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Do you like bubble gum (泡泡糖)? Do you know when it was
1 ?
In the 1870s, an American discovered bubble gum.
2 name was Thomas Adams. He wanted to
find the use of a chicle（一种树胶). Chicle is a Spanish
3 for sticky water that comes from one kind of Mexican tree.
Mr Adams wanted to make rubber
4 chicle. He worked in his home while he tried to find a way to make the chicle become stronger. He had a son
5 name was Horatio. He also helped his father now
and then.
One day, young Horatio began to chew (咀爵) the chicle while he watched his father work. It did
not
6 very good, but Horatio enjoyed chewing it. Then the young boy began to blow bubbles with the new chicle-which his father had made. Mr Adams had discovered bubble gum
7 .
Mr Adams gave up trying to find a way to make rubber.
8 ,he wanted to try to sell the new gum
that he had made. He thought
9 people might like the taste, too.He was
10 . Soon, the new
gum became more and more popular.
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( )3. A. word
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( )5. A. whom
( )6. A. taste
( )7. A. by mistake
( )8. A. Instead of
( )9. A. another
( )10. A. good |
B. create
B. My
B. meaning
B. from
B. which
B. sound
B. by accident
B. Because of
B. other
B. true |
C. discovered
C. His
C. sentence
C. with
C. whose
C. look
C. in time
C. Instead
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C. right |