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【一】:重庆中考A卷解析版
重庆市2015年初中毕业暨高中招生考试
英语试题 (A卷)
(全卷共九个大题 满分: 150分 考试时间：120分钟)
注意事项:
1. 试题的答案书写在答题卡上，不得在试卷上直接作答。
2. 作答前认真阅读答题卡上的注意事项。
3. 考试结束，由监考人员将试题和答题卡一并收回。
第I卷 (共100分)
I. 听力测试。(共30分)
第一节（每小题1.5分，共9分）
听一遍，根据你所听到的句子，从A、B、C三个选项中选出最恰当的答语，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
1. A. Fine, thanks! B. Good morning. C. Why not?
2. A. Don’t worry. B. Nice to meet you. C. You are so kind.
3. A. See you later. B. Come on. C. Here you are.
4. A. Nothing serious. B. Sounds great. C. Yes, please.
5. A. That’s all right. B. Sorry to hear that! C. Enjoy yourself!
6. A. So cool. B. Good idea. C. Not at all.
第二节（每小题1.5分，共9分）
听一遍。根据你所听到的对话和问题，从A、B、C三个选项中选出正确答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
7. A. A guitar. B. A watch. C. A skirt.
8. A. Twenty. B. Thirty. C. Forty.
9. A. In the school. B. In the office. C. In her home.
10. A. Next Saturday. B. This weekend. C. Tomorrow evening.
11. A. Michael’s. B. Jenny’s. C. Jack’s.
12. A. Never. B. Every day. C. Once a week.
第三节（每小题1.5分，共6分）
听两遍。根据你所听到的长对话，从A、B、C三个选项中选出正确答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
听下面一段材料，回答第13和14小题。
13. What does Jimmy have under his arm?
A. A white jacket. B. A brown bag.
14. How did Jimmy come back?
A. On foot. B. By train.
听下面一段材料，回答第15和16小题。
15. Who finally sold the house?
A. John.
C. A yellow cap. C. By plane. B. Henry. C. The woman.
16. When will the man and the woman go to visit John?
A. Next week. B. Next month. C. Next year.
第四节（每小题1.5分，共6分）
听两遍。根据你所听到的短文内容，从A、B、C三个选项中选出正确答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
17. It was Tuesday yesterday and the weather was _____.
A. rainy B. cloudy C. sunny
18. We were told that our PE teacher, _____ was ill.
A. Mr. Wang B. Mr. Gao C. Mr. Li
19. Our _____ teacher gave us the PE class at last.
A. history B. Chinese C. math
20. A. The boys played _____ in that unusual class.
A. football B. basketball C. ping-pong
II. 单项选择。 (每小题1分，共20分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白外的最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
21. A terrible earthquake happened in Nepal ____ April 25th, 2015.
A. on B. in C. at D. from
答案：A
解析：句意：2015年4月25日，一场可怕的地震发生在尼泊尔。本题考查介词用法。on常与星期几、日期连用； in常用与年、季节、月份连用；at常与具体几点钟连用；from表示从„„开始。本题设空处后为April 25th, 2015，故选A。
22. His uncle will give him ____ birthday present. It’ll be wonderful.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
答案：A
解析：句意：他的叔叔将给他一份生日礼物。本题考查冠词。读音以辅音音素开头的单数可数名词用不定冠词an，故答案为A项。
23. Dave really likes driving. I think being a ____ is just right for him.www.shanpow.com_i,was,in,most,beautiful,city,,in,the,world,.yet,i,only,wanted,home。
A. doctor B. teacher C. farmer D. driver
答案：D
解析：句意：Dave喜欢开车，我认为做一名司机对他而言很合适。本题考查名词辨析。doctor医生；teacher教师；farmer农民；driver司机。根据题意可知答案为D项。
24. My mother used to make breakfast for ____ every morning, but now I do it myself.
A. mine B. my C. I D. me
答案：D
解析：句意：我的妈妈过去每天早晨为我做早饭，但是现在我自己做。本题考查代词。由设空处在句中的位置及空前的介词可知此处缺少宾格代词，故答案为D项。
25. Stop smoking, Joe! You ____ yourself if you keep on doing it like that!
A. will kill B. have killed
C. kill D. killed
答案：A
解析：句意：如果你继续那样做，你将会杀死你自己。本题考查动词时态。if引导的条件状语从句用一般现在时表将来，主句用将来时。可知答案为A项。
26. They all ____ Laura about building a museum here.
A. waited for B. handed in
C. agreed with D. knocked at
答案：C
解析：句意：她们都同意Laura的关于在这里建一座博物馆的建议。本题考查动词辨析。wait for等待；hand in上交；agree with同意某人（某人的观点，建议）；knock at敲（门，桌子等）。根据句意可知答案为C项。
27. —Why didn’t you buy any bread?
—Sorry, I ____.
A. forget B. forgot C. remember D. remembered
答案：B
解析：句意：——为什么你不买一些面包呢？——对不起，我忘了。本题考查动词时态。上句为一般过去时，所以答语也要用一般过去时。根据题意可知答案为B项。
28. They walked home last night because they couldn’t ____ to take a taxi.
A. leave B. buy C. afford D. allow
答案：C
解析：句意：昨天晚上他们走着回家，因为他们没有钱坐出租车。本题考查动词辨析。leave离开；buy买；afford买得起，负担得起；allow允许。根据句意可知答案为C项。
29. —____ did you work out the problem in such a short time?
—With Mr. Li’s help.
A. When B. Where C. How D. Which
答案：C
解析：句意：——你怎样在这么短的时间里解决这个问题的？——在李先生的帮助下。本题考查疑问副词。答句说的是方式，应该用how提问，故答案为C项。
30. I will try my best to stop my son from ____ the same mistake.
A. make B. made C. makes D. making
答案：D
解析：句意：我会尽力阻止我的儿子犯同样的错误。本题考查动词短语固定搭配。stop sb. from doing sth.意为阻止某人做某事，故答案为D项。
31. —May I use your MP4 today, Paul?
—____. I will not use it.
A. No, you can’t B. I’ve no idea
C. Sure, go ahead D. Not at all
答案：C
解析：句意：——Paul，我可以用用你的MP4吗？——当然，给你。本题考查情景交际。由答语后句I will not use it，可知答案为C项。
32. It’s surprising that Mr. Ma’s little daughter ____ speak English so well.
A. must B. can C. mustn’t D. can’t
答案：B
解析：句意：真的很令人惊讶，马先生的小女儿英语能够说得如此好。本题考查情态动词。must必须；can能，会；mustn’t禁止；can’t不能。根据句意可知答案为B项。
33. Helen loves reading. She has read ____ books this month.
A. five B. fifth C. five of D. fifth of
答案：A
解析：句意：Helen爱读书。她这个月已经读了五本了。本题考查数词。修饰books应该用基数词five，可知答案为A项。
34. You’d better take care, ____ you will hurt your eyes.
A. so B. but C. or D. and
答案：C
解析：句意：你最好小心些，否则会伤了你的眼睛。本题考查连词。由句意可知前后分句之间是顺承关系，故答案为C项。
35. Jiefangbei is not far from Chaotianmen. You can easily visit ____ in a day.
A. each B. none C. both D. neither
答案：C
解析：句意：解放碑距离朝天门不远，你可以一天参观两个地方。本题考查不定代词。each两者或两者以上中的每一个；none三者或三者以上都不；both两者都； neither两者都不。根据句意可知答案为C项。
36. Julie didn’t leave her office ____ the police arrived.www.shanpow.com_i,was,in,most,beautiful,city,,in,the,world,.yet,i,only,wanted,home。
A. however B. whenever C. while D. until
答案：D
解析：句意：Julie没有离开她的办公室，直到警察来了。本题考查状语从句的连接词。however不管怎样；whenever无论什么时候；while 当„„时候；until直到。根据句意选D项。
37. —How clean your car it!
—Thank you. It ____ very often.
A. is washed B. washes C. was washed D. washed
答案：A
解析：句意：——你的车真干净。——谢谢，它经常清洗。本题考查动词的时态和语态。根据often可知，应用一般现在时；车应该是被洗，所以用被动语态。故选A项。
38. He has ____ arms now and is able to pick the table up with one hand.
A. weakest B. weaker C. strongest D. stronger
答案：D
解析：句意：他现在更强壮了，能够一只手举起桌子。本题考查形容词比较级。由设空处后的now及句意可知应该用比较级，答案为D项。
39. —I’d like to know ____.
—Maybe in the forest.
A. whether we will go camping B. where we will go camping
C. whether will we go camping D. where will we go camping
答案：B
解析：句意：——我想知道我们去哪野营。——可能在森林里。本题考查宾语从句。宾语从句用陈述句语序，排除C和D；又根据答语可知是对地点进行提问，故答案为B项。
40. —Our basketball team will beat theirs and win the match.
—____. Your team is the best in our city.
A. I’m afraid not. B. I believe so. C. Of course not. D. Well done! 答案：B
解析：句意：——我们的篮球队会打败他们队，赢得比赛的。——我也那样认为，你们队时我们市里最棒的。本题考查情景交际。根据答语Your team is the best in our city.可知答案为B项。
III. 完形填空。（每小题1.5分，共15分）
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
The Sweetest Sight I was in the most beautiful city in the world, yet I only wanted home.
【二】:2016届中考英语复习考点跟踪突破6 八年级(上)Units+1～3
考点跟踪突破6 八年级(上)Units 1～3
一、单项选择。
1．—____ do you play chess?
—I play at least twice a week.(2015，澄城模拟) A．How much B．How often C．How long D．How soon
2．—Can you tell the difference between these two pictures？(2015，宜川模拟) —Difference？Oh，no.They look quite __A__． A．similar B．different C．strange D．Interesting
3．Roy thinks he works as __，Dan.(2015，府谷模拟) A．hardly B．harder C．hard D．more hardly
4．—How much do you know about Taiwan，Li Fen?
—Taiwan and the mainland have a lot in common.They __C__ a lot of history and culture.(2015，荆州)
A．support B．explain C．share D．belong 5．—Dad，I'm really tired and hungry.(2015，黄石)
—Why not stop __C__ and eat some cookies? A．to do your homework B．do your homework C．doing your homework D．did your homework 6．When I got to the bus stop，I missed the early bus and I had to ____ the next one.(2015，合阳模拟)
A．give up B．keep off C．call off D．wait for
7．—How can I get some ____ about the 2016 Olympic Games? —Why not search the Internet？(2015，安徽) A．information B．experience C．practice D．success
8．It was such a long way that they didn't ____ the hotel until it became dark.(2015，宝塔模拟)
A．reach B．arrive C．get D．go
9．There was a big crowd waiting ____ the opening ceremony to start.(2015，上海) A．by B．from C．for D．with
10．To get more information about the topic today，use the Internet or go to the library，or ____．(2015，蓝田模拟)
A．neither B．both C．some D．all 二、完形填空。(2015，重庆)
The Sweetest Sight
I was in the most beautiful city in the world，yet I only wanted home.
It was an amazing week for my husband and me—the trip of a lifetime.Months ago，when my
During the week's time，—as much as we could，Big Ben，the Louvre and so on.All these were beautiful places we expected to see before.We really enjoyed ourselves.
On our last night in Paris，夜景) of the Eiffel Tower，my husband called home.His mother the phone.In a second，my husband's face fell and he
“What's wrong？” I asked.
He didn't answer and continued to listen.A few minutes later，，our sevenyearold son，once.
At that moment，Paris suddenly lost its charm (魅力)．
“I don't want to be here！I shouldn't be here！I should be home __9__ my kids！” We hurried back to our hotel and then to the airport...
Finally，we got home.We rushed into our children's bedroom.Seeing our two children，I suddenly realized the truth：风景) in the world than your children's faces that greet you at home.
(B)1.A.question B．wish C．step D．place (A)2.A.look after B．talk with C．find out D．wake up
(C)3.A.he B．she C．we D．they
(A)4.A.after B．since C．though D．because
(D)5.A.shouted B．finished C．wrote D．answered (D)6.A.ugly B．useful C．right D．bad (C)7.A.hardly B．clearly C．sadly D．truly
(B)8.A.danced B．broken C．thrown D．opened (B)9.A.toward B．with C．under D．from
(C)10.A.quieter B．richer C．sweeter D．wider 三、阅读理解。(2015，上海)
A．9：30 a．m. B．11：15 a．m. C．1：30 p．m. D．2：15 p．m.
2．The underlined word “Alternatively” is closest in meaning to “____”． A．As another choice B．For this reason C．At the same time D．In other words
3．Students should prepare a new part of ____ ahead of time as their homework. A．Technology B．Biology C．Drama D．Chemistry
4．Students can learn how to __ A．make a video B．write a report on Drama C．play basketball D．surf the Internet safely
5．An average student need about __
A．30 B．40 C．90 D．110
6．The information in the table is mainly for students to ____． A．take classes B．do their homework
C．choose teachers D．organize hobby groups 四、书面表达。(2015，杭州)
根据下表用英语写一篇80词左右的短文，内容须包括：对下表中关于这两个城市(City A和City B)
In my opinionspend my summer holiday.Possible version 2：
In my opinion，City B is the better place to spend my summer holiday.weather，．All_these_make_my_holiday_more_relaxing.I_hope_the_coming_summer_holiday_will_be_
【三】:中考英语完形填空练习题：The Sweetest Sight
在英语考试中，我们要掌握相关的答题技巧。下面是小编收集整理的中考英语《The Sweetest Sight》的完形填空练习题目以供大家学习。
中考英语完形填空练习题：The Sweetest Sight
I was in the most beautiful city in the world, yet I only wanted home.
It was an amazing week for my husband and me –the trip of a lifetime. Months ago, when my to go to Europe together with him. Then we asked his mother to started off.
During the week’–as much as we could, Big Ben, the Louvre and so on. All these were beautiful places we expected to see before. We really enjoyed ourselves.
夜景) of the Eiffel Tower, my husband called home. His mothern a second, my husband’s face fell and he looked so worried. I could feel something happened.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
He didn’t answer and continued to listen. A few minutes later, he said to me that Tony, our seven-year-old son, had fallen off his bike and his leg. He must be sent to hospital at once.
At that moment, Paris suddenly lost its charm(魅力).
“I don’t want to be here! I shouldn’t be here! I should be home my kids!” We hurried back to our hotel and then to the airport …
Finally, we got home. We rushed into our children’s bedroom. Seeing our two children, I suddenly realized the truth: there is no sight(风景)in the world than your children’s faces that greet you at home.
41. A. question B. wish C. step D. place
42. A. look after B. talk with C. find out D. wake up
43. A. he B. she C. we D. they
44. A. after B. since C. though D. because
45. A. shouted B. finished C. wrote D. answered
46. A. ugly B. useful C. right D. bad
47. A. hardly B. clearly C. sadly D. truly
48. A. danced B. broken C. thrown D. opened
49. A. toward B. with C. under D. from
50. A. quieter B. richer C. sweeter D. wider
中考英语完形填空练习题：电影名星卡罗尔隆巴德
Do you ever watch old movies? Maybe you will see one with Carole Lombard. She wasa famous ___41___ in the 1930s. She died when she was only 34. In her
___42____life she made 70 movies!
Lombard’sreal name was Jane Alice Peters. In 1921, she was playing baseball in the ___43____near her home. A movie director ___44____ her and decided to put her in amovie. She was only 13 at the time. The movie was one of the last
silentmovies. She acted(表演) so well that she ___45___ the hearts of some people. At 16, sheleft school to act.
In1925, she had an agreement with a ___46____ studio, 20th CenturyFox. The studio gave ___47___ a new name, and she acted in several films. Then,at age 18, she was in a bad car accident. The accident left scars(伤疤) on herface. The studio broke the agreement, but she did not ___48___. She continuedto act.
Itwas Paramount Studio that made Lombard a ____49___. She made many movies forthe studio. She also married two of their stars. Lombard was married to actor WilliamPowell for only 23 months. ___50___ seven years later, she married the greatlove of her life, actor Clark Gable. It was a great Hollywood love story.
41. A. nurse B. actress C.doctor D. teacher
42. A. short B. lazy C.long D. humorous
43. A. kitchen B. classroom C.cinema D. street
44. A. forgot B. saw C.hurt D. pushed
45. A. broke B. avoided C.won D. treated
46. A. dance B. film C.music D. school
47. A. me B.it C. her D. him
48. A. give up B. have a try C.make sure D. lift up
49. A. scientist B. writer C.driver D. star
50. A. But B.Before C. Since D. As
参考答案：41-45 BADBC 46-50 BCADA
【四】:英文版短篇童话故事
童话故事贴近儿童,深受儿童喜欢,同时对儿童综合素质的培养起着不可忽视的作，下面这些是小编为大家推荐的几篇英文版短篇童话故事
英文版短篇童话故事：The Talisman
A Prince and a Princess were still celebrating their honeymoon. They were extremely happy; only one thought disturbed them， and that was how to retain their present happiness. For that reason they wished to own a talisman with which to protect themselves against any unhappiness in their marriage.
Now， they had often been told about a man who lived out in the forest， acclaimed by everybody for his wisdom and known for his good advice in every need and difficulty. So the Prince and Princess called upon him and told him about their heart's desire. After the wise man had listened to them he said， “Travel through every country in the world， and wherever you meet a completely happily married couple， ask them for a small piece of the linen they wear close to the body， and when you receive this， you must always carry it on you. That is a sure remedy!”
The Prince and the Princess rode forth， and on their way they soon heard of a knight and his wife who were said to be living the most happily married life. They went to the knight's castle and asked him and his wife if their marriage was truly as happy as was rumored.
“Yes， of course，” was the answer， “with the one exception that we have no children!”
Here then the talisman was not to be found， and the Prince and Princess continued their journey in search of the completely happily married couple.
As they traveled on， they came to a country where they heard of an honest citizen who lived in perfect unity and happiness with his wife. So to him they went， and asked if he really was as happily married as people said.
“Yes， I am，” answered the man. “My wife and I live in perfect harmony; if only we didn't have so many children， for they give us a lot of worries and sorrows!”
So neither with him was the talisman to be found， and the Prince and the Princess continued their journey through the country， always inquiring about happily married couples; but none presented themselves.
One day， as they rode along fields and meadows， they noticed a shepherd close by the road， cheerfully playing his flute. Just then a woman carrying a child in her arm， and holding a little boy by the hand， walked towards him. As soon as the shepherd saw her， he greeted her and took the little child， whom he kissed and caressed. The shepherd's dog ran to the boy， licked his little hand， and barked and jumped with joy. In the meantime the woman arranged a meal she had brought along， and then said， “Father， come and eat now!” The man sat down and took of the food， but the first bite he gave to the little boy， and the second he divided between the boy and the dog. All this was observed by the Prince and the Princess， who walked closer， and spoke to them， saying， “You must be a truly happily married couple.”
“Yes， that we are，” said the man. “God be praised; no prince or princess could be happier than we are!”
“Now listen then，” said the Prince. “Do us a favor， and you shall never regret it. Give us a small piece of the linen garment you wear close to your body!”
As he spoke， the shepherd and his wife looked strangely at each other， and finally he said， “God knows we would be only too happy to give you not only a small piece， but the whole shirt， or undergarment， if we only had them， but we own not as much as a rag!”
So the Prince and the Princess journeyed on， their mission unaccomplished. Finally， their unsuccessful roaming discouraged them， and they decided to return home. As they passed the wise man's hut， they stopped by， related all their travel experiences， and reproached him for giving them such poor advice.
At that the wise man smiled and said， “Has your trip really been all in vain? Are you not returning richer in knowledge?”
“Yes，” answered the Prince， “I have gained this knowledge， that contentment is a rare gift on this earth.”
“And I have learned，” said the Princess， “that to be contented， one needs nothing more than simply - to be contented!”
Whereupon the Prince took the Princess' hand; they looked at each other with an expression of deepest love. And the wise man blessed them and said， “In your own hearts you have found the true talisman! Guard it carefully， and the evil spirit of discontentment shall never in all eternity have any power over you!”
英文版短篇童话故事：God Can Never Die
It was a Sunday morning. the sun shone brightly and warmly into the room， as the air， mild and refreshing， flowed through the open window. And out under God's blue heaven， where fields and meadows were covered with GREens and flowers， all the little birds rejoiced. While joy and contentment were everywhere outside， in the house lived sorrow and misery. Even the wife， who otherwise always was in good spirits， sat that morning at the breakfast table with a downcast expression; finally she arose， without having touched a bite of her food， dried her eyes， and walked toward the door.
It really seemed as if there were a curse hanging over this house. The cost of living was high， the food supply low; taxes had become heavier and heavier; year after year the household belongings had depreciated more and more， and now at last there was nothing to look forward to but poverty and misery. For a long time all this had depressed the husband， who always had been a hard-working and law-abiding citizen; now the thought of the future filled him with despair; yes， many times he even threatened to end his miserable and hopeless existence. Neither the comforting words of his good-humored wife nor the worldly or spiritual counsel of his friends had helped him; these had only made him more silent and sorrowful. It is easy to understand that his poor wife finally should lose her courage， too. However， there was quite another reason for her sadness， which we soon shall hear.
When the husband saw that his wife also grieved and wanted to leave the room， he stopped her and said， “I won't let you go until you have told me what is wrong with you!”
After a moment of silence， she sighed and said， “Oh， my dear husband， I dreamed last night that God was dead， and that all the angels followed Him to His grave!”
“How can you believe or think such foolish stuff!” answered the husband. “You know， of course， that God can never die!”
the good wife's face sparkled with happiness， and as she affectionately squeezed both her husband's hands， she exclaimed， “Then our dear God is still alive!”
“Why， of course，” said the husband. “How could you ever doubt it!”
then she embraced him， and looked at him with loving eyes， expressing confidence， peace， and happiness， as she said， “But， my dear husband， if God is still alive， why do we not believe and trust in Him! He has counted every hair on our heads; not a single one is lost without His knowledge. He clothes the lilies in the field; He feeds the sparrows and the ravens.”
It was as if a veil lifted from his eyes and as if a heavy load fell from his heart when she spoke these words. He smiled for the first time in a long while， and thanked his dear， pious wife for the trick she had played on him， through which she had revived his belief in God and restored his trust. And in the room the sun shone even more friendly on the happy people's faces; a gentle breeze caressed their smiling cheeks， and the birds sang even louder their heartfelt thanks to God.
英文版短篇童话故事：Aunty Toothache
Where did we get this story? would you like to know?
We got it from the basket that the wastepaper is thrown into.
Many a good and rare book has been taken to the delicatessen store and the grocer's, not to be read, but to be used as wrapping paper for starch and coffee, beans, for salted herring, butter, and cheese. Used writing paper has also been found suitable.
Frequently one throws into the wastepaper basket what ought not to go there.
I know a grocer's assistant, the son of a delicatessen store owner. He has worked his way up from serving in the cellar to serving in the front shop; he is a well-read person, his reading consisting of the printed and written matter to be found on the paper used for wrapping. He has an interesting collection, consisting of several important official documents from the wastepaper baskets of busy and absent-minded officials, a few confidential letters from one lady friend to another - reports of scandal which were not to go further, not to be mentioned by a soul. He is a living salvage institution for more than a little of our literature, and his collection covers a wide field, he has the run of his parents' shop and that of his present master and has there saved many a book, or leaves of a book, well worth reading twice.
He has shown me his collection of printed and written matter from the wastepaper basket, the most valued items of which have come from the delicatessen store. A couple of leaves from a large composition book lay among the collection; the unusually clear and neat handwriting attracted my attention at once.
"This was written by the student," he said, "the student who lived opposite here and died about a month ago. He suffered terribly from toothache, as one can see. It is quite amusing to read. This is only a small part of what he wrote; there was a whole book and more besides. My parents gave the student's landlady half a pound of green soap for it. This is what I have been able to save of it."
I borrowed it, I read it, and now I tell it.
The title was:
AUNTY TOOTHACHE
I
Aunty gave me sweets when I was little. My teeth could stand it then; it didn't hurt them. Now I am older, am a student, and still she goes on spoiling me with sweets. She says I am a poet.
I have something of the poet in me, but not enough. Often when I go walking along the city streets, it seems to me as if I am walking in a big library; the houses are the bookshelves; and every floor is a shelf with books. There stands a story of everyday life; next to it is a good old comedy, and there are works of all scientific branches, bad literature and good reading. I can dream and philosophize among all this literature.
There is something of the poet in me, but not enough. No doubt many people have just as much of it in them as I, though they do not carry a sign or a necktie with the word "Poet" on it. They and I have been given a divine gift, a blessing great enough to satisfy oneself, but altogether too little to be portioned out again to others. It comes like a ray of sunlight and fills one's soul and thoughts; it comes like the fragrance of a flower, like a melody that one knows and yet cannot remember from where.
The other evening I sat in my room and felt an urge to read, but I had no book, no paper. Just then a leaf, fresh and green, fell from the lime tree, and the breeze carried it in through the window to me. I examined the many veins in it; a little insect was crawling across them, as if it were making a thorough study of the leaf. This made me think of man's wisdom: we also crawl about on a leaf; our knowledge is limited to that only, and yet we unhesitatingly deliver a lecture on the whole big tree - the root, the trunk, and the crown - the great tree comprised of God, the world, and immortality - and of all this we know only a little leaf!
As I was sitting there, I received a visit from Aunty Mille. I showed her the leaf with the insect and told her of my thoughts in connection with these. And her eyes lit up.
"You are a poet!" she said. "Perhaps the greatest we have. If I should live to see this, I would go to my grave gladly. Ever since the brewer Rasmussen's funeral you have amazed me with your powerful imagination."
So said Aunty Mille, and she then kissed me.
Who was Aunty Mille, and who was Rasmussen the brewer?
II
We children always called our mother's aunt "Aunty"; we had no other name for her.
She gave us jam and sweets, although they were very injurious to our teeth; but the dear children were her weakness, she said. It was cruel to deny them a few sweets, when they were so fond of them. And that's why we loved Aunty so much.
She was an old maid; as far back as I can remember, she was always old. Her age never seemed to change.
In earlier years she had suffered a great deal from toothache, and she always spoke about it; and so it happened that her friend, the brewer Rasmussen, who was a great wit, called her Aunty Toothache.
He had retired from the brewing business some years before and was then living on the interest of his money. He frequently visited Aunty; he was older than she. He had no teeth at all - only a few black stumps. When a child, he had eaten too much sugar, he told us children, and that's how he came to look as he did.
Aunty could surely never have eaten sugar in her childhood, for she had the most beautiful white teeth. She took great care of them, and she did not sleep with them at night! - said Rasmussen the brewer. We children knew that this was said in malice, but Aunty said he did not mean anything by it.
One morning, at the breakfast table, she told us of a terrible dream she had had during the night, in which one of her teeth had fallen out.
"That means," she said, "that I shall lose a true friend!"
"Was it a false tooth?" asked the brewer with a chuckle. "If so, it can only mean that you will lose a false friend!"
"You are an insolent old man!" said Aunty, angrier than I had seen her before or ever have since.
She later told us that her old friend had only been teasing her; he was the finest man on earth, and when he died he would become one of God's little angels in heaven.
I thought a good deal of this transformation, and wondered if I would be able to recognize him in this new character.
When Aunty and he had been young, he had proposed to her. She had settled down to think it over, had thought too long, and had become an old maid, but always remained his true friend.
And then Brewer Rasmussen died. He was taken to his grave in the most expensive hearse and was followed by a great number of folks, including people with orders and in uniform.
www.shanpow.com_i,was,in,most,beautiful,city,,in,the,world,.yet,i,only,wanted,home。 Aunty stood dressed in mourning by the window, together with all of us children, except our little brother, whom the stork had brought a week before. When the hearse and the procession had passed and the street was empty, Aunty wanted to go away from the window, but I did not want to; I was waiting for the angel, Rasmussen the brewer; surely he had by now become one of God's bewinged little children and would appear.
"Aunty," I said, "don't you think that he will come now? Or that when the stork again brings us a little brother, he'll then bring us the angel Rasmussen?"
Aunty was quite overwhelmed by my imagination, and said, "That child will become a great poet!" And this she kept repeating all the time I went to school, and even after my confirmation and, yes, still does now that I am a student.
She was, and is, to me the most sympathetic of friends, both in my poetical troubles and dental troubles, for I have attacks of both.
"Just write down all your thoughts," she said, "and put them in the table drawer! That's what Jean Paul did; he became a great poet, though I don't admire him; he does not excite one. You must be exciting! Yes, you will be exciting!"
The night after she said this, I lay awake, full of longings and anguish, with anxiety and fond hopes to become the great poet that Aunty saw and perceived in me; I went through all the pains of a poet! But there is an even greater pain - toothache - and it was grinding and crushing me; I became a writhing worm, with a bag of herbs and a mustard plaster.
"I know all about it, " said Aunty. There was a sorrowful smile on her lips, and her white teeth glistened.
But I must begin a new chapter in my own and my aunt's story.
III
I had moved to a new flat and had been living there a month. I was telling Aunty about it.
" I live with a quiet family; they pay no attention to me, even if I ring three times. Besides, it is a noisy house, full of sounds and disturbances caused by the weather, the wind, and the people. I live just above the street gate; every carriage that drives out or in makes the pictures on the walls move about. The gate bangs and shakes the house as if there were an earthquake. If I am in bed, the shocks go right through all my limbs, but that is said to be strengthening to the nerves. If the wind blows, and it is always blowing in this country, the long window hooks outside swing to and fro, and strike against the wall. The bell on the gate to the neighbor's yard rings with every gust of wind.
"The people who live in the house come home at all hours, from late in the evening until far into the night; the lodger just above me, who in the daytime gives lessons on the trombone, comes home the latest and does not go to bed before he has taken a little midnight promenade with heavy steps and in iron heeled shoes.
"There are no double windows. There is a broken pane in my room, over which the landlady has pasted some paper, but the wind blows through the crack despite that and produces a sound similar to that of a buzzing wasp. It is like the sort of music that makes one go to sleep. If at last I fall asleep, I am soon awakened by the crowing of the cocks. From the cellarman's hencoop the cocks and hens announce that it will soon be morning. The small ponies, which have no stable, but are tied up in the storeroom under the staircase, kick against the door and the paneling as they move about.
"The day dawns. The porter, who lives with his family in the attic, comes thundering down the stairs; his wooden shoes clatter; the gate bangs and the house shakes. And when all this is over, the lodger above begins to occupy himself with gymnastic exercises; he lifts a heavy iron ball in each hand, but he is not able to hold onto them, and they are continually falling on the floor, while at the same time the young folks in the house, who are going to school, come screaming with all their might. I go to the window and open it to get some fresh air, and it is most refreshing - when I can get it, and when the young woman in the back building is not washing gloves in soapsuds, by which she earns her livelihood. Otherwise it is a pleasant house, and I live with a quiet family!"
This was the report I gave Aunty about my flat, though it was livelier at the time, for the spoken word has a fresher sound than the written.
"You are a poet!" cried Aunty. "Just write down all you have said, and you will be as good as Dickens! Indeed, to me, you are much more interesting. You paint when you speak. You describe your house so that one can see it. It makes one shudder. Go on with your poetry. Put some living beings into it - people, charming people, especially unhappy ones."
I wrote down my description of the house as it stands, with all its sounds, its noises, but included only myself. There was no plot in it. That came later.
IV
It was during wintertime, late at night, after theater hours; it was terrible weather; a snowstorm raged so that one could hardly move along.
Aunty had gone to the theater, and I went there to take her home; it was difficult for one to get anywhere, to say nothing of helping another. All the hiring carriages were engaged. Aunty lived in a distant section of the town, while my dwelling was close to the theater. Had this not been the case, we would have had to take refuge in a sentry box for a while.
We trudged along in the deep snow while the snowflakes whirled around us. I had to lift her, hold onto her, and push her along. Only twice did we fall, but we fell on the soft snow.
We reached my gate, where we shook some of the snow from ourselves. On the stairs, too, we shook some off, and yet there was still enough almost to cover the floor of the anteroom.
We took off our overcoats and boots and what other clothes might be removed. The landlady lent Aunty dry stockings and a nightcap; this she would need, said the landlady, and added that it would be impossible for my aunt to get home that night, which was true. Then she asked Aunty to make use of her parlor, where she would prepare a bed for her on the sofa, in front of the door that led into my room and that was always kept locked. And so she stayed.
The fire burned in my stove, the tea urn was placed on the table, and the little room became cozy, if not as cozy as Aunty's own room, where in the wintertime there are heavy curtains before the door, heavy curtains before the windows, and double carpets on the floor, with three layers of thick paper underneath. One sits there as if in a well-corked bottle, full of warm air; still, as I have said, it was also cozy at my place, while outside the wind was whistling.
Aunty talked and reminisced; she recalled the days of her youth; the brewer came back; many old memories were revived.
She could remember the time I got my first tooth, and the family's delight over it. My first tooth! The tooth of innocence, shining like a little drop of milk - the milk tooth!
When one had come, several more came, a whole rank of them, side by side, appearing both above and below - the finest of children's teeth, though these were only the "vanguard," not the real teeth, which have to last one's whole lifetime.
Then those also appeared, and the wisdom teeth as well, the flank men of each rank, born in pain and great tribulation.
They disappear, too, sometimes every one of them; they disappear before their time of service is up, and when the very last one goes, that is far from a happy day; it is a day for mourning. And so then one considers himself old, even if he feels young.
Such thoughts and talk are not pleasant. Yet we came to talk about all this; we went back to the days of my childhood and talked and talked. It was twelve o'clock before Aunty went to rest in the room near by.
"Good night, my sweet child," she called. "I shall now sleep as if I were in my own bed."
And she slept peacefully; but otherwise there was no peace either in the house or outside. The storm rattled the windows, struck the long, dangling iron hooks against the house, and rang the neighbor's back-yard bell. The lodger upstairs had come home. He was still taking his little nightly tour up and down the room; he then kicked off his boots and went to bed and to sleep; but he snores so that anyone with good ears can hear him through the ceiling.
I found no rest, no peace. The weather did not rest, either; it was lively. The wind howled and sang in its own way; my teeth also began to be lively, and they hummed and sang in their way. An awful toothache was coming on.
There was a draft from the window. The moon shone in upon the floor; the light came and went as the clouds came and went in the stormy weather. There was a restless change of light and shadow, but at last the shadow on the floor began to take shape. I stared at the moving form and felt an icy-cold wind against my face.
On the floor sat a figure, thin and long, like something a child would draw with a pencil on a slate, something supposed to look like a person, a single thin line forming the body, another two lines the arms, each leg being but a single line, and the head having a polygonal shape.
The figure soon became more distinct; it had a very thin, very fine sort of cloth draped around it, clearly showing that the figure was that of a female.
I heard a buzzing sound. Was it she or the wind which was buzzing like a hornet through the crack in the pane?
No, it was she, Madam Toothache herself! Her terrible highness, Satania Infernalis! God deliver and preserve us from her!
"It is good to be here!" she buzzed. "These are nice quarters - mossy ground, fenny ground! Gnats have been buzzing around here, with poison in their stings; and now I am here with such a sting. It must be sharpened on human teeth. Those belonging to the fellow in bed here shine so brightly. They have defied sweet and sour things, heat and cold, nutshells and plum stones; but I shall shake them, make them quake, feed their roots with drafty winds, and give them cold feet!"
That was a frightening speech! She was a terrible visitor!
"So you are a poet!" she said. "Well, I'll make you well versed in all the poetry of toothache! I'll thrust iron and steel into your body! I'll seize all the fibers of your nerves!"
I then felt as if a red-hot awl were being driven into my jawbone; I writhed and twisted.
"A splendid set of teeth," she said, "just like an organ to play upon! We shall have a grand concert, with jew's-harps, kettledrums, and trumpets, piccolo-flute, and a trombone in the wisdom tooth! Grand poet, grand music!"
And then she started to play; she looked terrible, even if one did not see more of her than her hand, the shadowy, gray, icecold hand, with the long, thin, pointed fingers; each of them was an instrument of torture; the thumb and the forefinger were the pincers and wrench; the middle finger ended in a pointed awl; the ring finger was a drill, and the little finger squirted gnat's poison.
"I am going to teach you meter!" she said. "A great poet must have a great toothache, a little poet a little toothache!"
"Oh, let me be a little poet!" I begged. "Let me be nothing at all! And I am not a poet; I have only fits of poetry, like fits of toothache. Go away, go away!"
"Will you acknowledge, then, that I am mightier than poetry, philosophy, mathematics, and all the music?" she said. "Mightier than all those notions that are painted on canvas or carved in marble? I am older than every one of them. I was born close to the garden of paradise, just outside, where the wind blew and the wet toadstools grew. It was I who made Eve wear clothes in the cold weather, and Adam also. Believe me, there was power in the first toothache!"
"I believe it all," I said. "But go away, go away!"
"Yes, if you will give up being a poet, never put verse on paper, slate, or any sort of writing material, then I will let you off; but I'll come again if you write poetry!"
"I swear!" I said; "only let me never see or feel you any more!"
"See me you shall, but in a more substantial shape, in a shape more dear to you than I am now. You shall see me as Aunty Mille, and I shall say, 'Write poetry, my sweet boy! You are a great poet, perhaps the greatest we have!' But if you believe me, and begin to write poetry, then I will set music to your verses, and play them on your mouth harp. You sweet child! Remember me when you see Aunty Mille!"
Then she disappeared.
At our parting I received a thrust through my jawbone like that of a red-hot awl; but it soon subsided, and then I felt as if I were gliding along the smooth water; I saw the white water lilies, with their large green leaves, bending and sinking down under me; they withered and dissolved, and I sank, too, and dissolved into peace and rest.
"To die, and melt away like snow!" resounded in the water; "to evaporate into air, to drift away like the clouds!"
Great, glowing names and inscriptions on waving banners of victory, the letters patent of immortality, written on the wing of an ephemera, shone down to me through the water.
The sleep was deep, a sleep now without dreams. I did not hear the whistling wind, the banging gate, the ringing of the neighbor's gate bell, or the lodger's strenuous gymnastics.
What happiness!
Then came a gust of wind so strong that the locked door to Aunty's room burst open. Aunty jumped up, put on her shoes, got dressed, and came into my room. I was sleeping like one of God's angels, she said, and she had not the heart to awaken me.
I later awoke by myself and opened my eyes. I had completely forgotten that Aunty was in the house, but I soon remembered it and then remembered my toothache vision. Dream and reality were blended.
"I suppose you did not write anything last night after we said good night?" she said. "I wish you had; you are my poet and shall always be!"
It seemed to me that she smiled rather slyly. I did not know if it was the kindly Aunty Mille, who loved me, or the terrible one to whom I had made the promise the night before.
"Have you written any poetry, sweet child?"
"No, no!" I shouted. "You are Aunty Mille, aren't you?"
"Who else?" she said. And it was Aunty Mille.
She kissed me, got into a carriage, and drove home.
I wrote down what is written here. It is not in verse, and it will never be printed.
Yes, here ended the manuscript.
My young friend, the grocer's assistant, could not find the missing sheets; they had gone out into the world like the papers around the salted herring, the butter, and the green soap; they had fulfilled their destiny!
The brewer is dead; Aunty is dead; the student is dead, he whose sparks of genius went into the basket. This is the end of the story - the story of Aunty Toothache.
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I woke up and looked at my watch. Oh my god, it’s 7:30 already! I have to get up at once otherwise I’ll be late. Today I’ll take the Australian athletes as a tour guide around Beijing, and I’m going to be the interpreter at the Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony tomorrow. This has always been a dream of mine since Beijing won the bid of the Olympics, and now the dream has finally come true—I have already become a successful interpreter. And today is another important day of my interpreting career. I’m a little nervous but, of course, very excited. Here goes my plan for today:
Well, our first destination is, surely, the landmark of Beijing, the symbol of the 5000 years’ civilization—the Forbidden City—where the emperors and empresses of the Ming and Qing Dynasties lived, and it’s really grand. It was renovated recently because of the coming Olympics.
The second place we are going to is the Great Wall. This is the only building, I hear, that can been seen from the moon, and it represents the diligence and the wisdom of whole Chinese nation.
Now, it’s time for lunch. We plan to have What? You say ”Beijing Duck”? Yeah, right you are! We’ll come back to the center of Beijing, and we’ll have dinner at “Quanjude” restaurant. You can enjoy the most delicious Chinese food—Beijing Duck, and you must be very pleased to hear this! Then I’ll show you around the Summer Palace. It’s the royal garden for the emperors and empresses of the Qing Dynasty to pass the hot summers.
After visiting those historical places, you’ll surely be impressed by the long-lasting history of our great country. At the same time, during the journey of moving from one place of interest to another, we won’t miss having a glance of Beijing’s modern civilization. The skyscrapers, beautiful avenues and advanced facilities must also catch your eyes. And we’ll also have a chance to experience Beijing’s fast development in person. We’ll do some shopping at the shopping center near the Olympics Village. You can buy everything there of course except guns and drugs which are seriously forbidden in China. To see is to believe. What you see and experience will be strong prove of your choice to Beijing, China!
That’s all about my plan for the day. What do you think of it, my friends? Today, I’m very proud to be here to give a speech about a dream, a dream for which we worked together for nine years or even more. As Beijing becomes the host city of the 29th Olympic Games, every Beijinger cares for the environment and good manners and behaviors much more than before. Now Beijing has already made herselves’ dream come true. So I must work harder to catch up with her steps. Knowing the hardness of making a dream into reality, I need to do my best at every side of my work, so then I believe my little dream—to be an interpreter—will definitely be realized someday in the future!
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