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阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Switzerland is world-famous for its quality chocolate, with its high-end chocolate brands achieving international     1     (recognize). However, people in the Swiss town of Olten, near Zurich, got the surprise of their lives earlier this week,     2     chocolate snow covered the whole town. Some locals wondered if the brown “snow” was     3     unusual consequence of climate change. However, all became clear after the local chocolate maker Lindt explained the brown shower resulted     4     a fault in its cooling system at its factory. This fault was surely special, allowing blowing winds to move up chocolate dust and spread it over the town.

Many parts of the town     5     (cover) in a layer of light brown, milk chocolate-flavoured dust. A representative from Lindt offered to pay for any cleaning services     6     (require) as a result of the event. To date, no one     7     (ask) for help. The spokeswoman set people’s mind at rest with the claim that the cocoa bean powder is     8     (harm) to human health and the environment. She added that factory engineers are working     9     (constant) on repairing the technical problem. The chocolate dust incident led to a lot of jokes on social media. One user posted a comment,     10     (say), “Chocolate snowflakes (雪花) fall from the sky, and it looks like a dream come true.”

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