Independent work I variant Reading task. Reading

EXERCISE 2: Choose the correct answer according to the passage.

1. According to the passage, Richard Blechynden's employment involved

A) making tea drinking popular to those from India and Ceylon

B) informing people of the benefits of hot drinks

C) making the drinking of tea more common in America

D) teaching Americans how to make tea

E) inventing tea bags out of a special filter paper

2. It is clear from the passage that iced tea became an immediate success because

A) Americans prefer drinking from tall glasses

B) the people were interested in tea from India and Ceylon

C) it was very easy to prepare a glass of iced tea

D) Richard Blechynden was good at persuading people to try his innovation

E) it fit with people's needs during the hot summer weather

3. We can conclude from the passage that it was through the efforts of innovative people