Ingvar Kamprad reading	

1
Match the words and phrases on the left with the explanation of their relevance to the text.

18.5 billion	Ingmar Kamprad’s only extravagance	
vineyard	a product he traded in when he was young	
frugality	the money Ingvar Kamprad is estimated to have	
cigarette lighters	a change in attitudes to furniture	
revolution	low prices and strict cost control	
300 million	how Ikea employees refer to the company	
cult	the number of Ikea customers worldwide	

4
Choose the best synonym for the highlighted words from the text.
build up	keep    construct   accumulate   increase	
turning out	selling   producing   designing  buying	
hit upon	invented cleverly   designed thoroughly  thought of suddenly   read about in detail	
passed down	was inherited    was thrown away    was bought	
hands out	receives   gives    sells	

Answers	

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18.5 billion	the money Ingvar Kamprad is estimated to have	
vineyard	Ingmar Kamprad’s only extravagance	
frugality	low prices and strict cost control	
cigarette lighters	a product he traded in when he was young	
revolution	a change in attitudes to furniture	
300 million	the number of Ikea customers worldwide	
cult	how Ikea employees refer to the company	

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build up	keep    construct   accumulate   increase	
turning out	selling   producing   designing  buying	
hit upon	invented cleverly   designed thoroughly  thought of suddenly   read about in detail	
passed down	was inherited    was thrown away    was bought	
hands out	receives   gives    sells