No one knows who made the first ice cream. Some people think that water ices and milk ices may have been made by the Chinese between three thousand and a thousand years ago. In that time, the dish reached India. The Indians, in turn, many have passed on the secret to the Arabs and Persians. Marco Polo, an Italian who travelled widely in the thirth century, noted that he found the Chinesehad long been ices out of fruit juices and milk. From the fourth century on, ices became popular first in Venice and then throughout Italy. At first ice cream was a luxury (奢侈品) in France. Only rich people had the money to buy it. Then, in 1660, a young man from Sicily, Francisco Procopio, arrived in Paris. He opened a shop that sold icecream at prices people could afford. Then his ice cream became so popular that other shops were opened. About 10, King Charles introduced ice cream to England and soon ice cream quickly became popular in England too. American now eat more ice cream than any other people in the world. But they are not the only ones who are fond of it. Greeks are also very fond of ice cream. In the large cities of Germany there are manysmall shops that sell only ice cream. Ice cream shops are not as common as in England, although large London stores do have soda fountains (冷饮部). Ice cream sodas first became popular sometime in the 1880s in the United States. In fact they soonbecame too popular to suit some of the good people of Evanston, Illinois. They thought it was not properto drink soda on Sunday. A city law was passed to stop the ice cream soda on Sundays. To keep withinthe law, it is said that one man served ice cream with syrup (糖水). Throughout its long history, ice cream has been a favorite dish. But only in this century has it beenmade with so many different tastes. People today can select from more than 240 flavors. Topic The 1.______ of Ice Cream In Asia Perhaps first made in China at 2._____ a thousand years ago. Then 3._____ to the Indians, the Arabs and the Persians. In 4.______. First popular in Venice and then all 5.____ Italy. Popular in France due to a young man from Sicily, Francisco Procopio who opened a shop selling ice cream affordable to common people.6. _____ in many small shops in the large cities of Germany. Not as many ice cream shops in England. In the 7.____. Americans eat the largest 8._____ of ice cream in the world. Ice cream soda was not allowed to be 9._____ on Sundays in Evanston, Illinois. Conclusion Ice cream is of different tastes and people have more 10._____ nowadays.