WorksheetsHolding on for Dear Life (Part 1)
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
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A. Main Idea
3) Which statement is the best main idea for the article?
a)
1. When the door on the Ilyushin 76 blew off, people sitting near it were sucked out. The accident may have killed up to 170 people.
b)
2. No one expects plane accidents to happen. Many people died in a crash in 2003.
c)
3. In May 2003 a door blew off on a plane in Congo filled with cargo and people. As many as 170 people were sucked out of the plane and killed before the plane finally landed.
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C. Making Inferences
** An inference is an idea that is drawn from a text. It is based on the details found in a text, but it is not something that is directly stated.
1) Select the statement that is a correct inference from the text.
a)
a. The pilot probably landed the plane as quickly as possible after the door blew off.
b)
b. Only the weakest and youngest passengers were sucked out of the plane.
c)
c. No one thought there was a problem with the cargo door until it flew open.
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C. Making Inferences
** An inference is an idea that is drawn from a text. It is based on the details found in a text, but it is not something that is directly stated.
2) Select the statement that is a correct inference from the text.
a)
a. Flight attendants probably served good meals on the Ilyushin 76.
b)
b. The passengers on the Ilyushin 76 did not have much money.
c)
c. Only passengers sitting next to the cargo door were in danger.
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F. Summarizing and Paraphrasing
Choose the best answer
1. Which summary says all the important things about the article?
a)
a. Passengers aboard a cargo jet in Congo were sucked out when a door blew off. Maybe as many as 170 people died before the plane returned to land.
b)
b. The Ilyushin 76 had been built to carry cargo. It had a bad safety record. Even so, hundreds of people boarded the plane on May 8, 2003.
c)
c. A terrible accident happened in Congo. People held on tight to anything that was tied down when a door blew off.
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G. Critical Thinking
1. Choose the statement below that states a fact.
a)
a. The Russian builders should have put seat belts for passengers on the plane.
b)
b. Many passengers on the plane were careless.
c)
c. The plane took off from Kinshasa in Congo.
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G. Critical Thinking
1. Choose the statement below that states an opinion
a)
a. Siula Grande is in Peru.
b)
b. Siula Grande is the scariest mountain in the world.
c)
c. Siula Grande is about 21,000 feet high.
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G. Critical Thinking
4. How is the flight of the llyushin 76 an example of a fateful journey?
Fateful Journey = having an important, often very bad, effect on future events.
a)
a. No one knows how many passengers were on board.
b)
b. The plane quickly returned to Kinshasa.
c)
c. The flight ended in death for many of the passengers.
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