Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks
In London, the first cafe opened in 1652. Men would gather there, often at regular times during the day, to (36) _________ news and gossip, discuss (37) _________ of the day and (38) _________ business. The cafes acted as offices and shops in which merchants and agents, clerks and bankers could (39) _________ their transactions In London today it is estimated that there are more than 2000 cafes and the number is rising It won't be long before coffee is sold everywhere. You can already buy it in hospitals, motorway service stations, supermarkets and at tourist (40) _________ growing throughout the country.
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