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TEXT 1 TIME IS MONEY Japanese restaurants, which are suffering from the recession in Asia, are looking for new ways to attract customers. Some of them have adopted a new approach which, although it may not be good for a person’s health, is attracting a growing number of customers. They are offering meals which you pay for, not according to what you eat, but according to how long it takes you to eat them. Hiroyuki Shiga, a 20-year-old student, has made an art out of eating in these “fast food” restaurants. He advises diners to “take large quantities of everything”. In this way, he continues, “you won’t need to waste time going back to the serving table for second helpings.” The Totenko restaurant chain offers their customers Chinese food at a rate of 36 yen (0.26 € ) per minute, so a half-hour meal will cost approximately 682 yen (5 € ), instead of the normal 1904 yen (14 € ). Cost-conscious diners queue up outside the restaurant to take advantage of this offer. They can choose...

TEXT 1(TWO TEXTS AND THE PREVIOUS ONE YOU HAVE TO HAND IT) Bullfighting in Catalonia It looks like Catalonia is on their way to curtailing 2 bullfighting after parliament voted to ban (1) it. Spanish bullfighting has suffered another major setback after the Catalan Parliament voted to outlaw it completely across the region. The vote was not without controversy (2); however, this is not surprising since there has always been controversy surrounding bullfighting between those who consider it animal abuse and those who believe it to be a cultural tradition. After a narrow (3) initial victory for the abolitionists –67 in favour and 59 against– the law could become effective. It seems that some believe the reason it is being banned is the ongoing (4) rivalry between Catalonians and Spaniards, since bullfighting is considered typically Spanish and the Catalonians pride (5) themselves on being different from the Spaniards, including having a different language. Others seem to think it w...

Opción A The Chronicle of In May 1886, Coca Cola was invented by John Pemberton, a pharmacist from Atlanta, who concocted (1) the formula in a brass kettle in his backyard. The name was suggested by his bookkeeper (2), Frank Robinson. Due to his excellent handwriting, it was he who first scripted Coca Cola into the flowing letters which have become the famous logo of today. The soft drink was first sold to the public at the soda fountain in Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, on May 8, 1886. About nine servings of the soft drink were sold each day. Sales for that first year added up to a total of about $50. The funny thing was that it cost Pemberton over $70 to produce it, so the first year of sales were a loss. Until 1905, the soft drink, marketed as a tonic (3), contained extracts of cocaine as well as the caffeine-rich kola nut. In 1887, another Atlanta pharmacist and businessman, Asa Candler, bought the formula for $2,300. By the late 1890s, Coca Cola was one of America's mos...