UNIT 7: CLOSE UP (READING + VOCABULARY)

1. What is the writer doing in this text?

• giving advice on how to survive

• explaining incredible past events

• showing that air travel is dangerous

• writing an imaginative story

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Why were the three men disappointed?

• The view from the mountain was not very good.

• they didn't know how to return to the plane.

• They realised they had more problems.

• They had not brought enough warm clothes

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Viztin returned to the crash site because

• he had lost hope

• he didn't agree with Parrado's solution

• he didn't want to walk any further

• there wasn't enough food for three people

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Parrado and Canessa knew they were close to safety because

• they saw things that belonged to people

• they discovered a river

• they had been walking for ten days

• there were flowers in the snow

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which best describes what happened to the people on Flight 571?

• The survivors of the crash waited for many weeks in the plane for someone to find and rescue them.

• Tragically, 29 people died when the plane they were travelling in crashed into a mountain in the Andes.

• In a terrible situation, and with no hope at all, the survivors found a way to save themselves.

• To stay warm in the freezing cold, they wore the clothes of the people who had died in the crash.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

It is possible to ____in the jungle if you know how to find food.

• cope with

• search

• survive

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

You will ____ the car if you don't know how to drive it properly.

• save

• crash

• reach

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

They were in the middle of the desert so nobody could ____ them.

• save

• crash

• reach

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

There were many problems and Harry didn't ___them very well.

• cope with

• search

• survive

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Rescue team will continue to ____ for the missing mountain climbers.

• cope with

• search

• survive

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4