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Name ………………………………… Class …………………………………

Mid Course Writing and Reading


Writing
Write a description of a sports event you have seen recently. Look at the options below
and choose one event. Divide your text into four paragraphs.

OPTIONS
a football match a car race a swimming competition a dance tournament
Write:
 why, when and where the event took place;
 who took part in it and how they looked;
 when and how it started;
 who went with you to see it;
 how you felt before and after the event;
 what you did, ate and drank at the event;
 when and how the party finished;
 how you got home.

Useful linking words:


before, after, when, as soon as, later, firstly, while, after that, suddenly, next, then, finally, in
the end

Total 20

Reading
Read the article about the history of coffee drinking and circle the correct answer, a, b
or c.

1 Coffee was discovered


a in Europe.
b in Africa.
c in Asia.

2 Coffee drinking was popularised by


a the Ethiopians.
b the Italians.
c the Turks.

3 Coffee was first grown


a in Italy.

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b in Turkey.
c in Yemen.

4 In Europe, coffee was popular as


a a medicine.
b the wine of Islam.
c a natural stimulant.

5 By the end of the sixteenth century people drank coffee


a in northern Europe.
b in the most important European cities.
c in Paris and London only.

6 New brands of coffee


a are as harmful as the original mocca.
b are less harmful than regular coffee.
c may influence our concentration ability.

Time for coffee


The story of coffee drinking is one of the greatest and most fascinating in history. Millions of
coffee drinkers worldwide cannot imagine life without a cup of aromatic coffee in the
morning. Coffee is a natural stimulant which makes us feel more awake, alert and ready to
concentrate.
The qualities of mocca, as coffee was once known, were first discovered in Ethiopia more
than one thousand years ago. However, it was not Africans but Turks and Arabs who actively
encouraged coffee drinking. The habit of coffee drinking quickly spread throughout the Arab
world, where coffee won a reputation as the wine of Islam.
Coffee was first grown in Yemen. It was popular with Turks who served the drink to visiting
Italian merchants. In 1615 traders from Venice brought coffee to Europe, where it was
originally sold as a medicine. By the end of the sixteenth century coffee was drunk in major
European cities from Paris to London. Now, around the world there are different methods of
preparing coffee, for example, in Turkey coffee is traditionally boiled three times while
Italians are the inventors of espresso and cappuccino.
We drink coffee because of its aroma, taste and stimulating effect. However, extensive
consumption of coffee may be harmful to our health, for instance, it may increase one’s blood
pressure or make one’s heart beat irregularly. Fortunately, new brands of coffee have been
appearing on the market recently. As they do not contain substances harmful to health, many
people will not have to give up their coffee-drinking habits.

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