By Tom Ensey

JUL 19 2017, 9:13 AM ET

A DNA test is needed to confirm their identities, but Swiss authorities

are convinced that two bodies discovered in a melting glacier are a couple who vanished in 1942.

(RNN) - Climate change may have just helped solve a cold case in Switzerland.
In 1942, a Swiss couple went to milk their cows and vanished. Rescuers searched for two
months to no avail.
Two bodies discovered in a receding glacier are likely the parents of Marceline-Udry-Dumoulin,
79. She is the youngest of seven children left behind by Marcelin and Francine Dumoulin.
The discovery brought her a deep sense of calm," she said to Le Matin, the newspaper of
Lausanne, Switzerland.

We spent our whole lives looking for them, without stopping, she said. We thought that we
could give them the funeral they deserved one day.

The bodies believed to be the missing couple were discovered last week by a worker for a ski
resort company.
The bodies were lying near each other. It was a man and a woman wearing clothing dating from
the period of World War II, said Bernard Tschannen, the director of Glacier 3000. They were
perfectly preserved in the glacier and the bodies were intact.

Tschannin said the couple apparently fell into a crevasse where they remained for decades,
before the melting glacier gave them up. A pending DNA test will help officials positively identify
the couple.

It was the first time my mother went with him on such an excursion, Udry-Dumoulin told Le
Matin. She was always pregnant and couldnt climb in the difficult conditions of a glacier

For the funeral, I will not wear black, she said. I think that white would be more appropriate. It
represents hope, which I never lost.

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PART 1 : General Comprehension
Answer the Wh-Questions or tick the correct answers.

The document is a newspaper article an online article

a newspaper advertisement an extract from a novel a news report

According to you, what does (RNN) refer to ?

When was it published?

What is it about ? What does it deal with ?

Who are the 2 main persons mentioned ?

How are they related ?

PART 2 : Detailed Comprehension

Tick the most appropriate headline . Justify your answer.

Bodies found in melting glacier likely couple missing for 75 years

Swiss Couple Missing for 75 Years Found in Melting Alps Glacier

Funeral held for Swiss couple found in melting glacier 75 years after they went
missing

Where exactly did the event take place ?

When did it happen (occur) ?

What do the number and name refer to?

Le Matin ..

79

Say if the statements are Right or Wrong. Justify your answers by quoting the text.

a. The couple were hiking when they disappeared . Right Wrong

Justification

b. Marceline-Udry-Dumoulin was Marcelin and Francines only child . Right Wrong

Justification

c. Their identities have already been confirmed. Right Wrong

Justification

d. The article was written 2 weeks after the bodies had been found.
Right Wrong

Justification

e. Their daughter is relieved . Right Wrong

Justification

f. Francine was used to climbing up mountains with her husband. Right Wrong
Justification

g. The couples funeral has been held already. Right Wrong

Justification

h. A mystery is likely to be solved as a result of melting glaciers .

Right Wrong
Justification