Materials about the 2007 Sichuan Provincial College Entrance Examination topic essay "One Step and a Lifetime"

One Step and a Lifetime Wang Yue

When Armstrong stepped onto the moon and stepped out of the spacecraft, he said: A small step for me is a giant step for mankind. This small step not only led an astronaut to glory, but also made a leap in mankind's view of the universe. As the saying goes, one mistake can lead to eternal hatred. Countless corrupt officials have had this experience. They regretted the step they took, which turned them from a breeze in their sleeves to a sea of ​​desires, and eventually became a prisoner. It turns out that this is often the step in a person's life. changed. The gap between a master and a craftsman is only one step away. A craftsman may be skilled, smooth, or imitative, but once a person has imagination, tools, inspiration, and breakthrough, he becomes a genius. Became a master. Masters are not achieved by hard work. Success is one point of genius plus ninety-nine points of hard work. But you can't underestimate this point. This point made Newton discover gravity when he saw an apple falling to the ground. This is One point was enough to transform Einstein from a bank clerk into a world-class scientist. There is actually only a thin layer of paper between the master and the craftsman. If it is pierced, it will be shocking. If it is not pierced, you will be a craftsman and work hard all your life. Therefore, wisdom is wealth, and imagination is wealth. For this step, you have to spend your whole life. One point of genius requires ninety-nine points of hard work as a background. You have traveled thousands of miles just for the final step to reach the top. One step can make a person brilliant, and make him "be able to reach the top of the mountain and see all the small mountains at a glance"; one step can also make a person go to the abyss, and even make him unable to recover for the rest of his life. The first step is to spend your whole life gambling, and use your whole life to explore and find. Therefore, a life may be the cost of one step, but one step is a watershed in life.

Because the poor child chose the right step and armed himself with knowledge, he became a scientist or literary giant. The rich child became lazy because of the wrong step and eventually betrayed his father. The soil, sitting on the mountain and emptying the mountain, has become a useless person. There are too many such cases throughout the ages. Why shouldn't the gap between athletes be like this? A step, even a half step, or a quarter of a step separates the champion and the follower. This difference of one tenth of a second or even one hundredth of a second has changed. How many people in this world have their lifelong destiny.

On January 27, 1912, the 24-year-old Peng Jiazhen walked towards Liangbi, the leader of the Zongshe Party, the loyalist party of the Qing Dynasty, who was stepping down from the carriage. He handed Liangbi a business card. Wooden. History instantly remembered this young man’s name: Peng Jiazhen from Chengdu. Liangbi turned around and walked back to his residence. He took just one step, and Peng Jiazhen took a step forward. He quickly took out a bomb from his arms and threw it at Liangbi. Liangbi fell in a pool of blood, his left leg It was blown apart, and at the same time a piece of shrapnel hit Peng Jiazhen's head. Red blood spurted out, and a young life disappeared in an instant. Liangbi also died two days later, and with him died the feudal dynasty that had ruled China for hundreds of years. Peng Jiazhen wrote this in the suicide note left before assassinating Liangbi: "Now that Liangbi has been determined to get rid of Liangbi, if peace is achieved, death will be an honor; if peace is not achieved, death will be humiliating, so it is better to die." "Rong." Peng Jiazhen's step became the trigger for the demise of a dynasty. It turns out that one person's step can change history. This step is not just a step, but a milestone.

(Wang Yue, a Chengdu writer, has published 20 books, including "Old Tea Guests Gossip", "Education Criticism", "Chengdu Criticism", "Chengdu Beauty" and "Chengdu-Chongqing War of Words" ", "Southern Glitz", etc. have become book brands)

One Step and a Life

Jiang Fangzhou

The most popular person in our school is not me, but my classmates. There is a boy in the same grade. Wherever he goes, there are no grass and no grass, but gods and Buddhas are everywhere, and it only takes him one day to go from being unknown to being famous. It was the student art festival yesterday. The whole school watched the performance. Their class performed the textbook play "The Necklace". He played the role of the woman who lost the necklace. She wore a big golden wig and an outfit that every woman wanted to wear. She wore a floor-sweeping evening dress, danced a waltz with a tall boy, and danced a solo to "Dancer." The audience was in an uproar, and everyone applauded until their hearts broke.

The next morning, he was escorted out of the classroom by his assistant (the boy who danced the waltz with him yesterday). People around him gave him warm applause. The "assistant" grabbed his hand and waved it to the crowd. In an instant, people in the classroom opposite recognized him, and everyone gathered in front of the window to extend their sincere greetings to him. Since the third floor was completely blocked, most people could only go to the small square downstairs to look up at him. He gave the crowd another... stiff, frightened smile and another kindly salute. During this period, girls kept asking him for autographs, but they were pushed away by his assistant. At this time, more than a thousand people in our grade shouted to him: "Dance one more! Dance one more!" So he gestured with great enthusiasm and the general meaning of the dance. This brief visit - I mean The trip from the classroom to the men's room ended with a not-so-satisfying dance.

After a long time, I learned from his assistant: The "blond cross-dressing man" was not forced to wear a wig or forced to cross-dress by force. His performance was his own initiative.

The assistant also told me that the "blond cross-dressing man" is actually a very ambitious and well-planned person. His goal is to be a famous drama actor, and becoming famous in school is only his first step.

This step is really bold and magnificent. The performance effect is indeed sensational, but this "sensation" is neutral. I thought for him troubledly: Is this the right step to take, or is it the wrong step?

The most terrifying sentence in history is "One wrong step, every step is wrong." When I was a child, when I heard this sentence, I felt that there was a cliff with thousands of ravines in front of me, and I couldn't help but be frightened. Being timid, even if you have ambition, you don’t dare to take action rashly. As I grew older, I felt something was wrong again: only a fool would "make mistakes every step of the way." This sentence is to scare the opponent from making a move when playing chess. The intention is extremely sinister. Even if he makes a wrong move, he will be in the same position as a person who makes a perfect move. To this day, I get angry when I hear this sentence: How do you know you will go wrong before you even leave?

(Jiang Fangzhou: Born in 1989. He started writing at the age of 7. He wrote the essay collection "Opening the Skylight" at the age of 9, and the novel "Developing" at the age of 11. At the age of 12, he wrote the novel "Preadolescence", "Everyone wants to see me here" and so on. Currently a student of No. 1 Middle School in Xiangfan, Hubei Province. . Some took advantage of the breeze and took a leap, transforming into rainbows that spanned the entire sky; some just let nature take its course, took the next step, and quietly fell to the ground without a trace in an instant.

Is our short life like that dewdrop, where one crucial step can make us extraordinary or mediocre, regretful or satisfying? This step may be a choice, an exploration, or an accident. With this question, I fell into deep thinking. Many allusions and past events were like quicksand, gently passing through the fingers of my thoughts.

In the quicksand of the past, I saw a face that was also thinking hard. He is a young and promising young man who is completing his studies at Harvard University. His past and future are both shining brightly with the word "Harvard". But he was attracted by a new and mysterious science. He was thinking about whether to continue to move forward in a boring way or to turn around and take a step towards his ideal? Youth and faith gave him enough courage, and he resolutely chose the latter. Since then, there has been one more person in the world who turned around and stepped forward at a critical moment, and the world has also changed because it has one more empire. This is the world-famous "Microsoft Empire", and this person is Bill Gates.

Some people leap forward with one step, and some people fall with one step. As time goes by, I seem to see the hero again who is "powerful and powerful". Under the Hongmen tent, our hero was drunk, and the long sword he raised several times was put down again and again. At the critical moment, our hero finally took a step back. So some people escaped overnight, and the clouds and rain gradually became the weather. Finally, our hero was forced to the banks of the Wujiang River. After a tragic song, he completed his final feat: dying for his unfinished hegemony with his life. This hero is Xiang Yu, whose achievements are yet to be accomplished and his fame is immortal. How many later generations lamented because of this: Liu Bang was in darkness because of taking a step back, and Xiang Yu was becoming increasingly exhausted because of taking a step back. With just one thought of choice, one step forward or one step back, our lives are turned around between success and failure, honor and disgrace.

This step has a subtle relationship with life. Zhang Ailing once said poetically: "Among millions of people, I met the person I wanted to meet. In millions of years, in the wasteland of time, I didn't come a step early or a step late. I just happened to meet him." This just-in-time step completed many wonderful legends: the wind was bright and the sun was shining, the grass was luxuriant, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai raised their legs and raised their heads, and met each other sooner or later; mountains and rivers were flowing, the moon was bright and the breeze was gentle, Zhong Ziqi and Yu Boya were waving their sleeves and listening. This just-right step is like grains of sand dripping into the eyes of a shell. It is unremarkable when dropped in, but crystal clear when taken out over time.

Ambitious people use one step to achieve success, unintentional people use one step to crush their future, and destined people use one step to walk towards each other. Perhaps, every step in life may be like a grain of sand before a pearl is formed. , so let us cherish every step of life and create a life without regrets.

(Ouyang Yamin: Tanghu Foreign Language Experimental School, first-level Chinese teacher in middle school, won national and municipal awards for many papers.)

One step and a lifetime

Fang Fang

For me, 1977, thirty years ago, was such an important year. Those exciting days are so worth recording. At that time, I had been working as a porter for nearly three years, and I was feeling desperate about life. Suddenly I took the college entrance examination, and it seemed that I saw the dawn of hope all of a sudden. The college entrance examination changes my destiny. Sometimes I feel that these words are aimed at me.

Thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye. When I read the news in the newspaper in 1977 that I could take the college entrance examination, I was really excited. It revived my desire to study, which had been completely disappointed. I remember carrying the newspaper around and reading it to people. I was so excited that I felt like I had fallen into an abyss but was about to be rescued. In fact, many people at that time were as excited as me and rushed to tell each other like me. On the day I saw the newspaper, I went home and dug out the books that had disappeared long ago to review them - even though I had no direction at all to review them.

I can’t remember what the topic of the essay was at that time. I asked my classmates who took the college entrance examination that year. It is said that the topic of our essay was "The issue of speed is a political issue." This question is bad enough. I remember that I scored 88 points (out of 100 points) in the Chinese language test. Some of my classmates scored over 90 points, which is even more impressive.

At that time, we were taking the exam at the No. 20 Middle School in Wuhan. I had to transfer two buses every day to get to No. 20 Middle School (there were no "taxis" at that time). After finishing the exam, I took the bus home to have lunch (it was not fashionable to go to restaurants at that time). Then I took a bus to the examination room and ran like this for three days. There are no adults to accompany me or anything like that.

I have forgotten how long ago the notification came. Candidates in the front and back buildings of the dormitory where I lived at that time all received admission notices. Some are from China Normal University and some are from School of Water and Electric Power. But I wasn’t too nervous. At most, I just didn’t pass the exam. Until very late, the deliveryman shouted loudly downstairs, Fang Fang, it’s your university notice! I ran downstairs, and the neighbors were shouting, "Open it quickly and see which school it is." I opened the envelope and saw that the school I was admitted to was the Chinese Department of Wuhan University - this was my first choice. I was so happy that I shouted: I got a good deal, I got admitted to Wuhan University. Later, everyone in the family laughed and said that they worked hard and got into college, so it seemed like they got a bargain.

That afternoon, I bought candies and cigarettes, and distributed them to my colleagues in the workplace early the next morning. The men smoke and the women eat sweets. However, I received numerous criticisms for taking the college entrance examination. The secretary criticized me at the meeting, saying that I was "talented but not moral" and that I was not comfortable with loading and unloading work. It violated the oath of "taking root in loading and unloading to make a revolution." My position as propaganda committee member of the Youth League branch was also removed. It should be said that the pressure at that time was extremely high. Until my files were transferred, the secretary was still criticizing me at the general meeting and small meetings. One day I couldn't bear it any longer and made a rebuttal. Later, my colleagues laughed at me for being a "talking gangster" that day. Later, I heard that this secretary sold vegetables on Sanyang Road after his retirement. I sympathized with him because after all, he was uneducated (he was literate) and did not understand the importance of knowledge to a person.

I went to college. My biggest emotion is: I finally left there. The college entrance examination completely changed my destiny. I'm glad I didn't give up then. In this way, I now have one less regret. You know, many people who did not take the college entrance examination regretted it.

(Fang Fang: Vice Chairman of the Hubei Provincial Writers Association, President and Editor-in-Chief of Today’s Celebrity Magazine, and a famous representative writer of the New Realism School.)

One Step and a Life

One step is short, but a life is long.

Achieving success in one step will take all your energy and wisdom throughout your life.

One step is at your feet, and your life is boundless.

It is easy to modify in one step, but difficult to describe in a lifetime.

One step flashes for a moment, and a lifetime lights up eternity.

One step is like a brother, and one’s life is like a brother’s, always together.

One step is the cause, one life is the effect, life and death depend on each other.

One step is as small as fine sand, and the grains add up to a thousand miles of desert.

One step is like an endless drop of water, and the droplets gather together to create a vast expanse of waves.

Kowtow step by step, traveling through the holy land of life like a pilgrim.

A step is actually very long, but a life is actually very short. Gathering the energy of a lifetime is the moment of taking the first step. Walking through the long dark night, just to welcome the short dawn in life.

Every step is engraved with a lifetime of choices and waiting, and every step is inlaid with interlocking passwords of a lifetime style.

Sometimes just one step of change can change your entire life.

One step becomes heavy, and a lifetime becomes light.

(Liu Xinyi: Graduated from the Information Engineering College of the People's Liberation Army and went to Tibet to guard the border in 1987. He has written nearly 200 novels, essays, poetry, reportage, etc., and has won many awards. Department of Chinese Prose Association Member, Sichuan Writers Association, creator of Bajin Literary College)

One Step and a Life

Ma Ji

On the beach, I stepped on my father’s footsteps. Footsteps walking. There is only one purpose, not to get trapped - because the sand is loose.

After all, I can’t walk as fast as my dad, he has big feet! Dad's steps were too big, and one step was like two steps for me, but I refused to admit defeat and insisted on walking in one step like him. As I walked, I couldn't keep up. I had to jump, and I had to jump in a posture, with my arms thrown away. When my feet hit the ground, my body inevitably swayed twice, which was really embarrassing.

After catching up with my father, I was surprised to find that the footprints were deep and shallow - the heels were deep and the soles of the feet were shallow. Don't ask questions, Dad's focus is on the back. What's funny is that my footprints are actually deeper than his - which means I want to be promoted! Deep what? Go to university.

My dad told me not to be so proud, but to study harder and try to get into Sichuan University. But I had a different idea and wanted to come to Beijing.

This is Beidaihe! The place where Grandpa Mao lived. There are also Commander-in-Chief Zhu, Premier Zhou Enlai and other senior leaders, but unfortunately I have never met them.

But my father’s wish came true. Taking me here not only paid homage, but also meant to relax.

It’s said to be relaxing, but I’m not that relaxed. A wish must be fulfilled. What to pay back? Results. Dad said that he believed in me and would not put any pressure on me. To put it lightly, eat a lamp grass. I firmly believe that there is such a good thing, and if I don’t work hard, the pie may not fall from the sky - I must go online, no! Determined to be the "number one".

Say it, do it. The meal has to be eaten bite by bite, and the road has to be walked step by step. It's just that I have to lift my feet and walk again - my father has already gone to the sea, and it's my fault that I can't swim, so I can only play on the beach - it's comfortable and I can run wildly.

I started to look back at my footprints. Most of them were crooked, and even some of them were straight, all in the shape of a figure eight, divided into two rows, with different depths.

Looking back at my dad’s movements, although they were in figure eight, they were well-proportioned, straight and equidistant, and there was almost no miss.

Oh, life is like this, your footsteps can reflect your life. You cannot see the footprints on the glitzy city streets, but once you return to nature and enter the beach, you will know it. Don't underestimate walking, the route can really prove whether you are down-to-earth and unswerving...

I count my footprints happily. The beach was too big and too long, so there were more and more footprints. I quickly corrected them and straightened the ones that were bent - determined to take big strides and walk straight...

(Ma Ji: Chengdu He is a writer of the Municipal Literary Academy and the Provincial Writers Association. He is the author of "Files of Bashu Comedians", "Sanda Comedians - Drawing the Base", "Old Tea Guest's Joke", "Li Boqing's Night Talk" and other works.

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