n London, the first cafe opened in 1652. Men would (7)….. there, often at (8)….. times during the day, to (9)….. news and gossip, discuss (10)….. of the day and (11) ..... business. The cafes acted as offices and shops in which merchants and agents, clerks and bankers could carry out their (12)….. .In London today it is (13)….. that there are more than 2000 cafes and the number is (14) …. . It won't be long before coffee is sold everywhere. You can already buy it in hospitals, motorway service stations, supermarkets and at tourist (15)…. throughout the country.
7 A bring B fetch C take D gather
8 A regular B right C correct D perfect
9 A give B exchange C offer D establish
10 A thoughts B issues C feelings D circumstances
11 A make B perform C do D form
12 A trading B transactions C information D works
13 A estimated B guessed C taken D told
14 A raising B growing C succeeding D remaining
15 A scenes B points C attractions D matters
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1 B go by 2 A queue 3 A demand 4 C suspicion 5 B lies 6 C join 7 D gather8 A regular 9 A B exchange 10 B issues 11 C do 12 B transactions 13 A estimated 14 B growing 15 C attractions