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Drowning in money

1. What is the difficult situation that the Tuvalans find themselves in?

a. They don’t have enough roads for all their cars.

b. They have a lot of money but their country will soon disappear.

c. They live in paradise but they have no money.

2. What was the effect of the motor revolution and the flood of imported food?

a. 19km of roads were paved.

b. It contributed to global warming.

c. Many Tuvalans are now overweight.

3. How are the Tuvalans using their new wealth?

a. They are building houses and other buildings.

b. They are planning to emigrate.

c. They are building more petrol stations.

4. What will happen to Tuvalu by the end of the century?

a. There will be more cyclones.

b. The sea will completely cover it.

c. It will become a huge rubbish dump.

The Birth of the Penny Bazaar

1. According to the text

   1. the open air market was not a successful place

   2. the open air market was not open every day

   3. more people came to the open air market

   4. selling at a fixed price was only possible indoors

2. What was the reason for Marks’s success?

   1. His goods were much better than anyone else’s

   2. He was never rude to customers

   3. He made all his calculations in his head

   4. He made shopping easy

3. Michael Marks is portrayed as a man who

   1. was very bad at doing arithmetic

   2. revolutionized selling methods

   3. didn’t understand working-class people

   4. read a lot about business methods

4. The word ‘this’ in the last line refers to…

A) The low profits each item.

B) the need for high- quality goods.

C) the need for low- price items.

D) selling as many items as possible.

5. Where is this text from?

A) a training manual for shop assistants

B) an advertisement for Marks and Spencer’s products

C) a book about the history of Leeds

D) a book about business methods