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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. EXAM DESCRIPTION

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.

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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?
ABOUT
PREPOSITION ABOUT
Concerning or relating to a particular subject: She was a top student, no doubt about it.
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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.
ALL
IDIOM ALL AROUND
Everywhere in a place: About 2.0 billion people smoke all around the world.
MANY
QUANTIFIER MANY
A great number: There weren't very many people at the meeting.
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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.
THERE
PRONUON THERE
Used to say that something exists or happens: There are two people waiting outside.
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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.
WITH
VERB + PREPOSITION SUPPLY SB WITH STH
To provide people with something that they need or want, especially regularly over a long period of time: Foreign governments supplied the rebels with arms.
NO
IDIOM NO WONDER
It is not surprising: No wonder that he was angry.
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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.
AND
CONJUNCTION AND
A word used to join two things, statements: I opened the door and went inside.
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