# PTE SMW #2: History of the Global Tea Trade

Select Missing Word #2 - Level 1 - Feeds Listening

> You will hear a recording. At the end, the last word or words are replaced by a beep. Choose the option that best completes the recording.

- possibility
- profit
- time
- happiness
- experience

## Answer

profit

## Explanation

The speaker calls the tea trade "so lucrative" and describes companies racing to bring tea to Europe first. Being first lets them "maximize their" profit. The option "time" is tempting because the talk mentions speed. But you maximize money from a race, not time, so "profit" fits.

## Hints

- Focus on the speaker's mention of financial outcomes and business objectives.
- Consider which option represents a measurable financial gain for a company.

## Transcript

Portuguese noblewoman for making tea popular with the English aristocracy when she married King Charles II in 1661. At the time, Great Britain was in the midst of expanding its colonial influence and becoming the new dominant world power. And as Great Britain grew, interest in tea spread around the world. By 1700, tea in Europe sold for ten times the price of coffee, and the plant was still only grown in China. The tea trade was so lucrative that the world's fastest sailboat, the clipper ship, was born out of intense competition between Western trading companies. All were racing to bring their tea back to Europe first to maximize their...

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