There are many brands of chocolate. If you love it, you can’t forget DOVE -- the most famous chocolate brand. But do you know what the meaning of DOVE is?
Dove chocolate is born because of . One day in 1919 Princess Bazaar of Luxembourg's royal family first met the royal kitchen helper Leon. Many nights Leon slipped into the kitchen and various ice creams for Bazaar. They soon fell in love. Unfortunately owing to their quite different social , both of them had to the deep feelings in heart.
Afterwards Bazaar was made to an arranged royal marriage against her wishes. For many days Leon could not see Bazaar, and he was burning with . Finally Bazaar turned up 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 Bazaar could understand his feeling.
A few days later, Bazaar got . Leon, broken-hearted, could not the mental suffering and left for America, where he and his own family a candy store years later but lived unhappily.
Many years later, they met again before Bazaar’s death. Bazaar that she did eat the ice cream that afternoon but didn't see the letters and also didn't receive any promise from Leon and she had to to her fate and missed him all her lifetime.
Hearing this, Leon broke down in tears. If that chocolate had been , those letters would never have melted and he would not have lost his last . Leon decided to create a solid chocolate which can a long time.
After lots of research, he succeeded and each piece of chocolate was engraved(刻) with the letters – DOVE. It is a of the love between Leon and Bazaar.
Now more and more people fall in love with this chocolate. Giving someone DOVE means sending the of love DO YOU LOVE ME?
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very . Some stories are told they were true. Real people who live in a world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not . They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be for us.
But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only . How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter, we seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than . Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of . When we read or write something, we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our -- which is real-- and our imagination-- which is real in a different way --- to make the words come to life in our minds.
Both realism and fantasy(幻想) the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we that we are real and they are . It sounds , but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by that what we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book, too.
Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.
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A．possible B．easy C．new D．different
A．that B．what C．whether D．as if
A．usual B．normal C．certain D．common
A．realistic B．reasonable C．moral D．instructive
A．difficult B．impossible C．important D．necessary
A．thinkable B．designed C．imagined D．planned
A．do B．make C．have D．are
A．lessons B．dreams C．experience D．magic
A．working B．thinking C．living D．understanding
A．knowledge B．skill C．words D．grammar
A．make B．get C．use D．have
A．a newspaper B．something C．everything D．a story
A．find B．learn C．know D．hope
A．too B．not C．all D．so
A．dangerous B．serious C．strange D．terrible
A．talk B．learn C．read D．think
A．telling B．pretending C．promising D．guessing
A．mind B．life C．world D．society
A．heart B．time C．money D．ourselves
A．what B．how C．when D．why
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Sophie was a ten-year-old girl. She loved . She drew before breakfast. She drew after breakfast. Sometimes she even drew on her way to .
One day Sophie arrived at school. “Why are you late, Sophie?” asked her .
“I’m sorry, Miss. I was drawing a big house on the way to school. I forgot about the .”
“Oh, Sophie,” said her teacher. “You must think about your drawing and more about school. Can you give me your now please?”
“I’m sorry, Miss, I don’t have it finished.”
“ , Sophie?”
“Yesterday I was in town. I saw a running down the road. He had a(n) face so I drew him.” The teacher gave Sophie a strange look. “But Sophie, there was a robbery (抢劫案) in town yesterday...”
“Perhaps that was the man I ,” said Sophie. “Perhaps I have drawn a picture of the robber!”
After school, Sophie went to the police station. She her picture to a policeman. “Where did you this picture?” asked the policeman.
“I drew it,” said Sophie. “I drew it yesterday in .”
“This is a picture of Ronnie the Robber,” the policeman. “So Ronnie robbed the bank! Thank you Sophie. Now we can him.”
A week later, the policeman a letter to Sophie’s school. “Sophie’s drawing us catch Ronnie the Robber,” he said. “She is a very clever girl.” Now her teachers were very of Sophie, the girl who loves to draw.
A．math B．art C．music D．writing
A．home B．park C．library D．school
A．late B．early C．happily D．slowly
A．father B．teacher C．friend D．classmate
A．exam B．date C．class D．time
A．little B．much C．less D．more
A．homework B．picture C．textbook D．notebook
A．Why B．Why not C．What happened D．So what
A．thief B．robber C．man D．boy
A．angry B．handsome C．lovely D．interesting
A．bus B．shop C．bank D．street
A．saw B．heard C．described D．stopped
A．explained B．showed C．introduced D．sold
A．draw B．buy C．get D．borrow
A．table B．school C．countryside D．town
A．roared B．guessed C．answered D．cried
A．fine B．find C．arrest D．fight
A．wrote B．replied C．took D．brought
A．recorded B．helped C．let D．had
A．proud B．tired C．careful D．confident
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When my family moved to Ohio over the summer, I feared attending another new school and knowing no one because I was able to expect what was coming. I had bright red hair and enormous glasses. In addition, I was and not very sociable. Boarding the school bus that first day, I felt like all eyes on me. I could hear the “She’s huge!” Obviously, the kids on the bus had known each other well. I spent that first bus in silence.
The following day was even . I did not notice that a few boys had tied a shoelace across the aisle(走道) and thus fell face first on the bus, everything I was carrying. I was embarrassingly gathering my supplies, I could hear the laughter, and then the “That felt like an earthquake!” Anyway, I to find a seat. Looking out of the window, I the tears welling up in my eyes.
It was then that I sank into myself. I began walking everywhere. I would wander through the woods behind our house. I would also walk to a about two miles down the road, where I would chat silently with God. I began the afternoon school bus , walking home instead. Then, , I started losing weight. And as I became _______ with myself, I began making friends.
One of my newly-found friends also with her weight, wanting to be a “perfect” cheerleader. She lived near my neighborhood so we would meet and together. This became a daily routine with talking and laughing the way — different from the lonely walks I had taken. My friend said that I didn't have to be . I just had to be me, and be happy with myself.
While I would not want to relive that time of loneliness, sadness and embarrassment, I am I made it through. Whenever I am struggling with any other problem in life, I always remember the proverb “This too shall pass.” If you can find a path with no obstacles or challenges, it probably doesn’t anywhere.
A．outgoing B．intelligent C．overweight D．friendly
A．whistles B．whispers C．screams D．laughs
A．ride B．lift C．drive D．travel
A．duller B．longer C．funnier D．worse
A．missing B．losing C．dropping D．leaving
A．While B．Though C．Since D．Because
A．arguments B．comments C．statements D．discussions
A．determined B．attempted C．managed D．pretended
A．kept away B．took back C．put away D．held back
A．garden B．church C．market D．library
A．escaping B．stopping C．delaying D．missing
A．on purpose B．by chance C．in reality D．at ease
A．uninterestedly B．uncertainly C．unexpectedly D．unfortunately
A．concerned B．content C．angry D．disappointed
A．struggled B．competed C．dealt D．lived
A．run B．study C．walk D．play
A．along B．across C．by D．in
A．thin B．perfect C．sociable D．pessimistic
A．excited B．upset C．regretful D．proud
A．lead B．stretch C．exist D．stay
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选取出适合填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
“Now,” Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions.” The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be . “Yes, you will all be searching for your future . Each of you will have to someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”
Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”
I shook my head.
“How about some ?”
I shook my head again.
Finally, I thought he realized I was , and I got my first big tip as a . “Never, never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you’ll run into.” After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from in class. I got an A on the entire project.
Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t 36 me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and all my life I had run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me: it was in my blood. gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was .
For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, stories from murders to airplane crashes and choosing my strongest area. I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.
I get all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”
“Well, you see, there was this teacher …” I always start out. I just wish I could her.
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A．good B．mad C．careless D．curious
A．university B．family C．professions D．life
A．interview B．find out C．admire D．learn from
A．expressed B．ordered C．expected D．meant
A．hardly B．nearly C．naturally D．eagerly
A．drink B．newspapers C．preparations D．paper
A．satisfied B．comfortable C．terrified D．sorry
A．student B．journalist C．teacher D．writer
A．research B．books C．imagination D．memory
A．called B．recognized C．remembered D．visited
A．answer B．promise C．stop D．persuade
A．how B．whether C．why D．when
A．It B．Virginia DeView C．My parents D．My oral report
A．breaking in B．getting down C．falling off D．going on
A．making up B．listening to C．covering D．writing
A．of course B．finally C．doubtfully D．above all
A．When B．As long as C．Once D．On condition that
A．for B．with C．of D．to
A．hurt B．excited C．disappointed D．asked
A．respect B．support C．thank D．favor
On a cold winter’s morning, an old man sat awkwardly against a wall at Sydney’s Circular Quay station. I glanced his way for a moment but him as a usual beggar and walked on to work .
On my way home that afternoon, I saw the same man in the same place. He was on the ground with two doctors beside him. This time my paused. He wasn’t a at all. He was certainly, but he wore a nice suit and was clean-shaven. Shame rocked me. How painful for that sick, old man to have from the coldness of the entire day! He probably reached out to for help. No one stopped, out of sight, out of .
A different season and I again an old man half lying on the footpath, not far from ______ the Winter Man had been. Caught up in the rush of people going to work, I barely(好容易才) at him. However, the of the old Winter Man came back to me vividly. I walked back to him and down to ask him if he was OK. He told me he was diabetic（糖尿病的）and it might be a good idea to an ambulance, which I did—it was a few minutes away.
In a whisper, he said to me, “Thank you. Nobody .except you.” We looked into each other’s eyes for a moment. was spoken without a word being said. As the ambulance’s alarm bell shows the arrival of help, a number of emotions rushed at me. I felt sad for the Winter Man and ashamed that I had almost walked past another person . However, I was amazed that it had been so easy to be .
A．recognized B．regarded C．appointed D．announced
A．worriedly B．calmly C．hurriedly D．slowly
A．lying B．kneeling C．sleeping D．standing
A．eyes B．heart C．step D．breath
A．doctor B．thief C．beggar D．liar
A．dirty B．rich C．old D．mad
A．escaped B．experienced C．suffered D．learned
A．policemen B．cleaners C．volunteers D．passers-by
A．mind B．control C．reach D．ability
A．went over B．came across C．ran after D．drove over
A．there B．which C．where D．what
A．shouted B．glanced C．pointed D．stared
A．action B．performance C．voice D．memory
A．lay B．sat C．knelt D．pushed
A．call B．rent C．send D．stop
A．watched B．cared C．replied D．believed
A．Little B．Much C．None D．Some
A．leaving B．disappearing C．passing D．approaching
A．at hand B．on purpose C．in need D．at ease
A．shameful B．helpful C．grateful D．joyful
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