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.