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Task 4.
Read the text. For questions 1 – 7 decide if these statements are true (T), false (F) or the information is not stated (NS).
A couple came home one evening and discovered an enormous hole in their roof, their dog dead and their furniture covered in litres of horrible-smelling matter. Upset by what they saw, the couple phoned the police who soon arrived to investigate. After several phone calls, the detective was finally able to explain to the couple what had happened. It seemed that the container holding the waste from the lavatories on a passing plane had burst open. The contents froze in the atmosphere as they fell towards the ground, and the resulting block of ice had smashed through the roof of the unlucky couple’s house, killing their dog before melting all over their belongings.
1. The couple found their home in an awful state. T/F/NS
2. The police were quick to come. T/F/NS
3. The police were inexperienced. T/F/NS
4. Plane lavatories always burst open. T/F/NS
5. The frozen contents from the plane lavatories melted after smashing
through the roof. T/F/NS
6. The pilot never learned what had happened. T/F/NS
7. The couple had to throw away all their belongings. T/F/NS

8. What meaning is the word smash used in? Choose A, B or C.
A. to break into many pieces
B. to move very fast and with great force against something
C. to get through something by hitting and breaking it

9. Which of the words is a synonym of the word matter in the text?
A. thing B. situation C. substance

10. Which of the definitions belongs to the word enormous?
A. Extremely large in size or amount.
B. Extremely small.
C. Middle-sized; neither too big, nor too small.