Saved by his phone

A snowboarder was ​ (a)   lucky to be alive yesterday after a dramatic helicopter rescue.

• feeling
• felt
• feel

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Ben Akintola, 30, was ​ (a)   in the French Alps under a clear blue sky when an avalanche started. He didn't have time to escape.

It hit him with full force and knocked him unconscious.

• snowboarding
• snowboarded
• snowboard

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He ​ (a)   in the middle of the night in pitch darkness. He ​ (b)   on a narrow, icy ledge. Amazingly, he still had a phone signal, so he ​ (c)   a friend a thousand kilometres away in Britain. His friend called the French rescue services.

• woke
• was waking
• was lying
• is lying
• called

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'I ​ (a)   for what seemed like hours on that narrow ledge,' said Ben.

I was ​ (b)   to give up hope when I heard the sound of a helicopter. It was ​ (c)   around in the darkness, looking for me. I was ​ (d)   my phone around desperately. Fortunately, the helicopter pilot ​ (e)   the light. I was overjoyed when the helicopter headed my way. It hovered above me and began lowering a rope.'

• waited
• was waiting
• beginning
• begin
• circling
• circled
• waving
• waved
• saw
• seeing

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Ben ​ (a)   in hospital last night, but his doctor said he ​ (b)   serious injuries. He's ​ (c)   forward to going home today.

• was
• did not have
• looking

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The French rescue services ​ (a)   : 'We were very pleased that we ​ (b)   able to rescue Ben. The risk of avalanches off-piste is much ​ (c)   at this time of year. All snowboarders and skiers ​ (d)   stay on the ski runs and not go off-piste. Ben had a ​ (e)   escape.'

• said
• were
• should
• lucky
• higher

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The following statement below was implied in the reading text. Complete the reason for saying that we know they are true.

"Ben was unconscious for several hours."

This is implied because we know that the avalanche happened during the day, when the sky was blue, ​ (a)  

• but Ben woke in the middle of the night
• but Ben woke up seeing the blue sky

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The following statement below was implied in the reading text. Complete the reason for saying that we know they are true.

"It's not always easy to get a phone signal in the mountains."

This is implied because the reporter says,

'Amazingly, he still had a phone signal.' If it is 'amazing' that Ben still had a phone signal, ​ (a)  

• that shows it must be unusual, surprising.
• that shows it mus be usual and not surprising

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The following statement below was implied in the reading text. Complete the reason for saying that we know they are true.

"Ben didn't know the number of the French rescue services."

This is implied because Ben ​ (a)   , so it's clear that he didn't have their number.

• phoned a friend in Britain rather than the rescue
• phoned a friend in the USA rather than the rescue

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The following statement below was implied in the reading text. Complete the reason for saying that we know they are true.

"Ben used the torch on his phone to attract the pilot's attention."

This is implied because the report says that the helicopter pilot ​ (a)   .

That means that Ben was using the torch on his phone.

• saw the light from Ben's phone
• saw a campfire from Ben's location

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