阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16~25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。Did you have cereal for breakfast this morning? If you did, you were not 1 . Millions of people eat cereal for breakfast every day. In fact, cereal is popular all over the world. It all 2 with one man, Will Keith Kellogg.
Will was born on April 7, 1860, in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA. He got his first 3 at a sanitarium, a place for people who were ill for a long time or who were getting over a serious illness. Will worked hard and 4 became the manager of the sanitarium. His brother, John, was a doctor there. One big problem at the sanitarium was the patients' food. The patients needed 5 food, but it was also important for the food to be tasty. Will was trying to find a good food choice to 6 bread, but it wasn't going very well. Then, by accident, Will found something great. He let some wheat(小麦)cook too long. As it was rolled out(擀平), it turned into large, thin flakes(薄片). He asked his brother to serve the flakes to the patients, and they7 them! In fact, they wanted the flakes sent to them even after they left the sanitarium. So Will started a new 8 : selling packaged breakfast flakes. Before long, Will's breakfast cereal was popular in other countries, too.
Will did more than just selling breakfast flakes. His business made a lot of money. But he did not keep it. He used much of it to help children. He also used the money to 9 several other charities(慈善机构). Will Kellogg died in 1951. But his most famous 10 is as popular as ever.