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The document is about Blake Mycoskie, the founder of TOMS shoes. [1] Mycoskie started TOMS after traveling to Argentina and witnessing the number of children without shoes. [2] His "One for One" model donates a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair sold. [3] TOMS has donated over 60 million pairs of shoes since 2006 and become a thriving business, showing that companies can do good while also being profitable.

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The document is about Blake Mycoskie, the founder of TOMS shoes. [1] Mycoskie started TOMS after traveling to Argentina and witnessing the number of children without shoes. [2] His "One for One" model donates a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair sold. [3] TOMS has donated over 60 million pairs of shoes since 2006 and become a thriving business, showing that companies can do good while also being profitable.

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CTT de los Andes Language Center

English Program

Unit 4: The shoe giver.


Date: Wednesday, 14 December 2022.
Names: Natalia Andrade, Valeria Vistín, Cristofer Catota, Daniela Gallardo, Karla Acosta.
CTT de los Andes Language Center
English Program

1. Which of the following statements best summarizes the general idea of the
article?
a) An entrepreneur who manufactures shoes around the world.
b) A shoes brand that makes millionaire profits from an organization.
c) An entrepreneur that donates shoes to impoverished people from the
profits he gets in his company.
d) An entrepreneur who makes profits and gives money away to charity.

2. Read the article and decide if the statements are True or False.
a) Blake Mycoskie's early career consisted of starting and then selling
companies. True/ False.
b) The main advantage of the one-for-one scheme is that Mycoskie doesn't
have to keep asking people to donate money. True/ False.
c) The author suggests that in business, energy and enthusiasm is a very
important factor. True/ False.
d) Mycoskie prefers his customers to have no contact with the recipients of
the free shoes. True/ False.
e) Mycoskie thinks that any business could profit from making a similar one-
for-one offer to its customers. True/ False.
f) The author thinks that Mycoskie should be proud that he has a successful
business, not just one that helps people. True/ False.

3. Write the vocabulary words or expressions with the following meanings:


a) An adjective meaning” physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or
stress.” (Paragraph 2) A little burned out.
b) An adjective meaning “wrong size or shape for the person wearing it”
(Paragraph 3) Ill- fitting.
c) A noun meaning “Strong and barely controllable emotion” (Paragraph 5)
Passion.
d) A noun meaning “Income, especially when of a company” (Paragraph 6)
Revenues.

4. The word “thriving” in paragraph 6 is the opposite of:


a) Prospering
b) Growing
c) Declining
d) Struggling

5. The pronoun “this” in line 29 , refers to:


a) Mycoskie’s first instinct.
b) The idea that the shoes would quickly wear out.
c) The local farmers’ canvas shoe.
CTT de los Andes Language Center
English Program

d) Setting up a charity to donate shoes to children.

6. Why does the author say” But rest isn’t really part of an entrepreneur’s make-
up” in paragraph 2:
a) To persuade the reader to carry on reading the passage.
b) To point out the result of an action.
c) To introduce the real effect of a situation.
d) To demonstrate that entrepreneurs always have to work.

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