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　The habit of chewing gum（咀嚼口香糖）has lasted for more than a century．Millions of people all 　1 　the world chew billions（兆）of pieces of gum every year．

　Chewing gum 　2 　popular in the United States mainly 　3 　of the work of one man, William Wrigley, 　4 　for many years was the head of the Wrigley Company． 　5 　Thomas Adams first began his experiment in about the 　6 　1870．It was he who first 　7 　the gum softer and more pleasant to chew．But it was not until Wrigley joined the 　8 　in about 1890 that people everywhere began to 　9 　up the habit of chewing gum．　

　Wrigley liked to do 　10 　in a big way．In his first year, he borrowed money and 　11 　more than a million dollars in advertising(做广告)．For years, there 　12 　a large Wrigley's advertisement on every streetcar in the United States． 　13 　complained(抱怨)that they could not go 　14 　without seeing Wrigley's name． Wrigley even 　15 　, free of charge, States．Finally he began to advertise that it was good for health to chew gum, that it 　17 　the nerves(神经), and that it helped to keep the teeth clean．

　He 　18 　give the gum free to every child in the United States on 　19 　second birthday．He employed（雇佣）young 　20 　who,in long, orange-striped（有桔色条纹的）dresses would go from city to city in groups of 　21 　or five, stand at street corners and give free samples(货样) of chewing gum to every person who passed by． 　22 　this way each woman gave away about five thousand 　23 　of wrigley's gum every day．As 　24 　of this 　25 　advertising, people in the United States began to buy more and more chewing gum．

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

1．A．about	B．over	C．of	D．across	[　　]
2．A．became	B．becomes	C．has become	D．had become	[　　]
3．A．since	B．as	C．because	D．for	[　　]
4．A．that	B．who	C．whom	D．which	[　　]
5．A．Later on	B．Ago	C．Earlier	D．Past	[　　]
6．A．year	B．time	C．age	D．period	[　　]
7．A．did	B．made	C．had	D．got	[　　]
8．A．politics	B．industry	C．trade	D．business	[　　]
9．A．pick	B．ask	C．write	D．think	[　　]
10．A．jobs	B．work	C．things	D．tasks	[　　]
11．A．spent	B．took	C．cast	D．paid	[　　]
12．A．is	B．has been	C．was	D．had been	[　　]
13．A．Anybody	B．People	C．Men	D．Passengers	[　　]
14．A．everywhere	B．nowhere	C．anywhere	D．somewhere	[　　]
15．A．carried	B．sent	C．brought	D．took	[　　]
16．A．in	B．on	C．at	D．by	[　　]
17．A．lost	B．calmed	C．regained	D．had	[　　]
18．A．never	B．used to	C．ought to	D．refused to	[　　]
19．A．his	B．her	C．its	D．their	[　　]
20．A．boys	B．girls	C．men	D．women	[　　]
21．A．two	B．three	C．four	D．six	[　　]
22．A．For	B．On	C．In	D．By	[　　]
23．A．pieces	B．packets	C．bags	D．boxes	[　　]
24．A．an effect	B．a result	C．way	D．an effort	[　　]
25．A．ceaseless	B．pains-taking	C．last	D．keeping	[　　]

Answer 1

答案：B;A;C;B;C;A;B;D;A;C;A;C;B;C;B;A;B;B;C;D;C;C;A;B;B