Listening: The story of how coffee spread around the world

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B2 | Listening from video | 12 min

Watch the video (0:06 - 5:16). You can watch more than once, then answer the questions.

What does the legend say happened to Kaldi's goats?

____ They fell ill after drinking from a stream____ They behaved strangely after eating some berries____ They refused to leave their field

Why was coffee put on trial in Mecca?

____ It was too expensive for ordinary people____ Merchants were fighting over its price____ Leaders wondered if it was intoxicating and if Muslims should drink it

A NUMBER from the video.

By 1663 there were more than ____ coffeehouses in central London.

King Charles II banned coffeehouses in 1675 and they all closed.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

Robert Hooke charged people money to watch him dissect a porpoise.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

What does the speaker say about Voltaire's 50 cups of coffee a day?

____ The servings were probably small and the coffee weak____ The cups were large and the coffee very strong____ He gave up drinking it later in life

A NUMBER from the video.

By the mid-1950s, about ____ percent of US factories had coffee breaks.

Why were certification efforts started for coffee production?

____ To make coffee cheaper to buy____ To improve pay and farming standards for workers____ To make roasting faster in factories

ONE WORD from the video.

Because of climate change, the area where coffee grows is expected to ____ in the coming decades.

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