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。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.