2011高考英语完形填空·附详解(04)The habits of chewing gum has lasted for more than a century. Millions of people all ___1___ the world chew billions of pieces of gum every year.Chewing gumbecame popular in the United States mainly ___2___ of the work of one man, William Wrigley, ___3___ for many years was the head of the Wrigley Company. Earlier Thomas Adams first began his experiment in about the ___4___ 1870. It was he who first made the gum soft and pleasant to chew. But it was not until Wrigley joined the business in about 1890 ___5___ people everywhere began to pick up the habit of chewing gum.Wrigley liked to do ___6___ in a big way. In his first year, he borrowed money and ___7___ more than a million dollars in advertising. For years, there was a large Wrigley’s ___8___ on every streetcar in the United States. ___9___ complained that they could not go ___10___ without seeing Wrigley’s name. Wrigley even ___11___, free of charge, pieces of gum to every person ___12___ the telephone book of every city and town in the United States. Finally he began to advertise that it was ___13___ for health to chew gum, that it calmed the nerves(神经), and that it helped keep the teeth ___14___.He used to give the gum free to ___15___ child in the United States on its second birthday. He ___16___ young women who, in long, orange-striped dresses would go from city to city in groups of four or five, ___17___ at street corners and give free sample of chewing gum to every person who passed by. ___18___ this way each woman gave away about five thousand ___19___ of Wrigley’s gum every day. As a result of this pains-taking advertising, people in the United States began to buy ___20___ chewing gum.(www.nmet168.com)1. A. aboutB. over C. of D. across2. A. sinceB. as C. becauseD. for3. A. thatB. who C. whomD. which4. A. yearB. time C. age D. period5. A. thatB. in whichC. whenD. where6. A. jobsB. workC. thingsD. tasks7. A. spentB. took C. costD. paid8. A. informationB. advertisement C. picturesD. business9. A. Anybody B. PeopleC. MenD. Passengers10. A. everywhereB. nowhere C. anywhereD. somewhere11. A. carriedB. sent C. broughtD. took12. A. in B. on C. at D. by13. A. goodB. bad C. harmD. wrong14. A. dirtyB. cleanC. hardD. strong15. A. everyB. all C. manyD. most16. A. asked B. employed C. wantedD. wished17. A. watchB. sat C. standD. wait18. A. By B. On C. In D. At19. A. piecesB. packetsC. bagsD. boxes20. A. less and less B. more and more C. more or lessD. fewer and fewer[1][2]下一页 说明:引用此文请注明出处,并请保留该文章链接地址,谢谢~~【答案与解析】本文讲述的是咀嚼口香糖这种习惯的发展史。它之所以在美国盛行，主要是因为 Wrigley所采取的花巨资做广告、免费赠送口香糖等措施促成的。1. B。all over the world 意为“全世界”。全世界数百万的人每年咀嚼数十亿块口香糖。2. C。because of 意为“因为”，后接名词等。3. B。先行词 William Wrigley 指人，因此引导非限制性定语从句并在从句中作主语的关系代词用 who。4. A。in the year 1870= in 1870，意为“在 1870年”。5. A。not until强调句结构，由“It is / was + not until… +that + 其他部分”构成。6. C。根据下文内容可知 Wrigley 喜欢大规模地做事。7. A。spend…in doing sth 意为“花费时间或金钱干某事”。8. B。根据上文可