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飞行员的抉择

(美国)亨特·米勒

  冒险在大海上降落是对的吗?在两百尺高的地方,救援机从暴风雨中颠簸地逃出,然后在汹涌的海面上平稳下来。布莱第瞥了一眼他同伴忧虑的脸,然后想:他又要拿其他机员的命冒险了,就像以往一样。救援小组还要过一百里以上才能到达出事地点。两个小时前,一架往檀香山的班机坠机了。只要风向一转变,只要救援过程出了问题,回到他们在阿第拉的基地的风险就愈高。前面,白色的浪头不停地翻涌。一里外,另一阵暴风雨正在云端伺机而动。五分钟后,水淹上挡风板,雨也打在机翼和机身上。飞机冲出暴风圈,冲向距海面不到三百尺的地方。布莱第听到通讯员大叫:“收发器坏了,我们没办法联络基地。”

  “最好把它修好,我们会用到。”

  在他们后方,布莱第知道暴风雨正移向基地阿第拉。海浪开始冲击那环形小岛边缘的暗礁了。布莱第转向他的伙伴泰勒。

  “你想,我们走了多远了?”布莱第问。

  “大约在北边五十里。我想。”

  位置只是个猜测。现在猜错五十里,到他们到达出事地点,可能已经差了一百里。而且他还要考虑机上其他人员的生命。有一分钟的时间,他迟疑不决,但前面的海面似乎较平缓。

  “我们最好重新订一个方向到出事区域。”他说。

  一小时后,他们到达出事地点。……他向下飞到五十尺的地方,感觉到下面凶猛的浪正往上拍打着。飞机飞过救生艇再折回来,直到机舱里的人看到它为止。有个男人坐在艇上虚弱地向盘旋的飞机挥手,另一个男人脸向下躺着,动也不动。布莱第本来准备下令丢下补给品和另一个救生艇,却突然停了下来,补给品和救生艇作用不大,布莱第再飞低了些,到十五尺的地方,海浪拍打着飞机的外壳,他感觉到其他人员都在等他下令。只剩下他的决定,他的责任了。任何活着的人都不会怪他丢下补给品然后飞回基地,他只需要报告救生艇的位置就可以了。二十四小时内一定会有一艘船经过这里,然后把他们救起来。有五个人在这个救援小组里,他有什么权利拿他们的生命冒险,在大海上降落?布莱第觉得他的皮肤拉得很紧,寒气甚至透进了他的飞行夹克里。要在下面的怒涛中将飞机安全降落似乎太离谱了。多了两个人的重量后,要重新起飞似乎更不可能,在这种天气下……有太多出错的可能了。他又看了救生艇一眼。在下面的男人不确定地挥了挥手。就在这时,一股浪涌进艇里,那个男人赶快放下他的手扶住救生艇。……然后,布莱第知道他要怎么做了。他必须帮助他们——毫无选择的。……

  “人都上来了吗?”布莱第问。

  “是的,长官!”

  “我们走吧!”……机尾,生还者中的一人正躺在铺位上,盖着一条毛毯。另一个人则拿起一杯咖啡凑到颤抖的嘴边。

  “我很高兴我们成功了,你的伙伴还好吧?”

  “他正慢慢清醒过来。”

  “别担心,大约三个小时后,我们就会到达阿第拉了。”

  “你说哪里?”

  “当然是到我们的基地阿第拉。”

  “你没有收到从基地传来的消息吗?”

  “消息?”

  “最后一个小时他们一直呼叫。一个海啸袭击了阿第拉——整个基地都淹没了。你的同僚几乎差点就没有及时离开那里。”

  “我们的收音机坏了。但是,你们怎么得到消息的呢?”

  “我们在救生艇上的收发器听到的。”

  布莱第转身拖着自己回到驾驶舱。

  “把地图给我。”他告诉泰勒。

  “我们转向往约翰斯顿开。”

  布莱第坐进他的座位然后看着地图标着阿第拉的黑点。如果他当初取消了搜救,那么现在安全坐在后面的人还在救生艇里漂泊,无助地等死。他和他的同伴则很可能飞回基地,绕着那曾经叫阿第拉的地方盘绕回旋——没有收音机的信息,一小时之后,他们会用光所有燃料,无法再飞到其他地方去。他们会不停地找寻阿第拉,直到他们的燃料用完——然后坠入海洋。布莱第想着,不禁发起抖来。现在,他们还有足够的汽油到约翰斯顿岛,只因为他们所救的人碰巧听到消息。布莱第想到一些他曾经念过的东西,跟飞行无关,却跟人与人之间的互相需求有关。(原文有删节)

文章画线处是两处精彩的描写,请结合上下文加以赏析。

(1)前面,白色的浪头不停地翻涌。一里外,另一阵暴风雨正在云端伺机而动。

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(2)布莱第觉得他的皮肤拉得很紧,寒气甚至透进了他的飞行夹克里。

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答案

(1)通过环境描写,渲染了险恶的营救环境,表现营救的艰难,烘托出了布莱第做出选择时的坚定勇敢。

(2)通过细节描写,表现布莱第面临艰难抉择时的紧张恐惧心态。(意对即可)

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Will there ever be another Einstein? This is the undercurrent(潜流) of conversation at Einstein memorial meetings throughout the year. A new Einstein will appear, scientists say. But it may take a long time. After all, more than 200 years separated Einstein from Isaac Newton.

Many physicists say the next Einstein hasn't been born yet, or is a baby now. That's because the search for a unified theory that would explain all the forces of nature has pushed current mathematics to its limits. New math must be created after the problem can be solved.

But researchers say there are many other factors working against another Einstein appearing anytime soon. For one thing, physics is a much different field today. In Einstein's day, there were a few thousand physicists worldwide, and the theorists who could argue with Einstein probably would fit into a streetcar with seats to spare. Education is different, too. One key aspect of Einstein's training that-is little noticed is the years of philosophy he read as a teenager --- Kant, Schopenhauer and Spinoza, among others. It taught him how to think independently about space and time and it wasn't long before he became a philosopher himself.

And Einstein was a clever musician. The interplay between music and math is well-known. Einstein would play his violin hard as a way to think through a knotty physics problem.

Today, universities have produced millions of physicists. There aren't many jobs in science for them, so they go to Wall Street and Silicon Valley to apply their analytical skills. Those who stay in science don’t work alone and they sometimes do experiment together which takes years.

It's hard to imagine a renegade(背叛者) like Einstein standing it. “Maybe there is an Einstein out there today,” said Columbia University physicist Brian Greene, “but it would be a lot harder for him to be heard.”

72. According to the second paragraph, the next Einstein will ___________.

A. have to create new math             B. create a unified theory

C. have to be born now               D. push math to its limits

73. The underlined words “knotty” in the fourth paragraph means ____________.

A. easy            B. interesting          C. strange         D. difficult

74. Which of the following will be useful for the next Einstein to be born?

A. There will be music around.

B. There will be no problems to solve.

C. There will be suitable philosophy to study.

D. There are only a few physicists.

75. The bold words “unified theory” in Paragraph 2 refers to ___________.

A. agreement                  B. mathematical rule

C. unique idea                  D. physical saying