5.10.18

Selfies




More people die from selfies than shark attacks.

Click here to listen to the story and do the multiple choice test. Check your answers in "comments".

1.
Who, besides travellers, needs to note a new danger?
6.
What website detailed the selfie deaths?

a) shark experts
b) tour guides
c) scared people
d) camera-phone lovers

a) MSN
b) BBC.com
c) Wikipedia
d) Google
2.
How common in our life is this new danger?
7.
What were two Russian men taking a selfie with?

a) not at all common
b) it's ubiquitous
c) quite common
d) not so common

a) a hand grenade
b) a tank
c) a rifle
d) a missile
3.
How many times as lethal as shark attacks are deaths due to selfies?
8.
Where did three Indian students die?

a) 5
b) 4
c) 3
d) 2

a) in a shopping mall
b) in a university
c) on train tracks
d) on the beach
4.
Who does the article say people strike a pose with?
9.
What did an American woman fall to her death from?

a) poseurs
b) sharks
c) friends
d) tourists

a) the roof of her house
b) a cliff
c) a tower
d) a shopping mall
5.
How many people died in 2015 from unprovoked shark attacks?
10.
At what world-famous site did a Japanese toursit die?

a) 9
b) 8
c) 7
d) 6

a) Taj Mahal
b) Eiffel Tower
c) Sydney Opera House
d) Empire State Building

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