EXERCISE 2: Choose the correct answer according to the passage.
1. All of the following statements are true except that
A) more people died at sea in this incident than ever before
B) the huge vessel did not even take as many as three hours to sink
C) Lloyd's had thought the Titanic was extremely unlikely to sink
D) the Titanic sank in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean
E) the Titanic was designed as an extremely comfortable ship
2. When the lookout noticed the iceberg
A) the ship was travelling at the highest capacity
B) he took some time to inform the helmsman of the danger
C) the helmsman were trying to put the ship into reverse gear
D) it was dangerously close to the side of the hull
E) it was already too late to prevent the strike
3. The author implies that it would probably have been better if
A) Lloyd's of London hadn't insured the Titanic
B) the ship had been almost completely flooded
C) the Titanic hadn't been so large and luxurious
D) the iceberg hadn't been seen before the accident
E) the ship had not taken more than three hours to sink
Speaking task. Speak about interests of famous people.(Yokub Akhmedov, Rustam Akramov)
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