How to Start a Successful Business: 17 Women Entrepreneurs Share Their Stories

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Reading 1 Read the extract of the news article quickly. Then check ( ) the correct words to complete the sentences. / 0.4 point a. The text is about. ( ) Sophia Amoruso ( ) female entrepreneurs b.

1 Reading 1 Read the extract of the news article quickly. Then check ( ) the correct words to complete the sentences. / 0.4 point a. The text is about. ( ) Sophia Amoruso ( ) female entrepreneurs b. It presents. ( ) facts and statistics ( ) personal stories How to Start a Successful Business: 17 Women Entrepreneurs Share Their Stories By Jeff Haden Contributing editor, Inc. Every successful entrepreneur started somewhere. There s no magic pill that effortlessly launches you out of your cubicle confinement and into the free world of entrepreneurship. For some, the dream to be your own boss grows for a long time, even years, before it finally comes to fruition. The truth is, great success in business grows from just one, tiny seed. We asked some of our favorite women entrepreneurs to share how they got their start in business. Their answers revealed the deep motivators and personal qualities that drove them to make their big idea a reality. By reading about how they grew their businesses over the years, our goal is that you ll identify a similar entrepreneurial seed, within yourself. Here s what these women had to share about getting their start as entrepreneurs. Sophia Amoruso Don t give up, don t take anything personally, and don t take no for an answer, Sophia advises. Since founding Nasty Gal as an ebay store in 2006, selling vintage clothing, Sophia has transformed the business into a multimillion-dollar empire with its own clothing line that was named the Fastest Growing Retailer in Recently, The New York Times Bestseller of #GIRLBOSS has stepped out of her role as the CEO of Nasty Gal to become the executive chairman and shift her focus to overseeing just the creative and brand marketing functions of the business. Without any fashion or business experience before starting Nasty Gal, Sophia credits much of her hardearned success to her inability to accept failure as an option. The people who told me no, were the people who eventually told me yes, she adds. [ ] HADEN, Jeff. How to Start a Successful Business: 17 Women Entrepreneurs Share Their Stories. Available at: <

2 2 Read the news article again. Then write T (true) or F (false). / 0.8 point a. Some female entrepreneurs plan their own business for a long time before they start it. ( ) b. In the article, female entrepreneurs explain how their business went wrong. ( ) c. The article aims at inspiring other women to be entrepreneurs. ( ) d. Sophia Amoruso started selling clothes online in ( ) e. She wrote a book that became a bestseller. ( ) f. She is now the CEO of Nasty Gal, working with the financial side of the business. ( ) g. Before founding Nasty Gal, Sophia worked in the fashion industry. ( ) h. She is good at convincing people to follow her ideas. ( ) 3 Read the news article once more. Match the information in the text with their meaning. / 0.9 point a. Don t give up, don t take anything personally, and don t take no for an answer. ( ) Consider criticism as a personal thing. ( ) Accept when people say No. ( ) Be persistent and take things professionally. b. The truth is, great success in business grows from just one, tiny seed. ( ) It is difficult to grow a successful business only telling the truth. ( ) A simple thing can be the origin of success in entrepreneurship. ( ) Planting seeds to grow trees can be a great way to start a business. c. There s no magic pill that effortlessly launches you out of your cubicle confinement and into the free world of entrepreneurship. ( ) There aren t easy ways to become an entrepreneur. ( ) People can use magic to solve problems in entrepreneurship. ( ) Sleeping pills don t help entrepreneurs to relax at night. Vocabulary 4 Use the words in the box to complete the sentences. / 0.6 point angry excited happy sad surprised tired a. Don t get so! Shouting at me won t solve your problems! b. Were you at Jake s decision of leaving school? It came as a shock to me. c. The Millers are really about their new restaurant. They talk about it all the time. d. My aunt is really about her new business. She can t stop smiling. e. Marina is still about her fight with Lara. I saw her crying during recess. f. I m so today. I feel like I could sleep for 24 hours

3 5 Complete the sentences with adjectives depicting how people feel in these situations. / 0.8 point a. You are walking down the patio at school during recess. You stumble and fall. b. You are alone at home at night. You hear someone trying to open the front door. c. You get a good grade in a very difficult test. d. You ate too much cake and candy at a party. 6 Complete the crossword puzzle with the nouns from the adjectives. / 1 point Across 2. surprised 3. angry 5. excited 7. happy 9. disappointed 10. generous Down 1. tired 4. embarrassed 6. calm 8. sad

4 7 Use four of the nouns in Act. 6 to complete the sentences. / 1 point a. What a, Tom! I didn t know you were coming to the party! b. We believe is the most important quality of our boss. She is kind to her subordinates and shares her knowledge with us. c. That new restaurant on Maple St. was such a! The prices are high and the food is awful. d. I think is one of the most important qualities of an entrepreneur. It is important to remain relaxed in stressful times. e. My mom always say: You can t buy! Grammar 8 Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. / 0.8 point a. Women entrepreneurship (discuss simple present) at our school in all classes. b. Do you think women (pay going to) as much as men in the future? c. Don t worry, all the problems (solve simple future) in due time. d. When that movie about women rights (produce simple past)? e. Girls education (neglect present perfect) in several countries for many years. f. My favorite book (write simple past) in 1945! g. The cars (clean simple present) every Friday. h. The business (launch simple past) by my father in Rewrite the sentences in the passive voice. / 0.8 point a. A Taliban gunman shot Malala Yousafzai in b. Ms. Brown will teach the new course on entrepreneurship. c. The girls in the 8th grade sell the campaign T-shirts to raise money. d. J.K. Rowling wrote the Harry Potter series.

5 10 Complete the sentences with the correct active or passive form of the verbs in brackets. / 0.8 point a. New ways to access the Internet (invent) in the future. b. We (donate) books to a girls school in Africa every year. c. My mom (work) to start a new business right now. d. Facebook (start) by Mark Zuckerberg in Listening 11 Listen to an extract of a speech given by Malala Yousafzai at the United Nations in Then complete its transcript with the words from the box. / 1 point equality human rights millions October thousands peace people rights silence speak There are hundreds of a. activists and social workers who are not only speaking for their rights, but who are struggling to achieve their goal of b., education and equality. Thousands of c. have been killed by the terrorists and d. have been injured. I am just one of them. So here I stand. So here I stand, one girl, among many. I e. not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their f.. Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to g. of opportunity. Their right to be educated. Dear friends, on 9 h. 2012, the Taliban shot me on the left side of my forehead. They shot my friends, too. They thought that the bullets would i. us, but they failed. And out of that silence came j. of voices.

Writing 12 Write an email to a fictitious organization about a cause you would like to contribute to. / 1.

6 Writing 12 Write an to a fictitious organization about a cause you would like to contribute to. / 1.1 point From: To: Subject: Dear Sir or Madam, My name is I am writing because I look forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully,

How to Start a Successful Business: 17 Women Entrepreneurs Share Their Stories

How to Start a Successful Business: 17 Women Entrepreneurs Share Their Stories Reading 1 Read the extract of the news article quickly. Then circle the correct words to complete the sentences. / 0.4 point a. The text is about female entrepreneurs / Sophia Amoruso. b. It presents personal