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.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】

试题分析： 本文介绍了德芙巧克力的由来。1919年卢森堡皇室的公主Bazzar和皇家厨房的帮手Leon相爱了，他用热巧克力刻了DOVE几个字母，但是公主没有看到，因为那几个字母都融化了。 经过苦心研究，Leon研制出了固体巧克力，买每一块上面都刻清楚地着DOVE。

1. A. calling召集；B. burning激情燃烧；C. working工作；D. talking谈话, 他激情燃烧到不耐烦了。故选B。

2. A. stood up站起来；B. turned up出现；C. stayed up熬夜；D. dressed up打扮。Bazzar公主一个月后出现在餐桌旁，故选 B 。

3.A. wrote写；B. sent发送；C. mixed混合 ；D. noticed注意到。他用热巧克力写了DOVE几个字母，是DO YOU LOVE ME 几个单词的开头字母。故选A。

4.A. expected预期；B. declared宣布；C. allowed允许；D. promised承诺, Leon期待着公主会理解他的感情。故选A。

5.A. sick 生病的；B. angry 生气的；C. married结婚的；D. bored无聊的。几天后，公主结婚了。故选C。

6.A. reduce减少；B. stop停止；C. repeat重复；D. bear忍受。一年后，Leon忍受不了精神折磨，就离开了皇家厨房。故选D。

7. A. left离开；B. visited参观；C. ran经营；D. found发现。数年后，他和他自己的家人经营了一家糖果店。故选C。

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

9. A. stable稳定的；B. powerful强大的；C. frozen冻结的；D. solid固体的，如果那个巧克力还是固定的，那些字母就不会融化了，他也不会失去他最后的机会了。故选D。

10.A. stand 站立，忍受；B. spare备用；C. take采取；D. preserve保存，维持；保护。Leon决定创造出一种能保持时间很长的固体巧克力。故选D。

11.A. breaks .中止，停顿，暂停；休息；B. research研究；C. pressure；；压力；D. problems问题。经过大量的研究后，DOVE巧克力终于做成了。故选B。

12.A. firmly坚定地，坚固地；B. immediately立即；C. quickly迅速地；D. luckily幸运的是。每一块巧克力上都清楚地刻着“DOVE”， Leon 和 Bazzar两人之间爱的象征。故选A。

考点：故事类短文阅读。