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She's sinking

"We're sinking!" The cry echoed over the chilly waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The impossible was happening! The Titanic, the ship they said would never sink, was going down into the icy cold depths with 1500 people on board.

Four days earlier on the 10th of April 1912, the Titanic, under the command of Edward J, Smith, had left Southampton, England, for New York on its maiden voyage. The passager liner, as tall as on eleven-storey building, had everything - a gymnasium, a miniature golf course, squash courts, a swimming pool, a palm court, a restaurant that could seat 550 diners, and even a grand staircase. The 294-metre-long vessel was the biggest and most luxurious ship ever built.

On that tragic night, a sailor on watch observed a huge iceberg looming ahead. Too late! the Titanic struck with a sickening thud and the massive iceberg sliced a gash almost a hundred metres long in the side of the ship.

An SOS was immediately sent out to ships in the area. Because they thought the Titanic was unsinkable, the White Star Shipping Company had not planned for any such emergency, and there were nowhere near enough lifeboats for all the people on board. Only 705 people were rescued. The others perished int eh freezing waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.

The Titanic, "the ship that would never sind", had sank within three hours of striking the iceberg.

(1) Complete the table of information

Name of Ship_______________
Name of Shipping Company_____________
Length of Ship_____________
Date of Maiden Voyage____________
Captain's Name_________

(2) Where was the Titanic sailing to on its maiden voyage?
(3) Approximately how many people were on board the Titanic when it left Southampton?
(4) Why do you think the Titanic hit the iceberg?
(5) Why didi so many people die?
(6) What is the signal "SOS" a call for?
(7) Find words in the passage that mean:
a  cut____________
b  died_______
c  first__________
d cold___________
e crisis_________
f  saved__________.