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For questions 1-8, read the text below and think of the word which fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. You can
use the "?" button to get a clue but by doing so you will lose points.

The Wondrous World of Coffee

A cup of coffee, like any (1) ... experience, can be enriched by selection and consciousness. "No beans about it," the best
coffee decisions (2) ... the ones most pleasant to one's own palate - the selection of one's coffee is a matter of personal
preference. Choosing coffee beans can also be a perplexing experience, (3) ... there is a huge range of coffee types and
beans blends from all around the world. The final flavour and quality involves many complex factors, beginning with the
coffee seed, the beans' botanics, a wide variety of soil and climate conditions, cultivation altitudes, and the care (4) ... in
harvesting the beans. Raw green coffee beans are then subjected (5) ... many influencing factors, including various
processing, production, roasting, blending and brewing methods. On a global note, (6) ... many species and varieties of
coffee trees from different areas of the world also offer their own distinctive flavours. There are more than forty-five coffee-
exporting countries - all of (7) ... use different classification systems - that supply the world with coffee beans, in sizes
ranging over sixty known species of coffee plants. No wonder coffee can involve a puzzling java jargon! Fortunately, the
world's coffee nomenclature, from mountain to market, can be classified (8) ... simple categories. This briefly outlines the
basics of bean botanics, coffee cultivation and processing, and global classifications used by the coffee trade and coffee-
producing countries.

1) other ? 2) are ? 3) because ?

4) taken ? 5) to ? 6) the ?

7) which ? 8) into ?

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OTHER

ADJECTIVE OTHER

Used to refer to people or things that are additional or different to people or things that have been mentioned or are
known about:
Have you got any other questions?

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ARE

AUXILIARY VERB ARE

The present tense and plural of 'be':
They are in trouble now.

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BECAUSE

CONJUNCTION BECAUSE

Used when you are giving the reason for something:

I did it because he told me to.

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TAKEN

PHRASE TAKE CARE

To deal with all the necessary work, arrangements etc:

Her secretary always took care of the details.

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TO

ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION SUBJECT TO

Depending on something in order to be completed or agreed:

All the holidays on offer are subject to availability.

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THE

DEFINITE ARTICLE THE MANY

Used before an adjective or adverb to emphasize that something is bigger, better etc than all others, or as big, good
etc as it is possible for it to be:
We should like to thank the many people who have written to us offering their support.

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WHICH

PREPOSITION + RELATIVE PRONOUN ALL OF WHICH

Used to give more information about something:

Disneyland, all of which belongs to the Disney Company, is located in Anaheim.

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INTO

VERB + PREPOSITION CLASSIFY INTO

To arrange something in groups according to features that they have in common:

Students are classified into three categories.