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Some inventions happen in strange ways. The potato chip is one of them.

Moon’s Lake House was     1     restaurant in New York in the 1850s. George Crum was the cook there. Many rich people often came to the restaurant     2     (enjoy) his cooking.

The one thing that really upset Crum was     3     a customer complained about the food and sent it back to the kitchen to be done over. He would often return it overcooked. He was happy to see the customer walk out of the restaurant     4     (angry).

On August 24, 1853, a customer returned his fried potatoes to the kitchen,     5     they weren’t crunchy (脆的) enough. Crum reacted in his     6     (usually) way. He cut the potatoes very thin and cooked them in hot oil. They were so crunchy and Crum was sure that the man would refuse     7     (eat) them. Instead, the man loved them. He even asked for more.

Now, do you know     8     invented the potato chip? It’s George Crum! He     9     (late) set up his own restaurant. He named it Crum’s House. He put baskets of his potato chips on all the tables. They made his restaurant a very popular place.

Today, potato chips are one of Americans’     10     (favor) foods!

A group of wild Asian elephants had wandered more than 500 km over the last fifteen     1     (month). Already famous at home, they had received a lot of     2     (globe) attention as well.

Some famous foreign social networking sites were full of clips (节目片断) of the elephants. Clips that showed them leaning (倚靠) together, as well as one clip of two little elephants that fell into ditch (沟渠)     3     (help) by older ones, were particularly popular. "We should be more like the elephant. Taking family vacations and caring for each other are of great     4     (important) in our life”. Lots of policemen     5     (send) to protect the elephants, clear roads,     6     use food to lead them to safe places. They also used drones (无人机) to watch them     7     (close).

“The challenge for authorities is working out     8     needs to be done next. This includes     9     (continue) to provide a safe passage for the elephants back to their Xishuangbanna habitat,” founder of The Elephant said. This came with its own risk, uncertainty and cost which needed to be evaluated further.

An assistant professor at The City University of New York said the event had     10     positive effect. The attitude of Chinese people toward the elephants was not only fascinating, but also offered key lessons for Africa.

Shanghai Disneyland, Zhejiang’s Hello Kitty Park and Dalian Discoveryland Theme Park are on the list     1     grows quickly. Theme parks are becoming big business in China. China Wanda Group has built     2     (it) 11th “Cultural Tourism City” in Guilin, Guangxi. Carnival Group is planning     3     (build) ten more theme parks in China. And Dalian Haichang Group also wants to open four theme parks in the     4     (follow) five years.

China now has 300 theme parks or so nationwide. However, modern entertainment     5     (center) for family visits are still in short supply in many cities, so     6     number of large theme parks in China will still be     7     the increase. US-based company AECOM believes China will replace America to become the largest theme park market, having 221 million visits every year, twice as many as those in 2015.

But the industry is not     8    (actual) good. 70 percent of theme parks in China     9     (suffer) economic losses at the moment and 20 percent of them have nearly gone broke, according to a survey     10     (make) by Qianzhan Industry Research Institute.

Many people are wondering if it is safe to talk on the cell phones while driving. Most of people think that the use of cell phones should     1     (ban) while they are driving     2    in that case accidents can easily happen.

A growing number of states are making rules to keep young drivers     3     using cell phones while they are driving. When there is     4     car accident, police officers will find out     5     any of the drivers is using a cell phone. There have been some very bad car accidents     6    (cause) by drivers being distracted by cell phones.

Drivers sometimes forget to watch the road     7    (careful) when they are using their phones. Not     8     (pay) attention to the road can be dangerous, even deadly.

    9     is important for drivers to focus on the road. They need to pay attention to     10     is going on around them. So, stop using your cell phones while driving.