• B2 First Listening part 2 6

    Solve a free skills test for the exam FCE Listening Part 2. In this part, you will hear a monologue about: History of Coffee (Historia Kawy). Your task is to fill in the gaps in the sentences (Sentence Completion). Regularly doing exercises like FCE Listening Part 2 is the best way to master paraphrasing and pass the B2 First certificate and the extended matura in English with the highest grade. Check your answers with the key!

    You will hear a talk about the history and impact of coffee. For questions 1-10, listen and complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

    Legend claims that coffee was first discovered by an Ethiopian goat herder who noticed his animals acting unusually energetic.
    Initially, coffee beans were not roasted or brewed, but were mixed with animal tłuszcz to create an energy snack.
    By the 15th century, coffee had reached the Middle East and became a highly popular drink in .
    The first public coffee houses were known as ’Schools of the ’ because of the intellectual conversations held there.
    When coffee finally arrived in Europe, some suspicious priests initially called it the ’bitter invention of ’.
    During the Enlightenment, European coffee houses became central hubs for politics, business, and .
    Before coffee became a staple, the average European consumed weak or wine throughout the day for hydration.
    The Dutch managed to smuggle a coffee plant out of the Arab port of to start their own plantations.
    Coffee cultivation relied heavily on the tragic and brutal system of slave in colonies across the Americas.
    Today, coffee is one of the most traded in the world, second only to crude oil.