5. What are most likely the author's purposes for writing this text? Select two options. I point
(Excerpt from "Lipton's Ceylon: Thelegacy of a Tea Tycoon's Sri Lankan Empire" by
Jeremiah Jennel
In 1890, Lipton took an ocean voyage to Australia, but on the way, he stopped off at the port
of Colombo in British Ceylon
The tea industry was still in its carly years in Ceylon when Lipton arrived on the island.
Originally, the hillsides and valleys of the central highlands had been used for coffee
plantations, but beginning in 1869, just around the time Lipton opened his first provision
shop in Glasgow, an outbreak of the fungus Hemelia vasatrix began its decimation of the
Ceylonese coffee industry. Within 15 years, the fungus had wiped out coffee cultivation on
Ceylon
O
to entertain readers by telling them about the excellent coffee in Ceylon
to inform readers by explaining why Ceylon was ideal for growing the tea industry
O
to persuade readers to visit Ceylon and drink tea
to inform readers by telling them about an ocean voyage to Australia
to educate readers by telling of a problem of the Ceylon coffee industry and how it
destroyed cultivation of coffee plants in a particular area