1 . Nearly everybody enjoys chicken, and the most famous name in chicken is Kentucky Fried Chicken. Mr Sanders, the man who started this _______ was not always very rich. At one time, he owned(拥有) a small _______ station next to a highway (公路). Many truck drivers _______ there to get gas and take a rest. Mr Sanders realized they were often _______, so he began serving sandwiches and coffee. _______ the sandwiches he made tasted good, and weren’t _______, more and more _______ came to eat at his place. _______ Mr Sanders began to serve fried chicken. People _______ it very much, and his new business grew rapidly. Not long after, however, another highway was __________, and few drivers went __________ Mr Sanders’ restaurant. So he had to __________ it. Then he traveled around the country __________ to sell his idea of opening fried chicken restaurants. He __________. By 1967, there were almost 5000 Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants. And now, __________ you go in the United States, you will see one. If you like chicken, I’m sure, you’ll enjoy eating Kentucky Fried Chicken.

2 . The umbrella is a very common object. It keeps the________and the sun off the people. Most umbrellas can be folded up（折叠）so it is________to carry them.

However, the umbrella was not always as________as it is now. In the past, it was a symbol of importance. Some African countries still use umbrellas in this________. Someone carries an umbrella and walks behind the king or the important person.

Umbrellas have a long history. People in different parts of the world began to________umbrellas at different times. The Chinese had them more than 3,000 years ago. From there umbrellas________to India and Egypt. In Greece and Rome, ________wouldn't use them. They believed umbrellas were only for women.

England was________the first country in Europe where common people used umbrellas against rain. The weather there is very________and umbrellas are very useful.

Everybody uses umbrellas today. The next time you________one, thinking that for centuries only great men and women used them, you'll feel you are the important person, too.

3 . Sneakers are a kind of shoes worn by many people all over the world.____   , no one really knows where the word “sneaker” came from. Some say it came from the old English verb “sneak”, which means to move silently and quickly. The only thing we are____   is that when you put on a pair of sneakers, you feel light-hearted, light-footed and ready to play.

Sneakers of some kind are used by those who play tennis, basketball, and other sports. New design has been made____   for people who run slowly. In fact American children of____   ages would much rather play in sneakers than anything else.

New York City once held a poetry competition for children. The subject was only “sneaker”. One prize winner called____   poem “The Sneaker and the World Peace”. “When everyone is wearing sneakers,” she said, “it will be impossible to____   ”

American school children can be seen every day____   sneakers of all colors. They put them on in the morning and take them off at bedtime. Sneakers are____   washed. Some children think the older and dirtier they are, the____   loveable they are. When their sneakers wear out, children hate to throw them off. How do you explain the closeness between____   and sneakers? Perhaps another young winner in the New York Poetry Contest said it best. “A shoe is just a shoe,” he said. “But a sneaker is a friend.”