Question

4 Look at the statements below about
someone who likes birdwatching. Read and listen
to the article and decide if each statement is
correct or incorrect. If it is correct, mark it A.
If it's incorrect, mark it B.

1 Phoebe Snetsinger learned about her illness
after she came back from Alaska.
2 When she got the bad news, she took some
time to recover and then started travelling.
3. After travelling for about ten years, she had
won the fight against her illness forever.
4 Only 12 other people were as successful
with their bird spotting as Phoebe.
5 Phoebe liked breaking records, but she
didn't care a lot about the environment.
6 When Phoebe finally died of cancer, she
was on holiday doing what she loved most.
7 Just before she went on her last trip, she
published her famous book Birding on
Borrowed Time.
8 The book is both about birdwatching and the
heroic way Phoebe got on with her life.

Answer 1

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1. Phoebe Snetsinger learned about her illness  after she came back from Alaska.

• A - this statement is correct (Phoebe had just returned from a trip to  Alaska when her doctors told her that she had cancer.)

2. When she got the bad news, she took some  time to recover and then started travelling.

• B - this statement is incorrect (As soon as she heard the news she decided to spend the rest of her life doing what she loved most - watching birds.)

3. After travelling for about ten years, she had  won the fight against her illness forever.

• A - this statement is correct (Phoebe was doing something that she loved and that helped her to be healthy for another 10 years.)

4. Only 12 other people were as successful  with their bird spotting as Phoebe.

• A - this statement is correct (At that time, only 12 people around the world had seen more than 7,000 species of birds.)

5. Phoebe liked breaking records, but she  didn't care a lot about the environment.

• B - this statement is incorrect (Phoebe  was very worried about the pollution and its impact on the environment, saying that we had to protect nature.)

6. When Phoebe finally died of cancer, she  was on holiday doing what she loved most.

• B - this statement is incorrect (The text does not mention her being on a holiday, but being on the island of Madagascar enjoying her hobby. She did not die of cancer, but in a car accident.)

7. Just before she went on her last trip, she  published her famous book Birding on  Borrowed Time.

• B - this statement is incorrect (The American Birding Association published her memoirs „Birding on Borrowed Time” four years after she died.)

8. The book is both about birdwatching and the  heroic way Phoebe got on with her life.​

• A - this statement is correct (It is a story about her travels and birdwatching, but also a touching book of how her hobby helped her live longer than expected.)

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