Do you like chocolate? Most people do. Some like it in bars. Others just like big squares of it.

Say you just got a box of chocolate. Which piece do you pick first? A study carried out by a professor in the University of Virginia showed that people’s choices of chocolates show their personality. If you choose a round piece, you are a person who likes to party. If you select an oval shape, you are a person who strives(努力). You like to make things and push yourself to be successful. Picking a square shape shows that this is an honest and truthful person you can depend on.

What kind of chocolate do you pick? Maybe you like milk chocolate. This shows you have warm feelings about the past, while dark chocolate means something else -- the person who chooses it ________. What about white chocolate? Would you like to choose it? If so, you may find it hard to make up your mind. Those who like chocolate with nuts are people who like to help others.

Do you believe these ideas? Can chocolate tell all these things? It doesn’t matter. There is one sure thing about eaters of chocolates – they eat it because they like it.

What is the best title of the text? (Please answer within 8 words.)

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Which sentence in the text can be replaced by the following one?

In that case, it will be difficult for you to make a decision.

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Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 6 words.)

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What’s the writer’s attitude towards the information about chocolate in the text? (Please answer within 15 words)

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Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.

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Jenny found in music _______ peace which was missing in _______ world full of challenges.

A. /; the            B. /; a                 C. a; the                D. the; a

__________the burglar from the second floor when the house owner found him stealing last night．

       A．Down jumping               B．Down jumped      

       C．Jumping down               D．Jumped down

I persuaded my parents       we should go to Italy for a holiday rather than Scotland.

       A．what B．that   C．where       D．how

— We did not see him at the lecture yesterday．

     — You ______ him, since I went to an international conference with him．

       A. mustn’t have seen                          B. can’t have seen

     C. couldn’t see                                   D. needn’t have seen

—Have you been to the National Theatre?

    —No, but I've         bought two tickets for the concert to be given this weekend.

A．yet                  B．even                C．ever           D．already

I only intended to be there for a few days, but I          ended up staying for a whole month.

A．fortunately       B．actually    C．naturally   D．obviously

--I borrowed 10 dollars from Cathy, but she insisted that I had borrowed 15 dollars from her．

       --I _____ you the money．Why didn't you ask me?

       A．must lend                  B．could have lent  

       C．would lend             D．should have lent

The town I live in is about to put cameras at all traffic lights to catch people who run red lights．It   36   me of how many people I’ve seen who take the yellow light as a   37   to go faster．I also can’t understand why people don’t move when the traffic light has turned green．Above all, there are those   38   situations in which someone doesn’t even   39   that the light turns red, and just keeps going．That is why so many   40   happen! All these situations make me   41__    the purpose of traffic lights．

         42   , it’s even more frightening to imagine letting people make their own decisions at   __43   crossroads．Do the biggest cars get to go first? Who decides who goes next? So I guess I do like the idea of a system to   44   traffic．And I’ll do my best to   45   the traffic rules: to go, to be cautious, and to stop when I’m   46   to．

       It occurs to me that my   47   have done much the same for me   48   teaching me how to live．They have given me many   49   lights: to get along well with others, to listen and talk to them, to help others, and to   50   with joy and purpose．They have also given me some red lights   51   my life goes astray（误入歧途）: not to be greedy, to keep my temper, and to control my desires．And there   52   have been some yellow caution lights: to watch how much I drink, to keep control of my behavior, and to   53    school regularly and work hard．

       If I obey these rules, my life will be as   54   as it can be．Just as I’m wise to pay attention to the traffic lights when I’m walking across the street, I’m wise to pay attention to the“   55__ signals” given to me by my parents．

A．suggests     B．informs        C．reminds         D．warns

A．sight          B．signal           C．message         D．switch

A．instant         B．exciting        C．dangerous       D．cautious

A．notice        B．sense         C．remember     D．feel

A．events         B．problems        C．situations      D．accidents

A．think of        B．wonder about   C．care for        D．worry about    

A．Besides        B．Anyway        C．Instead         D．However

A．noisy          B．narrow         C．crowded       D．key

A．control        B．direct          C．improve        D．serve

A．learn          B．obey          C．protect          D．carry

A．supposed       B．used            C．devoted        D．delighted

A．teachers    B．friends           C．leaders          D．parents

A．in charge of   B．in face of       C．in terms of           D．indanger of     

A．safe           B．green         C．beneficial      D．helpful

A．live               B．share         C．work           D．communicate

A．unless        B．when         C．before          D．till

A．still               B．even           C．only            D．also

A．start           B．attend           C．leave           D．miss

A．good          B．colorful        C．meaningful      D．healthy

A．traffic         B．light          C．life           D．confidence

Twenty-first century humanity has mapped oceans and mountains, visited the moon, and surveyed the planets．But for all the progress, people still don’t know one another very well.

That brings about Theodore Zeldin’s “feast of conversation”－events where individuals pair with persons they don’t know for three hours of guided talk designed to get the past “Where are you from?”

Mr．Zeldin, an Oxford University professor, heads Oxford Muse, a 10-year-old foundation based on the idea that what people need is not more information, but more inspiration and encouragement.

The “feast” in London looks not at politics or events, but at how people have felt about work, relations among the sexes, hopes and fears, enemies and authority, the shape of their lives．The “menu of conversation” includes topics like “How have your priorities changed over the years?” Or, “What have you rebelled against the past?”

As participants gathered, Zeldin opened with a speech: that despite instant communications in a globalized age, issues of human heart remain．Many people are lonely, or in routines that discourage knowing the depth of one another．“We are trapped in shallow conversations and the whole point now is to think, which is sometimes painful,” he says．“But thinking interaction is what separates us from other species, except maybe dogs…who do have generations of human interactions.”

The main rules of the “feast”: Don’t pair with someone you know or ask questions you would not answer．The only awkward moment came when the multi-racial crowd of young adults to seniors, in sun hats, ties and dresses, looked to see whom with for hours．But 15 minutes later, everyone was seated and talking, continuing full force until organizers interrupted them 180 minutes later.

“It’s encouraging to see the world is not just a place of oppression and distance from each other,” Zeldin summed up．“What we did is not ordinary, but it can’t be madder than the world already is.”

Some said they felt “liberated” to talk on sensitive topics．Thirty-something Peter, from East London, said that “it might take weeks or months to get to the level of interaction we suddenly opened up.”

What can the “conversations” be best described as?

       A．Deep and one-on-one.     B．Sensitive and mad.

       C．Instant and inspiring.      D．Ordinary and encouraging.

In a “feast of conversations”, participants ______.

       A．pair freely with anyone they like

       B．have a guided talk for a set of period of time

       C．ask questions they themselves would not answer

       D．wear clothes reflecting multi-racial features．

In paragraph 6, “they would be ‘intimate’” is closest in meaning to “______”.

       A．they would have physical contact   B．they would have in-depth talk

       C．they would be close friends     D．they would exchange basic information

From the passage, we can conclude that what Zeldin does is ______.

       A．an attempt to promote thinking interaction

       B．one of the maddest activities ever conducted

       C．a try to liberate people from old-fashioned ideas

       D．an effort to give people a chance of talking freely