Answer Key
Are the following statements about the text correct?
1. Mr Chopdat will be in prison for 4 months because he used his mobile phone on a plane.That is correct.
2. His lawyer says Mr Chopdat is feeling very down.That is correct.
3. "Maybe it's time to consider if mobile phones should be confiscated before transit" means nobody should use phones on planes.That is correct.
4. "Cabin staff" means all the people on the plane.That is incorrect. Correct is: It means, for example, two pilots, an airhostess, and a steward.
5. Mr Chopdat was warned by the airhostess and then he swicthed off his phone.That is incorrect. Correct is: He was warned three times and he didn't switch off his phone.
6. The people on the plane said to Mr Chodat that he should switch off his phone.That is correct.
7. Judge Timothy Mort thinks mobile phones are not dangerous.That is incorrect. Correct is: He thinks they are very dangerous.
8. Mr Chopdat was coming home from his holiday in Egypt.That is correct.
9. "Chopdat was found guilty by endangering the safety of an aircraft" means that what Mr Chopdat did was not dangerous for the plane.That is incorrect. Correct is: It means that what he did was very risky.
10. Mr Chopdat had some criminal problems before this incident.That is incorrect. Correct is: He had no problems.