3 Look at the statements below. Read the article again 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.
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Based on the information from the article, here are the answers:
Phoebe Snetsinger learned about her illness after she came back from Alaska. - B (Incorrect). She was diagnosed with melanoma before her trip to Alaska1.
When she got the bad news, she took some time to recover and then started travelling. - A (Correct). After her diagnosis, she decided to go birding in Alaska1.
After travelling for about ten years, she had won the fight against her illness forever. - B (Incorrect). Her cancer went into remission several times, but it was not completely cured1.
Only 12 other people were as successful with their bird spotting as Phoebe. - B (Incorrect). The article does not provide information on how many people were as successful as Phoebe in bird spotting.
Phoebe liked breaking records, but she didn’t care a lot about the environment. - B (Incorrect). The article does not provide information on Phoebe’s attitude towards the environment.
When Phoebe finally died of cancer, she was on holiday doing what she loved most. - B (Incorrect). Phoebe did not die of cancer; she died in a vehicle accident while birding in Madagascar1.
Just before she went on her last trip, she published her famous book Birding on Borrowed Time. - B (Incorrect). The article does not specify when Phoebe published her book in relation to her last trip.
The book is both about birdwatching and the heroic way Phoebe got on with her life. - A (Correct). Her memoir, Birding on Borrowed Time, explores her achievement of documenting a record number of bird species and her travels around the world1.