Read the text below. Think of the word which best fits in the gap. You can only use one word in each gap.
The history of coffee
According (1) _______________ legend, coffee was discovered by a shepherd living in modern-day Ethiopia. He noticed his goats were very active and unable to sleep at night when they ate certain berries, (2) _______________ grew naturally in this region.
Seeking help for this odd phenomenon, he consulted with a local abbot, who soon put coffee beans to a (3) _______________ use by filtering them and creating a beverage. Rumor says this new concoction helped the pious man (4) _______________ the long hours of prayer.
From Ethiopia, coffee spread to the neighboring Arabian Peninsula, where its trade and cultivation took (5) _______________ in the 15th century. In the Near East, coffee became a social event and people enjoyed it in coffee houses, while watching art performers, discussing current events and bonding over a nice cup of hot coffee.
This fashion made (6) _______________ way into Europe thanks (7) _______________ travelers who came back with amazing stories of a black drink that kept people going on for hours, even (8) _______________ nights.
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1. correct answer — to
2. correct answer — which
3. correct answer — good
4. correct answer — through
5. correct answer — off
6. correct answer — its
7. correct answer — to
8.correct answer — at
En el apartado 5 no sería «took place» en vez de «took off»?
Hola, Ana! La podrías poner como respuesta, sí. La respuesta correcta es «took off» no por la frase sola, sino por el sentido que tiene el párrafo y la historieta en general.
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