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Exercise 41: Tea and Health

Multilevel Gap-fill

Read the text. Fill in each gap with ONE word. You must use a word which is somewhere in the rest of the text.

Tea and Health

Tea had a reputation for being both (1) and almost always beneficial. However, scientists are now suggesting that tea may not be as safe as we had previously believed. (2) contains caffeine, and caffeine has been linked to sleeplessness and to the unpleasant jumpy feeling some people get when stressed. More seriously, there is a link between miscarriages, and a pregnant woman is advised to reduce her intake of tea until after her baby is born. Due to its dangerous side-effects, many (3) who drink a lot of tea solve the problem by drinking a beverage from which the (4) has been removed, decaffeinated tea, but others claim that it simply doesn't taste right. The sensible course is probably one of moderation: continue to enjoy your cup of tea, but don't (5) too many cups! Otherwise, you may suffer from (6) at night.

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