Gateway B1+ Unit 7 WB Reading

Look at the photo and the title of the article. Which of the following points do you think will be mentioned?

• The difficulties of the run

• Details of the trip, including accommodation

• The cold temperatures

Put the points from 1 in the order they are discussed in the article.

(1) - (a)  

(2) - (b)  

(3) - (c)  

• The cold temperatures
• etails of the trip, including accommodation
• he difficulties of the run

The temperatures at the North Pole might be around -30°C.

• True

• False

There is a possibility of meeting polar bears while running.

• True

• False

The runners are taken from Svalbard to the camp by air.

• True

• False

Everyone has their own tent.

• True

• False

Participants never have to spend longer than two days on the ice.

• True

• False

Because of the ground, running times are hard to predict.

• True

• False

Runners are given layers of warm clothes.

• True

• False

Nobody had run a marathon at both the South and North Poles before Richard Donovan.

• True

• False