I What do you choose to do with your plastic cups after you drink your coffee? Do you throw them away or just leave them on the table? Now there is a new, surprising kind of cup. It is a cup that you can eat! Today, you can find these cups only in some coffee shops in New Zealand and on Air New Zealand (ANZ) airplanes.
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II Jaime Cashmore, the manager of the company that makes these cups, said, “We use only flour, sugar, eggs and vanilla to make them. We bake the cups for a very long time so they will be crispy. In fact, they are delicious cookies that can hold any hot drink. Your cup stays crispy until you finish your coffee and even longer. Then you can enjoy eating it.”
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III The manager explained the benefits of the new cups. “People throw away millions of plastic cups every year. This causesseriousdamage to the environment. Our new cups don’t cause any damage. Another advantage is that they protect people’s hands from the heat of the coffee.” He added, “These cups are very popular with ANZ passengers. I am sure other businesses will also want to use them.”
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IV Next year, the company will make these cups in different flavors such as chocolate or caramel. They will also make other things you can eat. For example, they will make bowls for ice cream and also covers for the coffee cups. Jaime Cashmore is sure that in the future they will sell these cups, covers and bowls to other airlines and coffee shops all over the world.
QUESTIONS (70 points) Answer questions 1-7 in English according to the text. In questions 1 and 3, circle the number of the correct answer. In the other questions, follow the instructions.
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1. What do we learn about the new cups in paragraph I? (8 points)
i) What is special about them.
ii) Where people usually leave them.
iii) Why coffee shops use them.
2. According to paragraph I, what can ANZ passengers do with their cups after they drink their coffee? ANSWER:(8 points) ………………………………………………………………………..
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3. In paragraph II, Jaime Cashmore tells us (–).
(9 points)
i) why the company uses vanilla in the cups
ii) how many cups the company makes every year
iii) what the company uses to make the cups
4. Why does the company bake the cups for a long time? (paragraph II) (9 points)
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5. Why are the new cups good for the environment? (paragrah III) (9 points)
ANSWER ………………………………………………………
6. According to paragraph III, why do the passengers like to drink hot coffee from the new cups? (9 points)
ANSWER: ………………………………………………….
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7. PUT A √ BY THE TWO CORRECT ANSWERS. (9×2=18 points)
What are the company’s plans for the future? (paragraph IV)