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English Download A2 Unit 5 Test: Wake Up and Smell The Coffee

The document discusses the history of coffee popularity in England over different periods. It mentions that coffee first became popular in the 1650s after being introduced to Oxford University. By 1699, the English were the biggest coffee drinkers in Europe. However, after 1750 tea became more popular as it was cheaper to import. Coffee did not regain popularity until the 1950s-60s when cafes became trendy social spots for young people. The current period of high coffee consumption began around 1998 with the arrival of American coffee shop chains. It remains to be seen if this popularity will last as long as the first period over 100 years ago.

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English Download A2 Unit 5 Test: Wake Up and Smell The Coffee

The document discusses the history of coffee popularity in England over different periods. It mentions that coffee first became popular in the 1650s after being introduced to Oxford University. By 1699, the English were the biggest coffee drinkers in Europe. However, after 1750 tea became more popular as it was cheaper to import. Coffee did not regain popularity until the 1950s-60s when cafes became trendy social spots for young people. The current period of high coffee consumption began around 1998 with the arrival of American coffee shop chains. It remains to be seen if this popularity will last as long as the first period over 100 years ago.

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ENGLISH DOWNLOAD A2 Name

UNIT 5 TEST Class Date

Wake up and smell the coffee


Many people like to start their day with a cup of coffee at home or grab one on the way to work. And they have regular coffee
breaks through the day. Have we suddenly become a nation of coffee drinkers?
Coffee hasn’t always been popular, but there are three periods in our history when it was popular just like it is today. The first
was in the 1650s. The story is that the Greek Bishop of Smyrna introduced coffee drinking to England when he was visiting
Oxford University in 1637. It wasn’t until 1650, however, that the first coffee shop opened – in Oxford. In 1652, the first coffee
house opened in London, and soon there were several. By 1699, the English were the biggest coffee drinkers in Europe.
This first period of popularity lasted about a hundred years. After 1750, more trade with foreign countries meant that coffee
became much cheaper and people started to drink it at home. Also, lots more tea came from India and the East and so tea –
not coffee – became the most popular drink. We had to wait another two hundred years for coffee to become popular again.
In the 1950s and ‘60s, cafés, or espresso bars, became the places for the young and fashionable. They went for the music as
well as the coffee. In fact, some people say that these places were where British rock and roll was born, with young musicians
hearing music from America on the café jukeboxes for the first time. But this only lasted for a few years.
Finally, there is now. This new period of big coffee drinking really took off in about 1998, with well-known American coffee
shops opening in every High Street and railway station. They have more types of coffee to choose from than the coffee
houses of the 1650s or the espresso bars of the 1950s. Will this popularity be with us for a hundred years like the first period
or will it disappear like the espresso bars of the ‘50s? .

1 Read the article about coffee. Are sentences 1-6 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough
information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C)
1 Coffee has never been as popular as it is now.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
2 The first coffee houses were quite expensive.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
3 After 1750, tea became cheaper than coffee.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
4 The second period of popularity didn’t last long.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
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2 Complete the sentences with the or – (no article).


1 I enjoy reading and playing chess.
2  new Tom Cruise film is on at Majestic tonight.
3 Hans is from Netherlands.
4 Do you play piano?
5 I read somewhere that giant pandas eat bamboo leaves.
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3 Rewrite the sentences. Use the words in brackets.


1 There’s no paper in the printer. (any)

2 There isn’t any water in the well. (no)

3 There were no tickets left. (any)

4 We’ve got no milk. (any)

5 She didn’t have any friends at work. (no)

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4 Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.
1 Can we have tomato pasta / sauce / slice on the spaghetti, please?.
2 You’ll need to boil / fry / grill some water to make tea or coffee.
3 
Would you like a slice / dish / cup of carrot cake?
4 I usually have a bowl / glass / can of cereal in the morning.
5 When Mary was for / on / with a diet, she ate a lot of salads.
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5  Listen to Sally talking to a friend about a week she spent on a cooking course. What did Sally cook
each day? For questions 1-5, write a letter A–F next to each day.

DAYS OF THE WEEK WHAT SHE COOKED


1
Monday A
omelettes
2
Tuesday B
fish
3
Wednesday C
nothing
4
Thursday D
roast chicken
5
Friday E
pancakes
F apple pie

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6 Choose a room in your house and write a short paragraph describing it. Try to use quantifiers
(some, any, no, much, many, etc) wherever possible.

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