Fake bomb found on aeroplane

Police are investigating how a fake bomb was allowed on a cargo flight from London without being detected.

The device was hidden in a cake box and put in a parcel on a UPS plane like the one in the picture.

The pretend bomb had wires, a timer and a detonator but there were no explosives in it.

It travelled all the way to Turkey without being discovered and if it had been real it could have done a lot of damage.

A man's been arrested but police say they don't think he's a terrorist.

True or False?

1. The plane was going to London.
2. The bomb could not have exploded.
3. The plane did not carry passengers.
4. The bomb caused serious damage.
5. The man was a terrorist.
6. The bomb was disguised as a cake.
7. The bomb was not real.
8. The bomb was found before the plane took off.

Match the words below to their definitions

arrested / cargo / detonator / device / investigating / pretend

examining or looking into
goods carried by a ship, aircraft or other large vehicle
machine which has been invented to do something
something which makes a bomb explode
when police take you away to question you
behave as if something is true when you know that it is not

Which word or phrase means the same as the one in italics?

1. parcel
a) the same as carry
b) the same as package
c) the same as parsley

2. discovered
a) the same as unwrapped
b) the same as recovered
c) the same as found

3. allowed
a) the same as permitted
b) the same as lowered
c) the same as rejected

4. travelled
a) the same as unravelled
b) the same as distanced
c) the same as journeyed



KEY

False
True
True
False
False
True
True
False

Investigating
Cargo
Device
Detonator
Arrested
Pretend

Package
Found
Permitted
Journeyed