—Yes．

    There are many different stories as to the origin of coffee and how it {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（发现）. The common one goes like this：In around 600-800 AD, a shepherd, called Kaldi, in the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（东部的） Africa, was tending his animals on the mountainside. One night, he {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（注意到） that all his sheep were acting {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（奇怪）. After a check, he found that they had been eating the cherry-red berries of a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} （附近的） shrub（灌木）.As a result of this, they {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（保持） awake, jumping and leaping around the whole night-even the older sheep. Kaldi was curious and tasted some berries {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（他）. He found that he became wide awake, too.

    It happened that a monk（和尚） named Chadely was passing by. The shepherd told him about the sheep and showed him the berries that the sheep ate. They were from the coffee shrub. The monk threw a few into the boiling water to make a drink. This was the first cup of coffee. After {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（喝）it, he felt wide awake and didn't feel any bad effect on his intellectual abilities（智力）.So he took the new discovery back to his monastery to help his fellow monks stay awake {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（在……期间） their long hours of prayer（诵经）.

    Coffee soon spread（传播） from monastery to monastery. In the 16th {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（世纪）, it came into Europe and since then it has spread around the world and become one of the most popular drinks.

    In the past, people worried a lot about the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(增长) of the world population {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(然而), there is a new {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(问题) at present. That is a too low {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(出生) rate in the past ten years. This happens in both developed and developing countries. How does this happen? There are some {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(原因): Firstly, many {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(政府) support the family planning policy to reduce the population growth, and most of them have made great progress(进步) . Secondly, more people get {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(结婚) late. They want to succeed in business and have little time to think about marriage. Thirdly, many couples like to stay in a two-person world. They don't want to have {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(宝宝) . Lastly, more women go out to have higher education or to do more important work. They would rather go to work than have children. The countries with {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(更少) births than deaths could face a serious shortage(短缺) of young workers in the future. They must think of ways to {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(解决) it.