For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Василиса Реут в категроии Английский язык, вопрос открыт 22.11.2017 в 13:38

COFFEE CULTURE

The other day I wanted a cup of coffee, so I popped into the bank. I sat in a soft armchair and watched the world (1), which in this case, was the (2) for the services of the bank clerks. I’m joking, of course, but this could soon be common in banks in big cities.

The (3) for ‘real coffee’ in Britain, like for the mobile phones, seems never-ending. However, the (4) is that the attraction for many British people (5) not so much in the coffee as in the ‘coffee culture’ that surrounds it. This is to do with big, soft sofas and the idea that if you sit on one, you too can (6) the actors in the American TV comedy Friends.

In London, the first café 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 cafés 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 cafés 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.

1. A - fly past B - go by C - pass on D - walk along
2. A - queue B - line C - wait D - search
3. A - demand B - development C - claim D - supply
4. A - sense B - suspect C - suspicion D - style
5. A - leans B - lies C - occupies D - rests
6. A - be B - feel C - join D - contact
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