At only 12, Milton Hershey stopped {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (attend) school and began to work for a candy maker in Lancaster. There, he learned to mix sugar and water to make candy products,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} he moved to Philadelphia to set up a candy store. However, his store was a complete {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (fail). So he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to Lancaster and began making caramels (焦糖) in his own way — with fresh milk and he made it.

Then in 1893 he bought the chocolate-making machines made by Germany. He was developing a(an){#blank#}5{#/blank#} (usual) plan — to build a large chocolate factory and a town to support it. So soon he bought a town {#blank#}6{#/blank#} he set up his chocolate factory in the following year. The factory provided free accommodation and all his workers lived in it. He found a way to make large amounts of milk chocolate. The Hershey Candy Company was on its way to success.

    Today, in the town of Hersey, the streetlights {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (shape) like the candy. The air often smells {#blank#}8{#/blank#} chocolate. At Hershey's Chocolate World, visitors can learn {#blank#}9{#/blank#} chocolate is made. This special town calls {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  “The Sweetest Place on Earth.”

    Observers say Americans want more choices and fresh food when {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (choose) where and what to eat.This trend is one reason why the fast food restaurant McDonald's has struggled financially.

    McDonald's is one of the best­known {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (restaurant) in the U．S.and even around the world, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} these days the company leaders are seeing numbers they probably do not like.In the last quarter of last year, McDonald's income dropped by about $300 million.The January earnings report brought more bad news.Worldwide sales dropped for the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (eight) month in a row and even more than expected.

    McDonald's is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (work) hard to get their customers back.In January, the company ran an advertisement during the Super Bowl.The football game is the most watched TV event every year in the U.S. McDonald's has wanted {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (reach) those viewers.

    Shake Shack is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} new kind of restaurant becoming popular in the U．S.The restaurants are not “fast food”．They are known as “fast casual”．When McDonald's is struggling to get their customers back, Shake Shack is doing well {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (financial)．The New York­based burger chain had a very {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (success) IPO, or Initial Public Offerings, of shares at the end of January.{#blank#}10{#/blank#} its first day of trading, Shake Shack went from $21 a share to just under $46 a share.

    Shake Shack's a quality hamburger.It's fast food, but not “fast food” food.Being part of the “fast casual” trend has helped Shake Shack.

    Paul was a basketball player on the team, The lines. He loved basketball so much. Paul was shorter{#blank#}1{#/blank#} most basketball players; In fact, he was only 1.6 meters. One of his NBA favorite players was Tyrone Bogues who was also the{#blank#}2{#/blank#}height.

    Paul had to practice much harder than{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Because of his height, he was always very determined and focused. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, unfortunately, the coach never picked him for the team. Recently, Paul finally got{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(he) chance during a game{#blank#}6{#/blank#}The Lines' biggest competitor, The bears, a player on the team {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(injure) and Paul pleaded with the coach for a chance. The coach was unsure{#blank#}8{#/blank#}allowed him to play. Paul proved that he was skilled and talented {#blank#}9{#/blank#}scoring shot after shot. When the game ended, the coach told Paul that he{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(earn) his place on the team.

   It was already late when we started for the next town, which, according to the map, was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the hill. There we felt sure that we  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(find) a bed for the night. Soon darkness fell after we left the village,   {#blank#}2{#/blank#} unluckily we met no one when we drove fast along the narrow(狭窄的)road which  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(lead)to the hill. As our car climbed {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (high), it became colder and the rain began to fall, making it difficult  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(see)the road.

   After we had traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign(迹象)of the town which was  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(poor)marked on the map. We were beginning to get anxious when the car suddenly stopped. A quick {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(examine) showed that we had used up(用完)the gas. Although we had little food left, we decided to spend the night in the car.  

   With our meals {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(finish), I tried to go to sleep at once, but John, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} was a poor sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went  {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a walk up the hill. There, he found the lights of the town in a valley below.  

    It's never easy for {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Asia athlete to shine in track and field events. But Su Bingtian 28,  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. (know) as the "Chinese flying man", became the first male Chinese sprinter to win a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (globe) medal in an individual event. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}March 3, he took the silver in the men's 60m final at the World Indoor Championships in the UK. In the final, Su Bingtian ran his personal best of 6.42 seconds,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (break) the Asian record of 6.43, which he also set last month in Germany.

    The last time a Chinese athlete achieved a milestone was in 2004, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} . Liu Xiang won a gold medal in Athens in the 110m hurdles. Inevitably, Su{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(compare) to Liu. "Liu Xiang is my idol and also my friend," Su told Xinhua News Agency.

    As a matter of fact, Su had expected {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (win) a bronze during the final. "There is no difference between silver {#blank#}9{#/blank#}bronze. Even a bronze could prove that Chinese sprinters have made breakthroughs in major world {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(compete)," he said.