问题 阅读理解与欣赏

阅读。

敬畏生命

  那是一个夏天的长得不能再长的下午,在印第安州的一个湖边。我起先是不经意地坐着看书,忽然发现湖边有几棵树正在飘散一些白色的纤维,大团大团的,像棉花似的,有些飘到草地上,有些飘入湖水里。我当时没有十分注意,只当是偶然风起所带来的。   

  可是,渐渐地,我发现情况简直令人吃惊。好几个小时过去了,那些树仍旧浑然不觉地,在飘送那些小型的云朵,倒好像是一座无限的云库似的。整个下午,整个晚上,漫天都是那种东西。第二天情形完全一样,我感到诧异和震撼。

  其实,小学的时候就知道有一类种子是靠风力吹动纤维播撒的。但也只是一道测验题的答案而已。那几天真的看到了,满心所感到的是一种折服,一种无以名之的敬畏。我几乎是第一次遇见生命一虽然是植物的。  

  我感到那云状的种子在我心底强烈地碰撞上什么东西,我不能不被生命豪华的、奢侈的、不计成本的投资所感动。也许在不分昼夜的飘散之余,只有一颗种子足以成树,但造物者乐于做这样惊心动魄的壮举。

  我至今仍然在沉思之际想起那一片柔媚的湖水,不知湖畔那群种子中有哪一颗成了小树,至少,我知道有一颗已经成长。那颗种子曾遇见了一片土地,在一个过客的心之峡谷里,蔚然成阴,教会她怎样敬畏生命。

1.“柔媚的湖水”中的“柔媚”能用“妩媚”“柔美”“清澈”替代吗?为什么?

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2.文中“第一次遇见生命”中的“生命”有什么特殊含义?    

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3.为什么说生命的“投资”是“豪华的、奢侈的、不计成本的”?

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4.“我知道有一颗已经成长”,究竟指的是什么?

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5.写出这篇短文的主旨。

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答案

1.不能,“柔媚”是柔和妩媚的意思,准确表现出湖水的质地和形状,另外三个词语无法表达这种效果。

2.“第一次遇见生命”在此特指“我”第一次窥见生命的内涵。这“生命”不仅指生命的现象,更强调生命的本质意义。作者领悟到生命的本质——在于无私地传递生命,不惜代价,不求回报。

3.这句采用了拟人的方法,将自然界中物种延续这一自然现象说成是一种“投资”,作者将大树想像成一位有知觉的人,为了使自己的生命得以延续,不惜巨大付出。一味地去飘撒。哪怕这种努力只能有一粒种子成活,它也仍要去做,无怨无悔,作者将这一现象扩大、上升到生命的高度,揭示了生命的本质在于锲而不舍地追求。

4.这是作者借物自况,喻指自己像种子一样成长。

5.要珍惜生命,积极生活,要活得有意义、有价值。

(意思对即可) 

阅读理解

Biomass energy (生物能).often forgotten as a promising alternative (替代物) to oil, received its day in the sun with the gathering of the Bio-Energy World Congress and Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia, late in April, 1990. Nearly 1, 700 scien­tists, businessmen, and policy-makers, one-quarter from the foreign nations, gathered for a week to discuss various means of squeezing usable energy out of trees, crops, manure, sea­weed, algae, and urban waste. Biomass in the United States contributes 2. 5 percent of the total supply, but this amount can be doubled by 2000 and then doubled again by the year 2010.

Eight percent of Sweden’s energy supply, for example, is presently coming from wood bark and pulp remainings, Sweden intends to raise this percentage by more intensive harvesting of waste food lying around in forests, and through the planting of so-called energy forests of fast-growing trees such as willow and birch.

Brazil is frequently pointed to as a nation with a major successful investment (投资)in energy coming from grains: it presently runs 330,000 automobiles on a water and alcohol (酒精) mixture, replacing 10 percent of its previous oil sup­ply. Brazilian representatives (代表) at the conference said they wish to double this in five years, with a final goal of total replacement. Most of the cars are built at the factory to use the mixture, while older models are changed through low-cost gov­ernment programs.

4. In Line 2, the phrase received its day in the sun most probably means ________.

A. came to the public mind                    B. had its turn in the sunlight

C. was regarded as a solar energy                  D. came from the energy of the sun

5. Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?

A. 1, 700 scientists attended the conference.

B. A quarter of American businessmen were present at the conference.

C. Foreign policy-makers accounted for a quarter.

D. Three-quarters of the representatives were from the U. S.

6. Of the total supply in 2010, biomass in the U. S. will be________.

A. 5%              B.20%              C.10%              D.15%

7. Which of the following is not regarded as biomass energy?

A. Willow and seaweed.                     B. Wood and grains.

C. Water and alcohol mixture.              D. Crops and oil mixture.

8. A suitable title for this passage would be ________.

A. An Energy Conference                    B. Approval of Biomass Energy

C. Bio-Energy for Automobiles       D. Keys to Energy Crisis

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