PART A: Read the text carefully. Complete the sentences with the best ending a, b, or c.
1. B J Cunningham smokes two or three packets of cigarettes a day___________.
a. even though he has a weak chest
b. because he has to for his job
c. to prove that smoking is safe
2. He wears cowboy clothes and rides a Harley-Davidson motorbike because_________.
a. he is a member of an anti-smoking group
b. he likes everything that comes from the States
c. it is part of the image he wants to create for himself
3. B J Cunningham says that smokers choose a certain brand of cigarettes__________.
a. because it shows the kind of person they are
b. to go with he clothes they are wearing
c. because they want to be sporty or part of high society
4. We get the impression that the interviewer___________.
a. likes and admires B J Cunningham
b. is bored and irritated by BJ Cunningham
c. is very angry with B J Cunningham
5. B J Cunningham says Death cigarettes are for people __________.
a. who want to be honest and aggressive
b. who want to prove that smoking cigarettes doesn’t kill
c. who want to expose the hypocrisy of governments and the tobacco industry
6. B J Cunningham says that his job______________.
a. is to get sponsorship for sport events
b. is to sell as many cigarettes as he can
c. is to be honest about the dangers of smoking
7. The interviewer thinks that the ETC hasn’t been successful because __________.
a. the big tobacco companies spend ₤ 12 billion on advertising
b. everybody thinks that Death cigarettes are just a joke
c. smokers don’t want to be reminded that smoking kills
8. B J Cunningham __________.
a. wants to defend people’s right to smoke
b. wants to control the lives of smokers
c. thinks that smoking will one day be made illegal
9. The interviewer warms to B J Cunningham at the end of the interview __________.
a. when B J Cunningham gives his main reason for selling Death cigarettes
b. because he realizes that he is just a weirs eccentric
c. when he finally puts out his last cigarettes
PART B: Write questions for the answers given below.
1. _________________________________________ ?
Since he was eleven.
2. _________________________________________ ?
Between forty and sixty.
3. _________________________________________ ?
Yes, he has. He once gave up for six months after his lungs collapsed.
4. _________________________________________ ?
For fifteen years.
5. _________________________________________ ?
About ten.
6. _________________________________________ ?
In 1991.
7. _________________________________________ ?
About ₤ 1 million a year.
8. __________________________________________ ?
Fifteen.