A. TERMED B. DESCRIBED C. CALLED D. KNOWNREAD THE FOLLOWING PASS...
28. A. termed
B. described
C. called
D. known
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 questions.
Ho Chi Minh City’s coffee culture
Ho Chi Minh City - a metropolis life is very busy and hasty. The best way to enjoy the balance in
your mind in such a big city is to sit on the balcony of one of the innumerable coffee houses scattered
throughout the city. In this way, you will be out of the crowd but able to look down on the street below.
You will also be drinking the beverage that must be at least partly responsible for the kinetic energy that
has transformed this city into one of the most sophisticated commercial hubs of south-east Asia in just 20
years – it is coffee.
The classic Vietnamese coffee served in this city comprises strong coffee, dripped from a small
metal filter into a cup containing a quarter as much sweetened condensed milk, then stirred and poured
over ice in a glass.
Coffee was introduced to Vietnam by the French in the late 19th century but the country quickly
became a strong exporter.
At Trung Nguyen Coffee – the Vietnamese equivalent of Starbucks, with a chain of cafés across
the city – the coffee menu stretched to five pages. The varieties of Vietnamese coffee produced by Trung
Nguyen deserve exploration. They come with different bean combinations and recipes, and lofty/ nice
names such as “Success”, “Creation”, “Discover” and “Thought”.
The “Passiona”, another brand of Trung Nguyen, has been promoted for women with the promise that
drinking this type of coffee would maintain perfect skin and a life of “passion and success”.