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Coca-Cola was (1)______ invented by John Pemberton, a pharmacist in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1886, he created a new kind of medicine to (2)______ tiredness and headaches. It tasted so revolting that (3)______ no one wanted to buy it. In the first year, Pemberton only made $50 from his (4)______.
Then a businessman bought Pemberton’s recipe. He did something to the recipe and made a really refreshing drink that (5)______ to many people. Demand for the drink grew. In only a few years, Coca-Cola became (6)______ national drink for the United States. The shape of the famous bottle was invented in 1961. During World War II, American soldiers drank three million bottles of Coca-Cola a day. This helped (7)______ the name and (8)______ of “Coke” around the world. Today, nearly a hundred million bottles or cans are drunk every day, in one hundred and fifty-five (9)______ countries.
Anyone can try to make a drink which (10)______ similar to Coca-Cola. Chemists say that it consists almost entirely of carbonated water and sugar. But no one outside the Coca-Cola company has yet discovered (11)______ the “magic” combination of ingredients is, and a very few people – only seven, have (12)______ known the secret formula of Coca-Cola. Only two of them are still alive today, so they never travel on the same airplane.
1. A. basically B. lately C. originally D. firstly
2. A. fix B. repair C. heal for D. cure
3. A. just about B. hardly C. mostly D. most of
4. A. discovery B. creation C. finding D. achievement
5. A. appealed B. attracted C. took D. applied
6. A. such B. the C. so D. now
7. A. invent B. spread C. open D. increase
8. A. meaning B. stink C. flavor D. odor
9. A. varied B. different C. changing D. distinct
10. A. tastes B. relates C. looks D. drinks
11. A. which B. that C. what D. how
12. A. never B. whatever C. forever D. ever