107學測英文

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Fortune cookies， commonly served after meals at Chinese restaurants in the U.S.， are characterized by a fortune， which is written on a small piece of paper tucked inside the cookie. There are several ___31___ stories about the origin of the fortune cookie. None of them， however， has been proven to be entirely true.
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One of these stories ___32___ the cookie’s origin back to 13th and 14th-century China， which was then occupied by the Mongols.
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According to the legend， notes of ___33___ plans for a revolution to overthrow the Mongols were hidden in mooncakes that would ordinarily have been stuffed with sweet bean paste.
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The revolution turned out to be ___34___ and eventually led to the formation of the Ming Dynasty.
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This story may sound highly credible， but there seems to be no solid evidence that it inspired the creation of the ___35___ we know of today as fortune cookies.
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Another ___36___ claims that David Jung， a Chinese immigrant living in Los Angeles， created the fortune cookie in 1918.
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Concerned about the poor people he saw wandering near his shop， he made cookies and passed them out free on the streets. Each cookie ___37___ a strip of paper inside with an inspirational Bible quotation on it.
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However， the more generally accepted story is that the fortune cookie first ___38___ in either 1907 or 1914 in San Francisco， created by a Japanese immigrant， Makoto Hagiwara.
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The fortune cookie was based on a Japanese snack， but Hagiwara sweetened the recipe to appeal to American ___39___ .
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Within a few years， Chinese restaurant owners in San Francisco had copied the recipe and ___40___ the thank-you notes with fortune notes.
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