塞理斯是米利都人。

                               映山红

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暮春，在江南水乡的庭院，竟邂逅映山红。它被安置在方丈之地，前有池后有石，左有梅竹右有庭廊，草丛、紫藤等占满了它周围的空间。它在这闹市之中小巧玲珑的人造景观中作着陪衬，作着点缀，作着阳春白雪中不显山不露水的一个音符。修剪整齐而丛密的经叶间开几朵暗红的喇叭花朵，中规中矩，小心翼翼，含蓄内敛，不一张扬。那几个含苞欲放的骨朵，正按部就班地耐心等待，等首批花凋谢后它再绽放。

我禁不住几分悲哀，想起家乡大别山的映山红。那本是狂野奔放的花，映着云霞燃着激情红透春末夏初季节的花。

春分已过，大别山漫山遍野是映山红的天下。那殷红的骨朵，点点滴滴，洒遍群山。宛如有一场红雨，又像点点音符，滴在五线谱上，奏响春之歌，灌木的嫩牙像雀舌，和煦的春风像软绸。

一场春雨，几阵春风，那花朵仿佛一夜醒来，还带着昨日的梦，站在你面前。崖畔上，沟坎旁，道路边，一两株，三五朵，倒挂着，斜倚着，亭亭直立着，含露乍开，笑脸迎人，仿佛一支优美的晨曲，一首抒情的小诗，又像少女微笑，像来自远方的亲切的问候……

清明后，再几番春雨，它便排出倒海卷着红潮来了。山岭上，沟谷里，万绿丛中，一丛丛，一簇簇，一片片。有的红得热烈，像着了火；有的红得娴静，临之而不惊；有的质朴，像土生土长的乡下姑娘；有的娇艳，像浓妆艳抹的城市小妹。无论哪一种红，从地底下红出来，从心里头红出来，大大方言，端端正正，朴朴实实，以它的纯情和本色仅你如痴如醉。此时，假如你乘车进山，会看到漫山遍野的映山红，如云，如霞，如诗，如歌，如铁扇公主挥火焰山，火苗呼呼作响，如十万八千天女洗罢脸，对此齐倒胭脂水。汽车在无边花海中追波逐浪，心在瑰丽的交响乐中飞翔，真觉得飘飘欲仙。假如你乘船从水库进山里，几十里碧水，水上万山红遍，水下倒映群山，山上的红映在水里，水下的红映在天上——水上水下俨然一个红彤彤的世界。

映山红学名杜鹃。“庄生晚梦迷蝴蝶，望帝春心托杜鹃”（李商隐《锦瑟》），相传望帝化鸟，杜鹃啼血，是杜鹃鸟啼出的血把它染红了。民间流传许多关于它的悲剧故事。相传一位狠心的晚娘叫亲生儿子和前妻之子同去深山种芝麻，芝麻发芽以后才能回家，她给亲生独生子一颗生芝麻种，粒小，给前妻之子一颗熟芝麻种。粒大。不料途中亲生儿羡慕哥哥的种子大，要和他换，忠厚的哥哥答应了。后来自然亲生儿永未回家，这晚娘伤心而死，魂化杜鹃鸟，夜夜泣血，染红杜鹃花。在大别山的深山里，野岭密林中独户人家，春天的后半夜，万簌俱寂，每每梦醒，山泉潺潺，松涛瑟瑟，下弦月临窗，总能听到屋后古树间凄凉哀怨的杜鹃鸟叫声——“我，儿，错过！我，儿，错过！”夜夜达五更，寡发起彷徨。“其间旦暮闻何物，杜鹃啼血猿哀鸣”，“从今别却江南路，化作啼鹃带血归”，这声音，白居易听过，文天祥听过，迁客骚人，游子思妇，无不闻此心惊肠断。

映山红性脆，上山打柴，几乎所在的树条都能拧弯来做捆柴的“腰带”，惟独映山红不能——一拧就断，宁折不弯。近年它的根被做成各种艺术造型的根雕，装点了人们的生活，但它的花叶装饰小区，我还是第一次见到。它是随打开的人一道进城的，还是江南土生土长的呢！

热情纯朴、充满悲剧情调和平民色彩的映山红啊，虽时过境迁却似曾相识。久别重逢，触景生情，不由人不感慨。

（选自《苏州日报》）

1．结合语境，简述“音符”在下列两句话中的具体含义。

（1）作着阳春白雪中不显山不露水的一个音符。

答：

（2）又像点点音符，滴在五线谱上，奏响春之歌。

答：

2．“我禁不住几分悲哀，想起家乡大别山的映山红。”说说“我禁不住几分悲哀”的原因。（4分）

答：

3．文章题为《映山红》，为什么却宕开笔墨写杜鹃鸟以及“迁客骚人”对杜鹃鸟引发的种种慨？这样写有什么深意？（5分）

答：

4．这篇散文主要运用了什么手法来表达对映山红的赞美之情？末段作者的“感慨”与这种思想感情有何关联？（5分）

答：

阅读理解

     The poverty line is the minimum income that people need for an acceptable standard of living. People

with incomes below the poverty line are considered poor. Economists study the causes of poverty in

order to find solutions to the problem.

     As the general standard of living in the country rises, the poverty line does, too. Therefore, even with

today's relatively high standard of living, about 10 percent of the people in the United States are below

the poverty line.However, if these people had stable jobs, they could have an acceptable standard of

living. Economists suggest several reasons why poor people do not have jobs.

     For one thing, more than half of the poor people in the United States are not qualified to work. Over

40 percent of the poor people are children.By law, children less than 16 years old cannot work in many

industries. A large number of poor people are old. Many companies do not hire people over 65 years

old, the normal retirement age.

     Some poor adults do not look for jobs for a variety of personal reasons: they are sick, they do not

have any motivation, they have family problems, or they do not believe that they can find a job.

     Other poor people look for a job but cannot find one. Many poor adults never went to high school.

Therefore, when they look for jobs, they have few skills that they can offer.

     At the present time, the government thinks it can reduce poverty in the country in the following ways.

First, if the national economy grows, businesses and industries hire more workers.Some of the poor who

are qualified to look for jobs may find employment. Then they will no longer be below the poverty line.

Second, if society invests in the poor, the poor will become more productive.If the government spends

money on social programs, education, and training for poor people, the poor will have the skills to offer.

Then it is more likely that they can find jobs.

     Finally, if the government distributes society's income differently, it raises some poor people above

the poverty line. The government collects taxes from the non－poor and gives money to the poor. These

payments to the poor are called welfare. In 1975 over 18 million people in the United States received

welfare.

    Some economists are looking for better solutions to the poverty problem. However, at the present

time, many people depend on welfare for a minimally acceptable standard of living.

1. The author's main purpose to write this article is________.

A. to define what the poverty line is

B. to explain why some people live the poverty line

C. to find solutions to the problem of poverty

D. to show sympathy for those poor people

2. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Ten percent of the Americans live a poor life.

B. Poor people are those who live below the poverty line.

C. The poverty line rises as the general standard of living rises.

D. The poverty line tends to be at the same level.

3. More than 40 percent of the poor people are children. This is mainly because________.

A. they do not have enough motivation

B. they are so young that they don’t have the right to work

C. they fail to get enough education

D. they are very poor in health

4. Most of the American poor people are not qualified for employment because________.

A. they do not have any motivation to work

B. they are not very self－confident

C. they are too young or too old to work

D. they have physical and family problems

5. We may concluded from the passage that________.

A. better solutions to the poverty problem are not yet found

B. welfare will enable them to be rich

C. poor people are sure to go out of the poverty line if they have chances to do business

D. employment is the best solution to the poverty problem

（）是指法定入境检验检疫货物的货主或其代理人持有关单据在卸货口岸向口岸检验检疫机构报检，获取入境货物通关单并通关后由进境口岸检验检疫机构进行必要的检疫处理，最后由目的地进行监管的报检。

A．入境一般报检

B．入境流向报检

C．入境特殊报检

D．异地施检报检

某青年由高处坠落时，右小腿胫骨中段骨折，局部明显肿胀，趾端麻木，剧痛，足背动脉搏动微弱，应最先采取哪种措施（）

A.应用止痛药

B.骨折复位

C.小夹板固定

D.石膏固定

E.减张切开

当前的国际商务礼仪是在英美文化的基础上形成的。( )