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Part 2. READING
Read the following advertisement and answer the multiple-choice questions.
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1. This is an advertisement for:
A a pocket calculation
С a camera
В binoculars
D sunglasses
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TRAVELS WITH A MEXICAN CIRCUS
Tuesday 13th September at 7.30 pm
Travel writer Katie Hickman
recalls remote and beautiful parts
of Mexico and its people,
during the year she spent with
a circus troupe.
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1. What sort of event is being advertised?
Aa circus В a film
С a fashion display D a talk
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Running a business can be stressful at any age, but when you're just 15 and have to juggle it with going to school and doing your homework, it's even more remarkable. And that's exactly what young entrepreneur, Luisa Bundy, designer of a range of soft toys called Little Bundles, has done.
It all started when Luisa's mother bought her some modelling clay for her 12th birthday and she began experimenting with making small model figures based on her friends at school. The first batch went down a storm, and her friends encouraged her to make more. So she did, handing them out at Easter instead of eggs. As word spread around the school, Luisa introduced a form so she could take orders during the day and make the figures over the weekend. Her mother used to come home to find piles of order forms spread out on the kitchen table. She thought Luisa was going to get into serious trouble for doing business in the playground. But teachers' names were on the order forms too.
Two years later, Luisa had made 13,000 Little Bundies. Prior to this, she had spent most weekends and holidays researching craft fairs across the south of England. At one fair she sold 250 figures in an hour at £2 a go. And she even researched the number of people that usually turned up to each fair, so she knew exactly the number she needed to make for the customers there. When she noticed that the majority of customers were buying the toys as gifts she designed a range of gift cards to accompany them.
At this point, the volume of work was becoming overwhelming and she decided to seek advice from Sir Richard Branson, who had begun his Virgin Empire as a teenager. On his advice she set up Bundy Creations Ltd, with her mother as director.
Last year they took on the cost of exhibiting at a craft fair in the north of England, and it paid off. They were spotted by a major toy manufacturer, which quickly signed the figures to a three-year soft toy licensing deal. According to the manufacturer, they have already practically sold out.