HOMEWORK 2/UNIT 11/G9B

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Text 1
The best title for the text is
a. The best company in the world
b. Tips on how to become an entrepreneur
c. Meet Jake Nickell – entrepreneur!

A. Find these words in the text. Then match them with their meanings.
designer incredible profit submit vote creative community

1. Show your choice

2. A person whose job is to make drawing of new things, to show how they will look or work.
3. Having the ability to think of and develop original ideas.
4. A group of people who have the same interests or are involved in the same activity.
5. The amount of money you get when you are paid more for something than it cost you to buy or make.
6. To send something to someone for him/her to decide about.
7. Very.
B. Answer the following questions based on the text above.
1. According to the article, Threadless.com is
A. a copy of another company.
B. a different from other companies.
C. not a successful company.
D. a hobby.
2. How does Threadless.com get its idea for T-shirt designs?
A. Jake Nickell creates all the designs.
B. They are created by company employees.
C. They use designs by famous artists and designers.
D. People create and send in designs.
3. How is the online community involved in business decisions?
A. It votes on the best designs to print on T-shirts.
B. It sells the T-shirts.
C. It does fun activities in meetings.
D. It helps a lot of people make things.
4. Jake Nickell believes that it is important to
A. be sensible and careful when you make business plans.
B. have meetings in a boardroom.
C. follow what other companies are doing.
D. be creative and have new ideas.

C. Decide whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE.

1. Jake Nickell runs more than one jobs.
2. He has a business in garment sector.
3. His successful business was basically founded by his hobby on designing and making things with his friends.
4. The business was also caused by his disappointment of an online competition.
5. The winner of the Threadless.com is determined by the number of votes.
6. The winner of the Threadless.com competition will get 3 pieces of Jake’s design.
7. The T-shirt design of the Threadless.com is from an online community.
8. Not many people turn in their design to Threadless.com.
9. The Threadless.com has a different way to conduct a business meeting.
10. Jake opined that different, fun activities made people more creative.

Text 2
D. Find the words in bold in the text. Then match them with their meaning.
1. To take people or goods form one place to another.
2. The results of an activity, process or situation has ended.
3. A material or product that is sold to another country.
4. When something was created or began.
5. Buying, selling or exchanging goods or services.
6. People who buy, sell or exchange goods or services.
7. The effect that something has on a situation, process or person.
8. A society with its own laws, traditions and culture.
9. A period of time when a country is ruled by members of the same family.

E. Answer the following passage based on the text above.

1. Why did the Chinese keep the secret of producing the silk?

2. Why did the Chinese need to develop the Silk Roads?

3. Why did the caravanserais develop?

4. What happened at the caravanserais?

5. What was the Silk Roads’ biggest impact on history?