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Name: ___________________________________________Grade:_________ Date:____________Total score 39 McDonald’s boss dies suddenly The Chief executive of McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast-food chain, has died from a suspected heart attack. Jim Cantalupo, 60, was taken ill during a meeting of franchise owners in Orlando, Florida, the company said. His death is a severe blow to McDonald’s at a time when the chain is trying to shed its image as a supplier of high-fat, high-salt and high-sugar food. In his 16 months at the helm, Mr Cantalupo turned the company’s fortunes round. As well as slowing its breakneck expansion programme and closing hundreds of under-performing outlets, he tried to address criticisms that McDonald’s was contributing to the obesity epidemic in the US and Europe. When Mr Cantalupo became chairman and chief executive in January last year after a management shake-up, Mc Donald’s was in the doldrums. Changing tastes, the mad cow disease scare and the perception that its menu was tired had hit sales, particularly in Europe and Asia. In December 2002, McDonald’s went into the red for the time in its 48-year history. Mr Cantalupo, a former vice-chairman and president, who had retired a year earlier, was brought back as the new boss. 1.- Answer the following questions using your own words (4 points) a.- What impression do people have about McDonald’s food? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______ b.- What did Mr Cantalupo achieve in the 16 months he was in charge of McDonald’s? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______ 2.- Read the following statements and decide whether they are True (T) or False (F). Give proper arguments in every case. (4 points) a.- Mr Cantalupo felt ill while meeting with French clients in Orlando.__________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ b.- Mr Cantalupo was already retired when he became McDonald’s boss again. _________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 3.-Find a word or expression in the text which, in context, is similar in meaning to: (4 points) a.- A group of shops or restaurants owned by the same company: b.- Provider:
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4.- Choose a, b, or c, in each question below. Only one choice is correct (2 points) 1. In order to save the company Mr Cantalupo tried to a.- promote the company’s fast expansion. b.- defend the company from accusations of contributing to obesity. c.- change people’s tastes. 2. Mr Cantalupo a.- broke his neck in Orlando. b.- worked for the company for 48 years. c.- had been McDonald’s president before.
Reported Speech I. Complete the sentences in reported speech.(10 points) 1. Samira said, "Monica speaks English very well." _________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 2. Yolanda said, "I have to leave the class before 12:30." _________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 3. Gabriela said, "I can't possibly finish my work by five o'clock." _________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 4. Martha said, "I am going to go to Mexico next year." _________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 5. Baruch said, "I might teach ESL843 next semester." _________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 6. Truc said, "I went to Vietnam to visit my family." _________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 7. Olena said, "I will ask the teacher to explain the differences between quoted and reported speech." _________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 8. The teacher said, "You must study hard for the test on reported speech." _________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 9. Chanty said, "My English may improve very quickly." _________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 10. Sang said, "I have already written a letter to my family in Thailand." _________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ II. Complete the sentence using reported speech (10 points)
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1. “What caused the explosion?” The journalist asked_____________________________________________________ 2. “Has Bill passed his examination?” Tom asked________________________________________________________ 3. “Where did you play last Sunday?” She asked us______________________________________________________ 4. “Will you be here next week?” Jim asked Ann__________________________________________________________ 5. “ What are you doing with your mobile?” The teacher asked me___________________________________________ III. In this exercise someone says something to you which is the opposite of what they said before… You have to answer : I thought you said… (5 points) 1. “Ann is coming to the party.” ¶ “I thought you said she ________________________________________________ 2. “ Bill passed his examination.” ¶ “I thought you said
___________________________________________________ 3. “Ann likes Bill.” ¶ “I thought you said
______________________________________________________________ 4. “I’ll be here next week.” ¶ “I thought you said ________________________________________________________ . 5. “I can afford a holiday this year.” ¶ “I thought you said ________________________________________________