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　Most terribly cold it was; it snowed, and was nearly quite dark, and evening-- the last evening of the year. In this cold and darkness there went along the street a poor little girl, bareheaded, and with naked feet. When she left home she had slippers on, it is true; but what was the good of that? They were very large slippers, which her mother had hitherto worn; so large were they; and the poor little thing lost them as she scuffled away across the street, because of two carriages that rolled by dreadfully fast. One slipper was nowhere to be found; the other had been laid hold of by an urchin, and off he ran with it; he thought it would do capitally for a cradle when he some day or other should have children himself. So the little maiden walked on with her tiny naked feet, that were quite red and blue from cold. She carried a quantity of matches in an old apron, and she held a bundle of them in her hand. Nobody had bought anything of her the whole livelong day; no one had given her a single farthing. She crept along trembling with cold and hunger--a very picture of sorrow, the poor little thing! The flakes of snow covered her long fair hair, which fell in beautiful curls around her neck; but of that, of course, she never once now thought. From all the windows the candles were gleaming, and it smelt so deliciously of roast goose, for you know it was New Year's Eve; yes, of that she thought. In a corner formed by two houses, of which one advanced more than the other, she seated herself down and cowered together. Her little feet she had drawn close up to her, but she grew colder and colder, and to go home she did not venture, for she had not sold any matches and could not bring a farthing of money: from her father she would certainly get blows, and at home it was cold too, for above her she had only the roof, through which the wind whistled, even though the largest cracks were stopped up with straw and rags. Her little hands were almost numbed with cold. Oh! a match might afford her a world of comfort, if she only dared take a single one out of the bundle, draw it against the wall, and warm her fingers by it. She drew one out. "Rischt!" how it blazed, how it burnt! It was a warm, bright flame, like a candle, as she held her hands over it: it was a wonderful light. It seemed really to the little maiden as though she were sitting before a large iron stove, with burnished brass feet and a brass ornament at top. The fire burned with such blessed influence; it warmed so delightfully. The little girl had already stretched out her feet to warm them too; but--the small flame went out, the stove vanished: she had only the remains of the burnt-out match in her hand. She rubbed another against the wall: it burned brightly, and where the light fell on the wall, there the wall became transparent like a veil, so that she could see into the room. On the table was spread a snow-white tablecloth; upon it was a splendid porcelain service, and the roast goose was steaming famously with its stuffing of apple and dried plums. And what was still more capital to behold was, the goose hopped down from the dish, reeled about on the floor with knife and fork in its breast, till it came up to the poor little girl; when--the match went out and nothing but the thick, cold, damp wall was left behind. She lighted another match. Now there she was sitting under the most magnificent Christmas tree: it was still larger, and more decorated than the one which she had seen through the glass door in the rich merchant's house. Thousands of lights were burning on the green branches, and gaily-colored pictures, such as she had seen in the shop-windows, looked down upon her. The little maiden stretched out her hands towards them when--the match went out. The lights of the Christmas tree rose higher and higher, she saw them now as stars in heaven; one fell down and formed a long trail of fire. "Someone is just dead!" said the little girl; for her old grandmother, the only person who had loved her, and who was now no more, had told her, that when a star falls, a soul ascends to God. She drew another match against the wall: it was again light, and in the lustre there stood the old grandmother, so bright and radiant, so mild, and with such an expression of love. "Grandmother!" cried the little one. "Oh, take me with you! You go away when the match burns out; you vanish like the warm stove, like the delicious roast goose, and like the magnificent Christmas tree!" And she rubbed the whole bundle of matches quickly against the wall, for she wanted to be quite sure of keeping her grandmother near her. And the matches gave such a brilliant light that it was brighter than at noon-day: never formerly had the grandmother been so beautiful and so tall. She took the little maiden, on her arm, and both flew in brightness and in joy so high, so very high, and then above was neither cold, nor hunger, nor anxiety--they were with God. But in the corner, at the cold hour of dawn, sat the poor girl, with rosy cheeks and with a smiling mouth, leaning against the wall--frozen to death on the last evening of the old year. Stiff and stark sat the child there with her matches, of which one bundle had been burnt. "She wanted to warm herself," people said. No one had the slightest suspicion of what beautiful things she had seen; no one even dreamed of the splendor in which, with her grandmother she had entered on the joys of a new year.

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J、有学问的人并非什么都懂

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30. 　How did the woman feel when she left the office?

　　 A. angry　　　 B. peaceful　　 C. embarrassed　　 D. nervous

In the United States many have been told that anyone can become rich and successful if he works hard and has some good luck. 　　 Yet, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what“Keeping up with the Joneses”is about. It is the story of someone who tries to look as rich and as successful as his neighbors. 　　 The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American by the name of Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself: He began earning $125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. Young Momand was very proud of his riches. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York Ciry. But just moving there was not enough. When he saw that rich people rode horses. Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors. 　　　It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. Momand and his wife could not do that. 　The race ended for them when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They left their wealthy neighborhood and moved back to an apartment in New York City. 　　 Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses”,because “Jones”is a very common name in the United States.“Keeping up with the Joneses”came to mean keeping up with the people around you. Momand's series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years. 　　　People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. That is one reason why they read the “right”books, go to the “right”universities and eat in the“right”restaurants. 　　 Every city has an area where people want to live because others will think better of them if they do. And there are“Joneses”in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses, because no matter what one does, Mr Jones seems always to be ahead. 31．The writer of the passage believes ______. 　 A．anyone in the United States can become rich but might be poor soon 　 B．anyone in the United States can become rich if he works hard and has good luck 　 C．he can become rich in the future though he is not lucky enough 　 D．anyone in the United States who works hard can become rich 32．It can be inferred from the story that rich people　 ______ 　 A．like to live outside New York City 　 B．like to live in New York City 　 C．like to live in apartments 　 D．like to have many neighbors 33．Arthur Momand used the name“Jones”in his series of short stories because Jones 　　is ______. 　 A．an important name B．a popular name in the United States 　 C．his neighbor's name D．not a good name 34．Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because ______. 　A．they want to be as rich as their neighbors 　 B．they want others to know or to think that they are rich 　 C．they don't want others to know they are rich 　 D．they want to be happy

　趣味英语：

Q: What's the difference between a monkey and a flea? A: A monkey can have fleas, but a flea can't have monkeys. 猴子会和跳蚤有什么不同呢？你可能会直接的想到它们俩是一大一小。但除此之外呢，那就是猴子身上可以长跳蚤，而跳蚤身上却不能有猴子。这个答案很有意思吧？

　 Q: How can you most irritate a farmer? A: By treading on his corn? 如果你踩了农夫的玉米或是谷物，他肯定会生气的；而如果你踩了农夫脚底的鸡眼，他会更生气。Corn既可以表示“玉米/谷物”，也有“鸡眼”的意思。

　 Q: Which is the strongest creature in the world? A: The snail. It carries its house on its back. 因为snail(蜗牛)的后背上总是背着一所房子，所以说蜗牛是世界上最强壮的生物是不足为奇的。你说呢？

Q: What do people do in a clock factory? A: They make faces all day. 一看到make faces这个短语，你可千万别以为是在钟表厂工作的人整天都做鬼脸呀！因为除了这个意思以外，它还可以从字面上解释为制造钟面。 Q: How do you stop a sleepwalker from walking in his sleep? A: Keep him awake.

怎样才能不让梦游者(sleepwalker)梦游(walk in his sleep)呢？最简单的方法就是不让他睡觉。虽然这不是治疗方法，但如果让梦游者醒着呢，他的确就不会去梦游了。

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中诗英译--《雨巷》--戴望舒Raining Lane

撑着油纸伞，独自　　　 With a blue umbrella, alone

彷徨在悠长，悠长　　　 Wander in this lonely raining lane long, 又寂寥的雨巷，　　　　 long　　我希望逢着　　　　　　 For how many times I expect , 一个丁香一样地　　　　 A melancholy maid as blue as lilac 结着愁怨的姑娘。　　　 whom I could meet

她是有　　　　　　　　 She radiates, 丁香一样的颜色，　　　 With lilac's brilliance, 丁香一样的芬芳，　　　 With lilac's fragrance, 丁香一样的忧愁，　　　 With lilac’s sadness, 在雨中哀怨，　　　　　 Gloomily wandering in the rain, 哀怨又彷徨；　　　　　 Melancholy and alone.

她彷徨在这寂寥的雨巷，She also wandered in this raining lane, 撑着油纸伞　　　　　　 With a blue umbrella, 像我一样，　　　　　　 Like me alone, 像我一样地　　　　　　 Like me alone, 默默行着，　　　　　　 Walk ing silently, 冷漠，凄清，又惆怅。　 Cold, lonely and melancholy.

她静默地走近　　　　　 She silently approached me, 走近，又投出　　　　　 Approached me, 太息一般的眼光，　　　 With dazing and dreaming eyesight, 她飘过　　　　　　　　 She is gone with the wind, 像梦一般地，　　　　　 Like a dream in my heart, 像梦一般地凄婉迷茫。　 A desolate and miserable dream, just 　

　　　　　　　　　　　gone.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

像梦中飘过　　　　　　 She is hovering in my dream,　　　　　　　　　　　一枝丁香地，　　　　　 Like a blue lilac, 我身旁飘过这个女郎；　 Passing me without a single word, 她静默地远了，远了，　 Silently, she is away, far away, 到了颓圮的篱墙，　　　Approached the collapsed wall, 走尽这雨巷。　　　　　 Near the end of the lane tall.

在雨的哀曲里，　　　　 In the blue music of rain, 消了她的颜色，　　　　 Her brilliance is gone, 散了她的芬芳，　　　　 Her fragrance is gone, 消散了，甚至她的　　　 Gone even is her dazing and dreaming

eyesight,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　太息般的眼光，　　　　 Gone even is her melancholy like a blue

丁香般的惆怅。　　　　 lilac at night.

撑着油纸伞，独自　　　 With a blue umbrella, alone 彷徨在悠长，悠长　　　 Wander in this lonely raining lane long, 又寂寥的雨巷，　　　　Long, 我希望飘过　　　　　　 For how many times I expect, 一个丁香一样地　　　　 A melancholy maid as blue as lilac 结着愁怨的姑娘。　　　 whom I could meet.

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29．The woman left the office without saying anything because 　　　　.

　　　 A．she wanted to go home and get money for the child’s ticket

B．she was so angry that she didn’t want to have anything more to do with the young man

　　　 C．she was moved by Harry’s kindness

　　　 D．she knew she would have to pay the railway if she insisted　　

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