Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

For Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He didn't do much better in sports. Although he played for the school's golf team, he lost the only important match of the season. Sparky was a loser. He, his classmates...everyone knew it. Sparky never asked a classmate to go out in high school. He was too afraid of being refused. However, one thing was important to Sparky - drawing. He was proud of his artwork. Of course, no one else appreciated it. In his senior year of high school, he sent some cartoons to the editors of the Yearbook. Although the cartoons were turned down, Sparky was so confident about his ability that he decided to become an artist. After completing high school, he wrote a letter to Walt Disney Studios. He was told to send some samples of his artwork, and the subject for a cartoon was suggested. Sparky spent a great deal of time on it. Finally, the reply came from Disney Studios. He had been rejected once again. Another loss for the loser. So Sparky decided to write his own autobiography in cartoons. He described his childhood - a little boy loser and underachiever. The cartoon character would soon become famous worldwide. For Sparky, the boy who had little success in school and whose work was rejected again and again was Charles Schulz. He created the Peanuts comic strip and little cartoon character - Charlie Brown.

1. What did this person want to become?
2. Had he been doing well as one while schooling?
3. Did he have confidence in his skills?
4. What was his name?
5. Was that his real name?
6. What was it?
7. How did he do in middle school?
8. What happened?
9. Was he in any athletic programs?
10. What was it?
11. Was he good at it?
12. What happened?
13. Who did he send a note to about his art?
14. Did they show initial interest?
15. What did they do?
16. What did he end up creating?
17. What was it called?
18. Was it an animated feature film?
19. What was it then?
20. Who was the main character?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. an artist
2. yes
3. yes
4. Sparky
5. .no
6. Charles Schulz
7. nor well
8. . He failed every subject in the eighth grade.
9. yes
10. golf
11. no
12. , he lost the only important match of the season.
13. Walt Disney Studios
14. no
15. rejected him
16. his own autobiography in cartoons.
17. Peanuts
18. no
19. a comic strip
20. Charlie Brown.

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

McDonald's is the world single biggest food provider with annual sales of around $12.4bn. And the company's symbol Ronald McDonald is now (or so the company claims) the word's most recognized person after Santa Claus.

The first McDonald's restaurant was opened in San Bernardino, California, in 1948 by brothers Mac and Richard "Dick" McDonald. Mac ran the restaurant side; Dick was the marketing genius. He had already invented the drive-in laundry and had been the first person to use neon lights in advertising. Now he spotted the gap in the post-war, baby-boom market for cheap, family-orientated restaurants with simple menus, standardized food and efficient service.

After a slow start, business began to boom. By 1954, the brothers were joined by another entrepreneur, a kitchen equipment salesman called Ray A Kroc who owned the franchise to the Multimixer, milk shake maker used throughout the McDonald's chain. A year later, Kroc had bought the McDonald brothers' chain of 25 franchises for the equivalent of around $70m(PS44m). Dick remained with the company until the Seventies, when he and Kroc fell out over Kroc's claim that the chain was his creation.

Today, an almost Stalinist cult of personality surrounds Kroc (who died in 1984) at McDonald's, while the brothers who gave the company its name have all but been written out of its history. But though Kroc did not found McDonald's, he was certainly responsible for the empire-building philosophy which led to its world domination. He ushered in such essential contributions to international cuisine as the Big Mac (1968) and the Egg McMuffin (1973); and helped launch Ronald McDonald ---- "in any language he means fun" ---- on to television in 1963.

Every three hours, a new McDonald's franchise opens somewhere in the world; it can be found in more than 100 countries including India (vegetarian-only to avoid offending the non-beef-eating populace) and Israel (non kosher, despite fierce local objection). McDonald's chain embodied the thrusting, can-do spirit of Fifties America with staff mottoes such as "If you've got time to lean, you've go time to clean."

1. In what state was the first McDonald's opened?
2. In what city?
3. In what year?
4. Was the restaurant founded by brothers?
5. What is one of their names?
6. And the other's name?
7. Did he have a nickname?
8. What was it?
9. What part of the restaurant did he run?
10. What facet of the business did Mac run?
11. What kind of lights did they use in their advertising?
12. How much money in yearly sales does the restaurant have?
13. Who is the company's mascot?
14. Is he compared to a character associated with Christmas?
15. Which one?
16. In what year did Kroc buy McDonald's?
17. What was his first name?
18. What kind of work did he do before McDonald's?
19. What kind?
20. In what year was the Big Mac introduced?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. California
2. San Bernardino
3. 1948
4. Yes
5. Mac
6. Richard McDonald.
7. yes
8. Dick
9. marketing
10. restaurant side
11. neon lights
12. $12.4bn
13. Ronald McDonald
14. yes
15. Santa Claus.
16. 1955
17. ray
18. Salesman
19. kitchen equipment
20. 1968

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

The king, Banton, stood over his men who were tired from fighting. The dragons were not as tired as the men. He could not let any more pain happen to his men. He ordered the men to run away. The men went to the village. "Everyone must run for the hills."

Charlie, the purple dragon let out a roar, and sent fire into the sky from his mouth. "That's right! Run little man! Run!" Luna and Milkyway, the grey and black dragons, cheered and celebrated the win. The dragons went to the river and started eating berries, and fruits. "Now we celebrate! We have what we want! Now we won't be hungry anymore!" Charlie cheered. "Good things are sure to come from this win over the humans!"

Luna, not so sure, watched the humans running for their lives.

The villagers could only watch the dragons take food from their land, afraid. They went to pack their things. They would need to leave with the king, and his men. There would be no soldiers to protect them from the dragons. Men, women, and children all ran around in confusion trying to get away. Before long, the village was vacated. It was okay; the villagers found a new home in the hills.

1. Who was Banton?
2. He stood over who?
3. Who were?
4. Who was not as tired?
5. He could not let any more what happen?
6. to who?
7. He ordered them to??
8. They ran away to where?
9. Who is charlie?
10. What did he send into the sky?
11. From where?
12. Who is Luna?
13. What did Luna and Milkyway do?
14. They then went where?
15. To do what?
16. What kind?
17. Who was not so sure?
18. What did she do?
19. Who watched the dragons?
20. Watched them do what?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. king
2. his men
3. tired from fighting
4. The dragons
5. pain
6. his men
7. run away
8. the hills
9. purple dragon
10. fire
11. his mouth.
12. grey and black dragon
13. cheered and celebrated
14. the river
15. eat
16. berries and fruits
17. Luna
18. watched the humans running for their lives
19. The villagers
20. take food from their land