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倾听生命行走的声音

易宗明

  秋日里,我从遥远的大山往公路边扛木头,一截黑乎乎的用来做拐棍的干枯杨木桩,被我顺手捎回,插在了院子内的土堆上。

   之后,我很快便把它忘掉了。只有母亲,偶尔会把一个湿筐子或一块刚洗出的旧布挂在它上面晾晒,它干裂皱巴的躯体因而浸上了一层湿漉漉的水渍。

  过了一段时间,我突然惊奇地发现,这截木桩的到来,使院子里有了很大的改变。以前,院子里只有一棵小枣树,孤零零的。风刮来时,是一种寡不敌众很无奈且软弱无力的声音,听了,总叫人感到沮丧。现在不一样了,有天晚上,当尖利的吼叫声将我从梦中惊醒时,我还以为是凶猛的野兽呢。一仔细辨听,才知是从杨木桩上发出的声音。它不像枣树那样弯腰曲膝,总想尽力摆脱风的肆虐,把落在自己身上的风一再推给别人,结果是被风撕扯得披头散发,没有了往日的形状。杨木桩不慌不乱,静立在那里迎接风的挑战,一副岿然不动的样子。它让风从身边溜过,又吸收着风,让风进入自己的毛孔,成为自己身体的一部分。它们是朋友而不是仇敌。

  杨木桩使得落在院子里的雨也仿佛有了灵性。多数情况下,雨会在院子的东西两边布出疏密不同的两种雨幕,每回西边的杨木桩被淋得直往下流水,东边的小枣树却干渴得蔫巴巴的没一点儿精神。母亲心疼小枣树,细心地用木棍围住它,给它浇水,还多次想在杨木桩旁为小枣树再造一个新居,因怕把小枣树挪死,才终未为其迁址。

  大雪天,小枣树裹着棉絮,被冰雪盖得严严的,几乎看不见任何枝梢。而杨木桩却光溜溜、水亮亮的,冰雪一附上去即刻就化,从不积存。一样的雪,一样的严冬,却是两种情景。是风有意所为,还是枣树和杨木桩内部的原因?

  困惑中的我总涌起太多说不清的神秘猜测。

  无风无雨的天气,我总能听出一种声音。这声音隐约而清晰,细微而执著,愈来愈深,就像是一个人在奋力行走;一会儿翻山,一会儿趟河,一会儿在清风丽日下奔跑,一会儿又走在烟雨迷蒙的山间小径——开始的时候,我怀疑是自己的耳朵在作怪,产生了误听。后来,无意中,当我的目光触到杨木桩上那几片嫩黄的叶芽,那饱胀着绿色汁液的肌体时,我似乎也看到那早已扎牢结实得再也拔不出来的根须,我还有什么不明白的呢?由一截枯木桩成为一棵枝繁叶茂的大树,这之间,是一种怎样的生命行走啊。固然是我捡拾了它,但如果它自己就此停止生命的脚步,树便永远只能成为一个虚幻的影子了。

  小枣树依旧灰黑着,山风把它的枝梢摧折得七零八落,我轻轻地拍了拍它的枝干。此时,它还在沉睡,在被动地等待着季节的到来,看不出它对未来有什么特别的打算。这是许多生命共有的选择,是它们共同的生命方式,似乎也不应苛责,毕竟,成长太惨烈,抗争太艰难了。

  无喜无忧的杨木桩,静静地指向天空,指向天幕上一颗明亮的星。我双手搂着它,如同在抚摸一个冬天的童话。

1.作者为什么以“倾听生命行走的声音”为题?请结合文章简要作答。

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2.文中的“小枣树”具有怎样的特点?作者描写小枣树的意图是什么?

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3.文章开篇写我将杨木桩“顺手捎回”任意一插的情形,结尾却写“我双手搂着它,如同在抚摸一个冬天的童话”。这样写矛盾吗?为什么?

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4.杨木桩生命行走的历程是让人感动,令人感叹的。读完文章,你从中获得了怎样的感悟呢?请结合你对生活的认识谈谈自己的看法。

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答案

1.一是因为文章具体描述了杨木桩生命成长的过程及作者对此的感受;二是因为作者抒写了杨木桩生命的成长中获得的一种生命的感悟和启迪。

2.小枣树是弯腰曲膝、软弱无力的、消极生存的,作者描写小枣树的意图在于将小枣树与杨木桩生存的环境条件、生存状态形成鲜明对比,突出杨木桩的坚毅、顽强、积极向上的特点。

3.不矛盾。这样写形象地表现了“我”对杨木桩的情感变化过程。文章开头写我对杨木桩的随意,不仅显现了它的普通与不引人注目,而且为下文写杨木桩的特点和抒发自己对它的喜爱与赞颂之情作了铺垫;结尾这样写抒发了对杨木桩生命成长的惊叹与景仰之情。首尾相扣,突出了文章的主旨。(意对即可)

4.“略”。

选择题
阅读理解

Thousands of people have been killed in a massive(大规模的) earthquake in Japan. The quake -- the most powerful to hit Japan in more than 100 years -- caused massive damage and many people are missing and feared dead.

The 8.9 magnitude quake struck Friday(March 11) off Japan's eastern coast, and prompted(引发) tsunami warnings(海啸警报)across the Pacific as far away as South America and the U.S. West Coast. Several days after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake and resulting 10-meter-high tsunami devastated the coastline. The United States Geological Survey says it was the fifth largest earthquake since 1900. The largest, with a 9.5 magnitude, shook Chile(智利) in 1960.

  In Japan, the tsunami swept away boats, cars and hundreds of houses in coastal areas north of Tokyo. The quake shook buildings in the Japanese capital and caused several fires. All train and subway traffic in Tokyo has been stopped, and thousands of people there were unable to get back home. People are just trying to find clean water. Food supplies are running out. In the convenience stores, there are no rice balls left. There is no bottled water left. People are facing a really serious situation in the days ahead for these people that are living in areas that were only moderately(普通的) damaged. The final death toll could range from the thousands to tens of thousands, depending on how many of these communities are gone.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the government would do everything it can to minimize(使降到最低) the effects of the disaster. And in Washington, President Obama said the United States is ready to help the people of Japan.

小题1:The underline word damage means_____________ in the article.

A.illness

B.disaster

C.terror

D.danger小题2:Which is true according to the passage?

A.Thousands of people have been killed in a massive earthquake in Japan.

B.Only people in areas that were only moderately damaged are facing a really serious situation in the days.

C.The tsunami devastatednot only the coastline in Japan, but also the areas across the Pacific as far away as South America and the U.S. West Coast.

D.The massive earthquake caused the tsunami.小题3:According to the passage, which earthquake is the largest one since 1990 ?

A.the one happened in Japan on March 11, 2011

B.the one in Chile in 1960

C.the fifth largest earthquake since 1900

D.We don't know.小题4:If you're in Tokyo these days, what you can't get from the convenience store?

A.newspapers and magazines

B.some medicine

C.paper napkins and toothpastes

D.rice balls and bottled water小题5:The passage can't be in/on __________.

A.March 10th newspapers

B.TV

C. Internet

D. Radios