问题 单项选择题

Few beyond California’ s technology crowd recognise the name Larry Sonsini; none within its circle could fail to. For four decades he has been lawyer, adviser and friend to many prominent companies and investors. Some consider him the most powerful person in Silicon Valley. Companies beg for his law firm to represent them. The 65-year-old chairman of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSG&R) has suddenly been thrust into the spotlight: first, for counselling many of the technology firms now under scrutiny for backdating stock options (and in some cases, serving on their boards); and more recently, as outside counsel to Hewlett-Packard (HP), for initially defending the board’s dubious investigative practices.

WSG&R boasts 600 lawyers and represents around half of Silicon Valley’s public companies, including Apple Sun Microsystems and Google. Last year it ranked first in private-equity and venture-capital deals, with nearly twice as many as its closest rival. Over the past five years WSG&R has worked on over 1 000 mergers and acquisitions, collectively worth over $ 260 billion.

The recent troubles cast a shadow over WSG&R’s reputation. Although Mr. Sonsini is not accused of wrongdoing himself, many of his firm’s clients are on the ropes. Former executives at Brocade Communications suffered criminal charges in July, Mr. Sonsini Served on Brocade’s board until last year and his firm was its outside counsel. He also was on the boards of Pixar, Echelon, Lattice Semiconductor, LSI Logic and Novell all firms at which the issuing of stock options is being called into question.

WSG&R dismisses the idea that Mr. Sonsini faced a conflict of interest by acting as both director and legal adviser to so many firms and says he did not advise HP in its investigation of board members. Mr. Sonsini initially said it was "well done and within legal limits". It now seems it was neither.

The author’s attitude toward Mr. Sonsini’s remarks is ()

A. sceptical

B. indifferent

C. biased

D. sympathetic

答案

参考答案:A

解析:

[考点解析] 这是一道细节推导题,测试考生对原文细节的理解和推导能力。本题的答案信息来源在尾段的倒数第一、二句,尤其是倒数第一句。倒数第二句的大意是:“Sonsini先生起初说这事没有问题,并且是在法律准许范围之内的”。全文尾句对Sonsini先生的话进行了评述。尾句的大意是:“目前这事似乎既有问题,又在法律所准许的范围以外”。其实尾句恰恰是本文作者对Sonsini先生的态度。由此可以推断本题的正确选项应该是A。考生在阅读时要注意上下句之间的关系,不要孤立地理解原文的每一句话。

阅读理解与欣赏

阅读下面的文字,完成1~4题。

倾听那涛声

蔡永祥

  ①听涛山,是湘西风凰古城内的一座小山,依江而立,佳木葱茏,兰蕙芬芳,山泉淙淙。1992年5月10日,这座山显得格外庄严肃穆。沈从文先生在北京病逝四周年后,夫人张兆和将其骨灰捧回家乡,来此安葬。这颗生于斯爱于斯的灵魂,终于枕着涛声在这里永远安息。

  ②沱江的水,进入凤凰城时,绕了个圈子,拐了个弯,江水由此变得缓慢。它清清凌凌、清亮可人,流动起来也是一副大家闺秀的样子,温温柔柔、不紧不慢,几乎听不到涛声。江水流着流着,就到了跳岩处。水一流到跳岩这里,就拥挤起来,吼叫起来,显得异常热闹。白色的浪花高高飞舞,隆隆的涛声响彻云天。仿佛这涛声,就是专门让沈老听的,自从沈老长眠于此,这涛声仿佛就带羞感情了。是啊,沱江甘甜的江水,哺育了沈老,沱江不息的涛声,一直在沈老的梦里啊!沈老在《心与物游》的开头这样说:“我的生活与思想皆从孤独得来,而这点孤独与水不能分开。”

  ③二十年代就蜚声文坛的沈从文先生,1902年12月28日,出生在凤凰古城中营街的一座典型的南方古四合院里。在沱江边,他度过了充满传奇色彩的童年。他在沱江连绵不息的涛声里,兴味盎然地习读着凤凰城内外那本由自然和人事写成的社会大书,那无数平凡而新鲜的事物,总是牵动着他好奇的目光。沈从文先生默默观察着小城镇的众生百态,也在静默中明白了很多事情。这给他以后的文学道路奠定了基础。

  ④1924年沈从文先生开始文学创作,作品主要以湘西生活为题材,通过描写湘西人原始、自然的生命形态,赞美人性美。语言格调朴实传神,句式简洁峭拔,具有浓郁的地方色彩,凸现出乡村人性特有的风韵与神采,充满了对人生的隐忧和对生命的哲学思考,给人教益和启示。

  ⑤沈从文先生魂归凤凰,他的骨灰一半撒入沱江之中,一半安葬在听涛山上。沈老基地前临清澈亮丽的沱江,背靠风景秀丽的听涛山,四季鸟语花香、风光如画。这是一座别具一格的坟茔,没有凸起的坟土,没有华丽的装饰,没有人工雕刻的痕迹,一块自墓穴后凿取来的不规则的天然五色巨石肃然矗立,成为沈老先生坟墓的独特标志。正面刻有沈老富有哲学内涵的手迹:“照我思索,能理解‘我’;照我思索,可认识人。”这是真性情的沈从文先生晚年对人生的彻悟。用他儿子沈龙朱的话说:“我觉得父亲在晚年的时候有一种对世事的洞彻,他已经能超越他的际遇看人看事了。”背面刻有沈从文妻妹、美国耶鲁大学教授张充和先生撰书的挽联:“不折不从,星斗其文;亦慈亦让,赤子其人。”蕴涵“从文让人”之意,又是沈老一生的真实写照。读其文、听其言、观其行,沈老之所以能长久地受到人们的敬仰,得到众多文人骚客的祭拜,不能不引人深思。一位中国文坛上的大师,生前没有显赫的地位,死后在自己喜爱的听涛山上也仅仅占了这么小小的一个地方,真是与众不同、“亦慈亦让”的沈从文!

  ⑥山是归根山,水是忘情水,石是三生石,倦游归来的沈先生,在这儿画上了他人生的句号。“一个士兵要不战死沙场,便是回到故乡”,出生在凤凰的著名国画大师黄永玉这样写道。

  ⑦2007年5月20日,沈老的夫人张兆和女士的骨灰也被亲人捧着从北京移居听涛山。

  ⑧暮色中,沱江的水面上飘起了高高的一层白雾,如若仙境一般。涛声也显得格外清晰、委婉,宛若不加修饰的苗家山歌,动人心魄。旁边的听涛山更加寂静,仿佛它也知道,有一对思乡的人儿,正在静静地倾听,倾听……(选自2008年第6期《散文百家》有删改)

1.请结合文章内容说一说文章的标题“倾听那涛声”有哪些含义。

答:_____________________________________________________

2.根据上下文,解释文中画线句子的含义。

(1)自从沈老长眠于此,这涛声仿佛就带着感情了。

答:_____________________________________________________

(2)照我思索,能理解“我”;照我思索,可认识人。

答:_____________________________________________________

3.作者为什么称听涛山为“归根山”,沱江水为“忘情水”,五色巨石为“三生石”?

答:_____________________________________________________

4.文章开头和结尾的环境描写有什么作用?

答:_____________________________________________________

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