Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, fill in
a suitable word in each blank on the ANSWER SHEET.
The beginnings of the Coca-Cola were humble. In 1886, an
Atlanta pharmacist, John Pemberton, made the original mixture, (51)
it was his accountant, Frank Robinson, (52) put a
name to (53) . The (54) of the powerful
brew included the coca leaf and the kola nut, but (55) the
drink wasn’t (56) Coca Kola is not known. No
one knows (57) , what became (58)
Pemberton, because he sold the Coca-Cola Company five years after
formulating the drink to Asa Candler, who had managed to get it (59)
to all US states within four years of buying the (60)
as well as establishing it as a favorite in drug stores’ soda
fountains. (61) , Candler didn’t make much (62)
from the giant-in-the-making either. He sold almost all bottling
rights a year after taking the brand into Canada and Mexico (63)
Ben Thomas and John Whitehead. This pair established (64)
was to become a mainstay of the business, in developing a regional
network of bottlers so that Coca-Cola could be (65) in the
home. In 1915, the classic curved bottle was (66)
by the CJ Root glass company, a shape which was destined to last, with
only a few alterations, through the (67) 85 years and become
a true design (68) . Coke began to
(69) its products offering fruit juices and fizzy drinks, but
(70) to the Coke range was slow. Diet Coke didn’t appear until
the early 1980s and Cherry Coke came along only in 1986.