Question

In 1919, Princess Bazzar of Luxembourg’s royal family met the royal kitchen helper Leon. Many nights, Leon went into the kitchen and made ice-cream for Bazzar. They soon fell in love. But because of their different social status, both of them burried the feelings.

Soon, Bazzar was made to accept an arranged royal marriage. For days, Leon could not see Bazzar, he was with impatience. Finally, Bazzar at the table a month later. While serving desserts, Leon the letters DOVE, which is an abbreviation of DO YOU LOVE ME with hot chocolate on Bazaar’s ice-cream. Leon that Bazzar could understand his feelings.

A few days later, Bazzar got . One year later, Leon could not the mental suffering and left the royal kitchen. Years later, he and his own family a candy store.

Many years later, Bazzar remembered that that afternoon she ate the ice-cream made by Leon, but didn’t see the letters.

Hearing this, Leon broke down in tears, and he finally understood the past misunderstandings. If that chocolate had been , those letters would never have melted, and he would not have lost his last chance. Leon decided to create a solid chocolate which can a long time.

After lots of , the chocolate Dove was finally made and each piece of chocolate was engraved with the letter “DOVE”. It’s a symbol of the love between Leon and Bazzar.

Now more and more people fall in love with this chocolate. Giving someone DOVE means sending the whisper of love: DO YOU LOVE ME?

1.A. calling B. burning C. working D. talking

2.A. stood up B. turned up C. stayed up D. dressed up

3.A. wrote B. sent C. mixed D. noticed

4.A. expected B. declared C. allowed D. promised

5.A. sick B. angry C. married D. bored

6.A. reduce B. stop C. repeat D. bear

7.A. left B. visited C. ran D. found

8.A. confusing B. interesting C. melting D. annoying

9.A. stable B. powerful C. frozen D. solid

10.A. stand B. spare C. take D. preserve

11.A. breaks B. research C. pressure D. problems

12.A. firmly B. immediately C. quickly D. luckily

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.D

11.B

12.A

【解析】

試題分析： 本文介紹了德芙巧克力的由來。1919年盧森堡皇室的公主Bazzar和皇家廚房的幫手Leon相愛了，他用熱巧克力刻了DOVE幾個字母，但是公主沒有看到，因為那幾個字母都融化了。 經(jīng)過苦心研究，Leon研制出了固體巧克力，買每一塊上面都刻清楚地著DOVE。

1. A. calling召集；B. burning激情燃燒；C. working工作；D. talking談話, 他激情燃燒到不耐煩了。故選B。

2. A. stood up站起來；B. turned up出現(xiàn)；C. stayed up熬夜；D. dressed up打扮。Bazzar公主一個月后出現(xiàn)在餐桌旁，故選 B 。

3.A. wrote寫；B. sent發(fā)送；C. mixed混合 ；D. noticed注意到。他用熱巧克力寫了DOVE幾個字母，是DO YOU LOVE ME 幾個單詞的開頭字母。故選A。

4.A. expected預(yù)期；B. declared宣布；C. allowed允許；D. promised承諾, Leon期待著公主會理解他的感情。故選A。

5.A. sick 生病的；B. angry 生氣的；C. married結(jié)婚的；D. bored無聊的。幾天后，公主結(jié)婚了。故選C。

6.A. reduce減少；B. stop停止；C. repeat重復(fù)；D. bear忍受。一年后，Leon忍受不了精神折磨，就離開了皇家廚房。故選D。

7. A. left離開；B. visited參觀；C. ran經(jīng)營；D. found發(fā)現(xiàn)。數(shù)年后，他和他自己的家人經(jīng)營了一家糖果店。故選C。

8.A. confusing困惑的；B. interesting有趣的；C. melting融化的；D. annoying惱人的。根據(jù)下文可知，公主吃了冰激凌，但是那些字母融化了，模糊了看不清了。故選C。

9. A. stable穩(wěn)定的；B. powerful強大的；C. frozen凍結(jié)的；D. solid固體的，如果那個巧克力還是固定的，那些字母就不會融化了，他也不會失去他最后的機會了。故選D。

10.A. stand 站立，忍受；B. spare備用；C. take采取；D. preserve保存，維持；保護。Leon決定創(chuàng)造出一種能保持時間很長的固體巧克力。故選D。

11.A. breaks .中止，停頓，暫停；休息；B. research研究；C. pressure；；壓力；D. problems問題。經(jīng)過大量的研究后，DOVE巧克力終于做成了。故選B。

12.A. firmly堅定地，堅固地；B. immediately立即；C. quickly迅速地；D. luckily幸運的是。每一塊巧克力上都清楚地刻著“DOVE”， Leon 和 Bazzar兩人之間愛的象征。故選A。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。