GERRY DIDN’T GO ON THE EXPEDITION – HE MADE UP THAT PART OF THE ST...
19. Gerry didn’t go on the expedition – he made up that part of the story.
A. unfolded
B. narrated
C. recounted
D. invented
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions.
It is not surprising that the birthplace of cola was the hot and humid American South. This region had long
specialized in creating delicious soft drinks. A druggist in Atlanta, Georgia named John Pemberton created the
most well–known drink brand in the world in the 1880s. However, it seems clear that he had no idea how big it
would become.
Like many American pharmacists of the day, Pemberton was opposed to the drinking of alcohol and wanted to
produce a stimulating soft drink. First, he made "the French Wine of Coca," made from the coca leaf. Then he
began to experiment with the cola nut. Eventually, he managed to make a combination of the two that he thought
was sweet, but not too sweet. Deciding that "the two C's would look well in advertising," he named it Coca–Cola.
Pemberton's invention
caught on
fairly quickly. By 1905, "Coke" was being advertised all over the country as
"The Great Natural Temperance Drink." The drink enjoyed additional success since there was a large and popular
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temperance movement in the US at that time. In the 1920s, alcohol was
outlawed, and sales of Coke rose
significantly. However, they continued to rise even after the law was repeated.
Another reason for Coke's popularity was good business sense. A year after he invented it, Pemberton had sold
Coca–Cola to Asa Griggs Candler for only $283.26! Candler was a marketing genius, and by the time he sold the
Coca–Cola Company in1919, it was worth $25 million.