One of the things I always believe is that no matter how bad something is, you can take something positive out of it. The one time I wasn't sure of that was on September 11.

　　I usually wake up at 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning. That day, Lhappened to wake up earlier. I turned on the TV and I saw that a plane had crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. My first reaction was that it was a terrible accident. Then I saw another plane fly into the South Tower and I realized that I was witnessing an act of terrorism.

　　My wife and I spent the day watching the terrible pictures over and over again. When I watched family members looking for their loved ones, the pain in their eyes was something I would never forget. I couldn't understand how something this terrible could have happened.

　　It wasn't until a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see that perhaps　　some good did come from this tragedy. People seem different now, more understanding,more tolerant. Little things that seemed to be such trouble before are no longer big things. Personally, I am more tolerant than I was. I realize life is too short and too precious to let myself get worried over small things. I've learned also that you can't take things for granted. Things change in the blind of an eye. People go to work and don't come back. One moment they're living and the next minute they're not. And, it doesn't matter who you are, there is nothing you can do about it. We never know when our time here will be over, so we all need to make the most of every minute we have.

　　You try to learn from what happened. You can't be used up by it. You can't live by it. All you can do is just live.

　　注：crash撞击　　reaction反应　　witness目击　　tragedy悲剧　　tolerant宽容的　　precious珍贵的　　take…for granted认为……是当然的

1．The word “positive” in the passage probably means ________.

[　　]

2．What did the writer see after he turned on the TV that morning?

[　　]

3．From September 11, the writer has realized that ________.

[　　]

A．people should make the most of every minute they have

B．he has become less tolerant towards others

C．he should get worried about little things

D．life is too short to care about others

4．What's the best title(题目) of this passage?

[　　]

A．A Report about September 11.

B．The Tragedy of September 11.

C．September 11 and My Family.

D．September 11 and My Turn.

本文为纪实性报导，作者目击了国际重大悲剧惨案，因而思绪万千．读后会激发学生：学习兴趣，用英文了解国际事件，外国朋友的心态．

　　One of the things I always believe is that no matter how bad something is, you can take something positive out of it. The one time I wasn't sure of that was on September 11.

　　I usually wake up at 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning. That day, I happened to wake up earlier. I turned on the TV and I saw that a plane had crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. My first reaction was that it was a terrible accident. Then I saw another plane fly into the South Tower and I realized that I was witnessing an act of terrorism.

　　My wife and I spent the day watching the terrible pictures over and over again. When I watched family members looking for their loved ones, the pain in their eyes was something I would never forget. I couldn't understand how something this terrible could have happened.

　　It wasn't until a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see that perhaps some good did come from this tragedy. People seem different now, more understanding, more tolerant. Little things that seemed to be such a trouble before are no longer big things. Personally, I am more tolerant than I was. I realize life is too short, and too precious, to let myself get worried over small things. I've learned also that you can't take things for granted. Things change in the blind of an eye. People go to work and don't come back. One moment they're living and the next minute they're not. And, it doesn't matter who you are, there is nothing you can do about it. We never know when our time here will be over, so we all need to make the most of every minute we have.

　　You try to learn from what happened. You can't be used up by it. You can't live by it. All you can do is just live.

　　注：crash撞击　　reaction反应　　witness目击　　tragedy悲剧　　tolerant宽容的　　precious珍贵的　　take…for granted认为……是当然的

1．The word “positive” in the passage probably means ________.

[　　]

2．What did the writer see after he turned on the TV that morning?

[　　]

3．From September 11, the writer has realized that ________.

[　　]

A．people should make the most of every minute they have

B．he has become less tolerant towards others

C．he should get worried about little things

D．life is too short to care about others

4．What's the best title(题目) of this passage?

[　　]

A．A Report about September 11

B．The Tragedy of September 11

C．September 11 and My Family

D．September 11 and My Turn

阅读理解

　　One evening, three men came to a station and asked a porter (搬运工人) ,“What time is the next train for London?”

　　The porter said,“You have just missed one. They go every hour, and the next one is at ten o'clock.”

　　“That's all right,”they said.“We'll go and have a drink.” So they went to a refreshment room (茶点室) . A minute or two after ten o'clock they came and said to the porter,“Has the train gone?”

　　“Yes ,”he said ,“it went at ten o'colck.”

　　“That's all right.”they said.“We'll go and have another drink.”So they went back again.

　　They missed the eleven o'clock train in the same way , and the porter said ,“Now the next train is the last one. If you miss that, you won't get to London tonight.”

　　Twelve o'clock came , and the three men ran quickly out of the refreshment room. Two of them got into the train just as the train was leaving, but the third one didn't run fast enough, and the train went out.

　　The porter went up to the third man and said ,“I told you this was the last train. Why didn't you come earlier?”

　　The man stood there and laughed for a long time. Then he said ,“I was going to London and they only came here to see me off.”

1．The three men came to the station because ________.

[　　]

A．they were going to London

B．they wanted to have a drink

C．they wanted to find out when the next train left for London

D．one of them was going to London and the other two came to see him off

2．Why did they go to the refreshment room?

　　Because ________.

[　　]

A．they were asked to stay there waiting for the train

B．they had to stay there waiting for the train

C．they could stay there drinking while waiting for the train

D．they were hungry and thirsty

3．They missed the ten o'clock train ________.

[　　]

A．because they wanted to stay a little longer

B．because they wanted to have another drink

C．but they felt happy about it

D．but they didn't seem to worry about it

4．How did they miss the eleven o'clock train?

　　________.

[　　]

A．They came out of the refreshment room after the train had gone

B．They talked with the porter

C．They drank too much

D．They didn't know what time the train would leave

5．The third man didn't get into the train because ________.

[　　]

A．he wanted to stay there by himself

B．he didn't run fast enough

C．he only came to see them off

D．he wanted to have a word with the porter