OneofthethingsIalwaysbelieveisthatnomatterhowbadsomethingisyoucantakesomethingvaluableoutofit.The1  Iwasn'tsureofthatwasonSeptember11th.

 Iheardoldpeople 2 abouttheattackonPearlHarbourand Kennedy'sbeingmurderedand3  greatlythoseevents4  themintheirlives.Formy5  ，thetragedyofSeptember11thcanbe6  tothatofPearlHarbour.Wewillbetalkingabouttheterribleeffect'ourcountryandonourlivesasthesinglehumanbeingforyearstocome.

 Itwasn'tuntilafewweeks8  September11ththatIbegantoseethatperhapssomethinggooddidcomefromthistragedy.Peopleseem9  nowmoreunderstandingmorefriendly.Littlethingsthatseemedtobemuchabotherbeforearenolongera10  deal.PersonallyIammorepatientthanIwas.Irealizelifeistooshortand11  toletmyselfgetupsetoverunim?portantthings.Lifeisalsotooshorttocarrycomplaintsand12  I'vebecomemoreforgivingandunderstanding.I'vealsolearntthatyoucan'ttakethingsforgranted.Youknowhowwealwayssay"13  youlater.”OnethingIhaverealizedfromSeptember11thisthatyoucan'teversaythatforsure.14  changeintheblinkofaneye.Peoplegoto15  anddon'tcomeback.Oneminutetheyarelivingandthe 16   minutetheyarenot.

Anditdoesn't 17  whoyouarebecausethereisnothingyoucandoaboutit.We 18   knowwhenourtimewillbeoversoweallneedtomakethe19   ofeveryminutewehave.

 Youtrytolearnfromwhathappened.Youcannotlivebyit.Allyoucandoisjustto 20  .

1.A.thing   B.time   C.event   D.place

2.A.think   B.know   C.talk   D.learn

3.A.how   B.what   C.when   D.where

4.A.affected   B.taught

C.disappointed   D.improved

5.A.opinion   B.people   C.generation   D.children

6.A.connected   B.followed   C.compared   D.mixed

7.A.in   B.on   C.for   D.to

8.A.after   B.before   C.when   D.that

9.A.happy   B.sad

C.funny   D.different

10.A.little   B.big   C.small   D.right

11.A.terrible   B.hard

 C.precious   D.hopeless

12.A.then   B.therefore   C.yet   D.however

13.A.See   B.C