| 1. Give a suitable title
to the text.
- The luckiest man on earth
- A lucky escape/A narrow escape
or any title expressing the idea of luck and escape from danger.
2. Read the following statements about Pierre's story then number them
from 1 to 8 following the order in which they happened.
Statements |
Numbers
or |
| a- Pierre missed the early plane. |
5 |
4 |
| b- He was involved in a car accident. |
2 |
2 |
| c- That's how he managed to survive for the
second time. |
8 |
8 |
| d- He booked on the evening flight to
Strasbourg. |
6 |
6 |
| e- Pierre was driving to Lyon. |
1 |
1 |
| f- He was taken to the hospital. |
3 |
3 |
| g- He was involved in the plane tragedy. |
7 |
7 |
| h- He was allowed to leave the hospital. |
4 |
5 |
3. Focus on paragraphs 4 and 5 and say whether the following statements
are true or false.
Put a tick (x) in the right box then
justify your answers with reference to the text.
| Statements |
T |
F |
Justification |
| a- The accident happened unexpectedly. |
X |
|
There was no warning before the plane went
down |
| b- The rescuers could have saved more lives. |
X |
|
Soit
- Many passengers who survived
the impact died because it took rescuers five hours to reach the scene.
Soit : it was revealed a radio ... to work.
Soit : But the 1000 rescuers ... burning. |
| c- Pierre Cota cared only for himself. |
|
X |
He grabbed a nine-year-old boy |
4. Complete the following
table with reference to the text.
| The Plane |
The incident |
| Type of plane |
Airbus A 320 |
What happened |
The plane crashed |
| Flying from |
Lyon |
How it happened |
It plunged into the mountain due to bad weather |
| Flying to |
Strasbourg |
When it happened |
Monday night / at 10 |
| Expected arrival
time |
10:05. |
Where it happened |
in a forest / near Strasbourg |
| Damage to the
plane |
Fuselage ripped |
How many
passengers survived |
9 passengers |
5. Find in
the text words meaning nearly the same as :
a- investigated (par.4) probed
b- seized ( par.4) grabbed
c- fell ( par.4) went down
6. What do the words underlined in the text refer to ?
a- This (par.3) refers to the fact that there was nothing wrong with
him.
b- We (par.4) refers to the
passengers / The people on the plane.
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