調(diào)整自己的心態(tài)
小題1:細節(jié)題，由第二段第一句it’s part of the human experiences.可以知道答案，故選D。
小題2:細節(jié)題，由第三段第一句Let me tell you a little secret to finding peace of mind可以知道答案，所以選B。
小題3:細節(jié)題，由第三段最后一句expect things to go wrong, expect things to be different than we hoped or planned，expect the unexpected to happen. And accept it.可以知道答案，所以選A
小題4:細節(jié)題，由第四段第一句話I told my kids to expect things to go wrong可以知道答案，所以選C
小題5:推理題，由第二段第一句This kind of anger and irritation happens to all of us—it’s part of the human experiences可以推出答案，所以選B
點評：本文主要說明了生氣和惱怒的關(guān)系，考生可以從它們的關(guān)系著手，主要考查細節(jié)題，要求考生很很強的細節(jié)分析能力，從文章中找出答案的依據(jù)，要求考生首先要仔細閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準確把握作者觀點。
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