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The document discusses a passage about the potato. It provides details about the origins and history of the potato, including that it was first cultivated in Peru, brought to Europe by Spanish conquistadors, and later transported to North America by European immigrants. It also notes that potatoes provide a higher yield than other staple crops and were the first vegetable grown in space.

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Cambridge B1 Preliminary Reading

Part 5

Questions 21–26
For each question, choose the correct answer.

The Potato

Solanum tuberosum, otherwise known (21)_______________ its common name, the


potato, is the world’s fourth largest food crop, (22)_______________ rice, wheat and
maize.

It was first cultivated by the Inca-native Americans in Peru somewhere around 8,000
BC to 5,000 B.C. Spanish Conquistadors took over Peru in 1536 and discovered the
potato for themselves, and subsequently transported them (23)_______________
Europe.

Introduced to Ireland in 1589 it (24)_______________ nearly 40 years for the potato


to spread to the rest of Europe. It then made its way back across the Atlantic, this time
to the North American continent, this time taken by European immigrants to the New
World.

Potatoes are easy to grow, contain most of the vitamins required, and provide a
(25)_______________ yield from the space they occupy than the other staple crops.

The potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space in 1995. The University of
Wisconsin and NASA invented the technology aimed at cultivating food
(26)_______________ astronauts on long space voyages, and, in the future, feeding
space colonies.

21 A for B by C at D on
22 A after B before C over D when
23 A over B on C of D to
24 A took B lasted C played D told
25 A best B good C worst D higher
26 A from B in C for D make

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Test 1

Part 6

Questions 27–32
For each question, write the correct answer.
Write one word for each gap.

Sleep

Few people doubt the importance of a good night’s sleep. But (27)_______________
much do you need? Some people famously claim (28)_______________ need as little
as three hours’ sleep per night, while others need nine hours or more just to function
properly.

A good way (29)_______________ find out how much sleep you need is to find a time
such (30)_______________ an annual holiday when you can sleep as much as you
like. Take a note of the time when you go to sleep and wake up every day for seven
days. Write (31)_______________ down and finally work out the average you need
daily by dividing the total by 7.

To give (32)_______________ an idea, people commonly need between six and eight
hours’ sleep per night. However, everyone is different. Try it and see how much time
you need in bed.

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