Did you have cereal (麦片) for breakfast this morning? If you did, you’re not alone. Lots of people eat cereal for breakfast every day. In fact, cereal is popular all over the world. It 【小题1】 (invent) by a man named Will Keith Kellogg.

Will was born on April 7, 1860, in Battle Creek, Michigan. 【小题2】 (he) first job was as a stock boy (仓库员) at the Battle Creek Sanitarium (疗养院). It was a place meant for people 【小题3】 were ill for a long time. When will grew up, he became a manager of the sanitarium. His brother, John, was the chief doctor there.

One big problem at the sanitarium was the patients’ diets. They needed healthy and tasty diets. Will was trying to find a good food to take 【小题4】 place of the bread, but it wasn’t going very well. Then, 【小题5】 (accidental), Will found something even 【小题6】 (good). He left some wheat to cook too long. When it was rolled out, it formed large, thin flakes. He asked his brother 【小题7】 (serve) it to the patients, and they loved it! In fact, they liked it so much that they wanted breakfast flakes sent to them even after they left the sanitarium. To make his cereal more famous, Will 【小题8】 (begin) a new business in 1884: selling packaged breakfast flakes. Before long, Kellogg’s breakfast cereal was popular in other 【小题9】 (country), too.

Will did more than just create breakfast flakes. His company made a lot of money. But he always shared it 【小题10】 others generously. He used much of his money to help children in need. Will Kellogg died in 1951. But his cereal is still one of the most popular inventions in the world.

Last week, my father and I went back to hometown, Zibo in Shandong, to try Zibo barbecue (烧烤). Recently, the local food 【小题1】 (become) so popular that people all over China travel there to taste it.

At 5 pm, we 【小题2】 (arrive) at the restaurant. My father had booked a table two days earlier. Otherwise (否则), there wouldn’t be any 【小题3】 (seat) for us. There are some 【小题4】 (different) between Zibo’s barbecue and the ones in other cities. Zibo’s barbecue restaurants have a small grill (烤架) on each table. People need to cook on the grill by 【小题5】 (they). When the food is ready, you put it onto 【小题6】 small pancake, and then add scallions (葱) and sauce before eating.

People in the restaurant didn’t know each other before. But we just talked naturally about daily life and sang together. The boss of the restaurant even danced. Some local people even put off their orders 【小题7】 they heard there weren’t enough seats. They wanted tourists from other places to have the chance 【小题8】 (eat).

After eating the delicious food, I kept 【小题9】 (think) about why Zibo became popular. Is it the promise between the government and the college students, or the unique (独特的), tasty food, 【小题10】 the warmhearted (热心的) people?