Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

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10. Entering a tunnel and seeing a bright light are the most commonly reported
    elements of an NDE.


11. NDEs have never been scientiically studied.

Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

12. What does the term near-death experience mean?


13. Why do some people not tell their doctor that they have had an NDE?


14. What organizations were established to carry out research into NDEs?


15. What is the irst thing that happens to a person who loses consciousness and has an NDE?


16. When is a person pronounced “clinically dead”?


17. What is a “life review”?

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EXERCISE

Reading for interpretation and inferenceChoose the correct interpretation

for each of the following statements from the reading text. Pay special attention to the

boldface words and phrases.

1. “These questions have preoccupied human beings almost as long as we have been able
   to think and ponder the meaning of life and death.”
   a. For many centuries, people have thought a lot about what death means.
   b. For many centuries, people have lived with the fear of death.


2. “While they hovered between life and death, many claim to have left their bodies and
   caught a glimpse of what it is like on the other side.”
   a. People have watched themselves die.
   b. People have seen where we go when we die and what it looks like.