See the answer in the land of Populus euphratica

Man gives himself the most conceited word called soul. People use the word soul to distance themselves from animals. Because of the soul, people have joys and sorrows, conscience and taboos. Under the guidance of the soul, people will cry and laugh. People didn't give the word "soul" to animals, let alone think that plants have souls. How can a grass have a soul, from green to yellow, from spring to autumn?

But if you meet Populus euphratica, this view may change. What I saw in Su Hai of Siziwangqi was not so much Populus euphratica as one crying soul after another.

Populus euphratica is a tree, but the biggest difference between it and other trees is that it has a human posture. A They are like women and children who help each other across the river, like brave men who breathe in the face of the sky, like soldiers who dress up wounds.

When I came to Suhai, the sunset was just right. The sunset spit out a magnificent scene on this barren sand. The winding of Hu Yangshu, sitting on the ground and looking at the sky, is covered with a layer of hot golden red, which reminds me of Rodin's sculpture laocoon. A burly man was struggling with a python, and the pain was beyond words. I thought of a word-soul. Hu Yangshu must have suffered, because he has a soul, or because he has a memory.

Suhai, which means "red willow" in Mongolian, is now a piece of white sand, and no one can imagine what it looked like 60 years ago. People here told me that from 1950s to 1970s, the main job of Suhai people was to shoot antelopes. The superior issued submachine guns to the herdsmen and asked them to hit the antelope with submachine guns; County and commune cadres don't set targets, and wages will be deducted if they can't reach the prescribed number of antelopes.

What vegetation was the Suhai in those days? When the wind blows, there are no cattle and sheep, and the vegetation is too dense. The old man who hit the antelope said that there are many antelopes in Suhai, flying around in groups, no less than hundreds. There are not only antelopes here, but also Mongolian wild donkeys and Tibetan antelopes. There are many birds and flowers in this place. This used to be a wetland.

When the old shepherd pointed to the white gravel and said, "This was a wetland in those days", he really looked like an idiot. Now, except for the clouds in the sky and Populus euphratica on the ground, everything else is empty and nothingness.

"Where is the killed antelope?" I asked the teacher.

"All of them were taken away by superiors," said the old man. "We raise our own cattle and sheep, and we never hit the antelope. Killing antelopes became a political task, and meat and leather were exported in exchange. We have been hunting antelope for 20 years, and now there are no wild animals. In those years, there were gunshots every day. The gunshots stopped, antelope, cranes, wild ducks, rabbits, foxes ... everything was gone. "

I looked around and saw that Suhai was in a basin, a part of Erlian basin, and the mountain I relied on was called Dahongshan. However, after all the antelopes are extinct, it is impossible for all the plants to be extinct.

The old man said that since the 1980s, we have been robbed again-collecting seaweed. "You can't imagine how many people come here to pick Nostoc flagelliforme, which can be called thousands. Ningxia people, the whole train is seaweed picking. Some people accept it, some people accept it, and some people transport it. Shipped to southeast Asia. Nostoc flagelliforme is a strange thing. This land was not picked in the morning. It rained a little and grew in the afternoon. More and more people are picking, and finally this place has become like this. "

The old man was particularly reluctant when he said "so", and his voice was quickly absorbed by the sand under his feet. If the earth and the sky will also die, it is "this is it." Although the sky here is high, it is lifeless, which is absolutely different from the humid sky over the oasis. There are no birds, no layers of rain clouds, this is a skinless sky. There is only sand on the land, and even the traces of lizards crawling can't be seen. I can't see the soil. It has been dead for many years. Today's fast sea, don't think it is unknown, it is already very famous, it has spread to Beijing and Tianjin, and appeared in the experts' copywriting. Su Hai has now become the main source of sandstorms in Beijing and Tianjin. I wonder how much dust this land sends to Beijing every year. But who can remember when it was comparable to Kenya Wildlife Park? Who still believes that it used to be a wetland?

If antelopes, cranes with gray feathers have souls, rabbits and reeds have souls, then they must be attached to Populus euphratica trees together now. Why didn't Populus euphratica fall after his death? Why doesn't it rot when it falls? It really has something to say. It is the souls of countless wild animals and plants who ask them to stay in the world with painful complaints. Where there is Populus euphratica, there is a place where animals and plants suffer. Thankfully, Su Hai still maintains a kind of "strangeness"-when it rains, green grass will grow out immediately. B People expect how fast the grass grows here and how long the antelope grows.

1. Contact the full text and briefly talk about the meanings of the words "like 60 years ago" and "like this" respectively. What is the reason for the change? (6 points)

What it looked like 60 years ago:

Like this:

Reason for change:

2. Modern Chinese Dictionary interprets the word "conceit" as "self-promise; I think I am great. " Combined with the full text, what are the manifestations of human "conceit"? (4 points)

3. The article says that Populus euphratica "really has something to say". Please contact the link below and try to write what Hu Yang wants to say in the first person. (Not less than 30 words) (3 points)

The grotesque dead branches and the body unwilling to fall down after death seem to show the struggle and pain of Populus euphratica at the last moment of life, and it seems to be helping someone! (Lop Nur, Lost Fairy Lake)

4. There are many vivid languages and rich feelings in the text. Choose a sentence from A and B in the passage to enjoy. (4 points)

Reference answer:

1.60 years ago: wetland, wind and grass, dense vegetation and many animals. Like this: barren sand, empty nothingness, no wild animals, the earth and the sky are dead, which is the main source of sandstorms in Beijing and Tianjin.

The reasons for the change are: ① shooting antelope; ② Picking Nostoc flagelliforme.

People did not give the word "soul" to animals, let alone think that plants have souls. ② Humans "conquer" at will, destroy nature and plunder its limited resources.

Example: human, I complain to you in the language of crying: every life in our nature has a soul. Please respect us and protect us. Destroying us will also destroy the environment necessary for your survival!

4. Example: A, this sentence vividly writes the posture of Hu Yang crying to death by means of metaphor and personification, and expresses the author's incomparable heartache for Hu Yang's helpless death. B, there are three words "long" in the sentence, especially the word "long" in "Long Antelope". This verb is used vividly and aptly, which fully expresses the author's desire to change the present situation of the environment in the Suhai Sea and gradually restore the original appearance of the environment in the Suhai Sea.