题文
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 (恼怒的) 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.
小题1:The author would probably agree that________.A．we should control our anger and irritationB．we must get well prepared for the futureC．optimism can help us overcome our anger and irritationD．anger and irritation is a natural part of our life小题2:The purpose of the author is to________.A．tell us his own experience in lifeB．advise us how to find peace of mindC．tell us a happy trip he took with his childrenD．ask us to see things from both sides小题3:By the underlined part (in Para.3), the author tells us to________.A．get ready for the worst result of thingsB．enjoy the process of thingsC．expect little from lifeD．find the relationship between cause and effect小题4:The author’s children could enjoy their trip to Japan because________.A．everything went smoothlyB．they had a lot of adventuresC．they had expected things to go wrongD．they could soon get used to the customs there小题5:We can learn from the passage that the author________.A．often gets angry in his lifeB．can adjust his state of mind accordinglyC．always expects others to act in his wayD．always suffers from his anger and irritation 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B
解析
试题分析:本文是一篇说明文，说明了生气和恼怒是人类经验的一部分，要很好地调整自己的心态
小题1:细节题，由第二段第一句it’s part of the human experiences.可以知道答案，故选D。
小题2:细节题，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，所以选B。
小题3:细节题，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，所以选A
小题4:细节题，由第四段第一句话I told my kids to expect things to go wrong可以知道答案，所以选C
小题5:推理题，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，所以选B
点评：本文主要说明了生气和恼怒的关系，考生可以从它们的关系着手，主要考查细节题，要求考生很很强的细节分析能力，从文章中找出答案的依据，要求考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“How many times have .....”主要考查你对 [健康环保类阅读 ]考点的理解。健康环保类阅读
健康环保累阅读概念：
健康环保类文章常是介绍科学知识、生活常识和环境保护方面的短文。体裁有记叙文、 说明文、议论文和各种应用文。
健康环保类文章阅读技巧：
健康环保类文章常是介绍科学知识、生活常识和环境保护方面的短文。阅读此类短文要以现象或事物为中心进行思考，理解现象产生的原因、条件和客观规律等。同时要抓住事物的特征、用途和相互关系等。科普环保类文章一般为说明文，从结构上看大致可分为三个部分：
第一部分一般是文章的首段，主要用来提出文章的主题，即文章想要阐述、说明的主要内容；
第二部分是文章的主体，可由若干个段落组成，对文章的主题进行展开说明；
第三部分是结尾段，对文章的主题进行归纳总结。这类文章多用一般现在时，而且一般多使用客观性词语表述。有时为了强调客观性，也常使用被动语态。
从近几年的考试题来看，科普环保类的文章越来越与人们的实际生活相接近。由于此类文章缺乏故事情节，很多同学对此类文章感到费解。但一般的科普类文章都是就事论事，需要逻辑推理和想象的时候较少，因此此类阅读题也没有同学们想象中的那么难，只要多加训练，就能较好地答题。
【阅读策略】
1、概要(Summarizing)：
阅完材料后，将所阅材料浓缩，摘要，做出所阅材料的书面或口头梗概。
2、组织(Organization)：
阅读后根据阅读内容，识别观点、人物、事件之间的关系以及文章的结构关系。如：时间关系、比较或对比关系、相关关系及因果关系等。
