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Bermuda Triangle English Lesson B2 Level

Over 1000 ships and aircraft have mysteriously vanished in the Bermuda Triangle over the last 500 years. In December 1945, five U.S. military aircraft with 14 men departed on a training flight from Florida and disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. The commander reported being lost with a malfunctioning compass, but the planes never returned. A rescue plane sent to search for them also crashed, killing all 13 crew. The disappearance of Flight 19 remains an unsolved mystery, as wreckage and bodies were never found despite investigations.

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Bermuda Triangle English Lesson B2 Level

Over 1000 ships and aircraft have mysteriously vanished in the Bermuda Triangle over the last 500 years. In December 1945, five U.S. military aircraft with 14 men departed on a training flight from Florida and disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. The commander reported being lost with a malfunctioning compass, but the planes never returned. A rescue plane sent to search for them also crashed, killing all 13 crew. The disappearance of Flight 19 remains an unsolved mystery, as wreckage and bodies were never found despite investigations.

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The Bermuda Triangle Flight 19

In the last 500 years, over 1000 ships and aircraft have entered the Bermuda Triangle and mysteriously vanished.
It is the deadliest place on Earth for planes and boats. The Bermuda Triangle is an area of water about 500,000
square miles in size. One tip of the triangle starts from Miami, Florida and extends northeast towards the island
of Bermuda. The next side of the triangle then runs straight south towards the Puerto Rico and then turns back
northeast up to Florida.
The story of Flight 19 is one of the most incredible cases of Bermuda Triangle disappearances. In the early
afternoon of December 5, 1945, five American military aircraft with 14 men aboard departed from a naval base
in Florida on a training flight. These aircraft were called Avengers, and they were among the sturdiest and most
reliable aircraft in the world at the time. Commander Charles Taylor, an experienced pilot, was supposed to lead
the flight east from the Florida coastline, which would take them into the Bermuda Triangle. The sky was clear
and it was a perfect day for flying but problems began about 90 minutes after takeoff.
Taylor radioed back to his base at 3:40 p.m. that he was lost and his planes compass was not working. This
should not have been a problem as the normal procedure for going home was to simply fly west until they
returned to the U.S. coast. The men of Flight 19, however, never returned home and the airplanes seemed to
have simply vanished. The final radio messages from Flight 19 were very odd. One pilot stated, Everything
looks strange. Even the ocean. Another one said, It looks like were entering white water. Were completely
lost. A rescue plane flew into the Bermuda Triangle to try and find the men but it crashed and all 13 men on
board were killed. Later on, a Navy official stated that Flight 19 flew off to Mars.
Flight 19s disappearance is just one of many in the long history of the Bermuda Triangle mystery. Is there a
scientific explanation for these disappearances or are there supernatural forces at work in the area? The
number of unanswered questions about the fate of the planes only adds to the mystery. Did Taylor, an
experienced pilot, really make a simple navigational mistake? If so, why didnt any of the other men in his flight
see the error and correct it? Why has the wreckage of the planes and the mens bodies never been found after
all these years? The US Navy investigated the incident in 1946 and reported that the Flight 19 incident was a
disappearance with the chilling words cause unknown added later on.

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1. According to the article, how many ships and planes have disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle?
a) less than 1000
b) more than 1000
c) approximately 500
d) approximately 500,000
2. The word incredible in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to:
a) believable
b) extraordinary
c) magnificent
d) extravagant
3. The word departed in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to:
a) took off
b) took on
c) took out
d) took in
4. It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that
a)
b)
c)
d)

the commander of Flight 19 made a huge mistake


the type of aircraft was not suitable for this mission
it is quite obvious why the Flight 19 incident occurred
it is difficult to comprehend why the Flight 19 incident occurred

5. Paragraph 2 is about:
a) possible reasons why the Flight 19 incident occurred
b) an astonishing example of a Bermuda Triangle disappearance
c) an typical example of a Bermuda Triangle disappearance
d) the reasons why Flight 19 should have never departed from Florida

6. According to paragraph 3, what was the initial problem with the aircraft of Flight 19?
a) the controls in all of the aircraft stopped working
b) the pilot was having problems with the landing gear
c) one of the airplanes compasses wasnt functioning properly
d) one of the airplanes engines wasnt functioning properly
7. The word procedure in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to:
a) routine
b) produce
c) property
d) tradition

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8. The word it in paragraph 3 refers to:


a)
b)
c)
d)

Flight 19
the navy
the rescue plane
the U.S. coast

9. The word chilling in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to:


a) exciting
b) cold
c) frightening
d) comforting
10. What can be determined about Flight 19 in paragraph 4?
a) the mystery has been solved
b) the cause of the incident was human error
c) the US Navy was responsible for their disappearance
d) the disappearance remains a mystery
11. It can be determined from paragraph 5 that
a) the US Navys investigation wasnt thorough enough
b) the only explanation could be supernatural forces at work
c) there are many unanswered questions about the Flight 19 incident
d) many of the questions about the Flight 19 incident have been answered

Answers: 1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (b) 6. (c) 7. (a) 8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (d) 11. (c)
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