八年级英语下学期阅读理解

It wasn t until a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see that perhaps some good did come from this tragedy (悲剧). People seem different now, more understanding, more tolerant(宽容的). 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(珍贵的), to let myself get worried over small things. I ve learned also that you can t take things for granted. Things change in the blink 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.

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

A. terrible B. bad C. good

D. real

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

A. A fire starting

C. A terrible accident

B. A plane flying D. An act of terrorism.

3. From September 11, the writer had 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