B1 Preliminary (PET) Reading – Practice Test 1 — Part 5 – Multiple-choice cloze
Questions 21–26. Read the text and choose the correct word (A, B, C or D) for each gap.
The story of tea
Tea is the most popular drink in the world after water, and it has been enjoyed for thousands of years. According to an old Chinese story, tea was by accident when some leaves fell into a pot of boiling water. Whether or not this is true, tea plants have certainly been grown in China for a very long time.
Tea reached Europe in the seventeenth century, where it was at first extremely and only rich families could afford it. Over the next two hundred years the price fell, and tea slowly became part of daily for ordinary people.
Today the plant is grown in more than forty countries. The of the leaves depends on the weather, the soil and the height of the fields above the sea. Many people cannot the difference between one tea and another, but experts can identify where a tea comes from after a single taste. Whatever kind you choose, a cup of tea remains one of the simplest in the world.