Complete the gaps in the test with the words from the box. crew collision
abandon drowning
lifeboat sank survivors passengers rescued deck
voyage warnings
Lawrence Beesley, was one of the 2,207 _____________ who travelled on the Titanic’s first and last _______________. When the _____________ with the iceberg happened at 11:40 p.m. Beesely was reading in his cabin. He went up on ____________ to see what was happening. The Captain and ________________ were preparing to _________________ the ship. They were putting a group of women and children into a ____________________ but there weren’t enough of them to fill it completely. One of the officers turned to Beesley and told him to get in. Two hours later he and other people in his boat watched helplessly when the Titanic finally _________________. They listened to the desperate shouts of more than 1,500 people who were ______________ in the freezing water. Beesley and the other Titanic ___________________ were _________________ by the “Carpathia” and taken to New York. Later, when he was safely back in England, he wrote a best-selling book, “The Loss of the Titanic”, which described his experiences and called for better safety regulations. In the book he describes how angry he felt when he heard that the Titanic had in fact received several _________________ of icebergs from other ships but hadn’t slowed down.
(EXERCISE I54E173) gerardoneil.blogspot.com.br
ANSWERS THE TRUE STORY OF THE TITANIC
Complete the gaps in the test with the words from the box. crew collision
abandon drowning
lifeboat sank survivors passengers rescued deck
voyage warnings
Lawrence Beesley, was one of the 2,207 passengers who travelled on the Titanic’s first and last voyage. When the collision with the iceberg happened at 11:40 p.m. Beesely was reading in his cabin. He went up on deck to see what was happening. The Captain and crew were preparing to abandon the ship. They were putting a group of women and children into a lifeboat but there weren’t enough of them to fill it completely. One of the officers turned to Beesley and told him to get in. Two hours later he and other people in his boat watched helplessly when the Titanic finally sank. They listened to the desperate shouts of more than 1,500 people who were drowning in the freezing water. Beesley and the other Titanic survivors were rescued by the “Carpathia” and taken to New York. Later, when he was safely back in England, he wrote a best-selling book, “The Loss of the Titanic”, which described his experiences and called for better safety regulations. In the book he describes how angry he felt when he heard that the Titanic had in fact received several warnings of icebergs from other ships but hadn’t slowed down. (EXERCISE I54E173) gerardoneil.blogspot.com.br
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