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READING COMPREHENSION. Part III
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READING COMPREHENSION. Part III
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On 15 April 1912, the Titanic, at that time the world’s largest and most expensive ocean liner, 
disappeared into the cold depths o f the North Atlantic. About 1,500 people died, it had more losses 
than in any other sea disaster in peacetime history. After striking a huge iceberg, the 46,500-ton 
vessel sank in less than three hours. Lloyd’s o f London, the firm which had insured the Titanic, 
was sure that the probability o f such an event was one in a million. At 11:40 pm on the night of the 
disaster, the watchman on the Titanic’s bridge saw a shape ahead. “ Ice! Dead ahead!” he shouted. 
The wheel was turned hard over and the engines were reversed, but it was too late. A 300-foot 
hole was torn along the side of the Titanic. If the watchman had not seen the iceberg and the 
wheelsman not turned the wheel, the Titanic would probably have struck the iceberg head on. It is 
then likely that only the bottom sections of the ship would have been flooded and, though seriously 
damaged, she would have remained on the surface.
1. A ll o f the following statements are TR U E, 
E X C E P T ... .
A) the Titanic was designed as an extremely 
expensive ship
B) The huge vessel did not even take as 
many as three hours to sink
C) Fewer people died at sea in this incident 
than ever before
D) The Titanic sank in the northern part of 
the Atlantic Ocean
2
. According to the passage, Lloyd’s insurance
firm was sure that . . . .
A) the Titanic could hold 1,500 people
B) the Titanic would be flooded totally
C) the Titanic was vulnerable to the iceberg
D) the Titan ic w ouldn’t hit an iceberg
3. W hen the watchman noticed the iceberg ....
A) it was already too late to prevent the hit
B) he took some time to inform the 
wheelsman of the danger
C) the ship was travelling at the highest 
capacity
D) the wheelsman were trying to put the ship 
into reverse action
4. According to the passage, it would probably
have been better for the ship if ... .
A) the ship had been almost completely flooded
B) the Titanic hadn’t been so large and 
luxurious
C) Lloyd’s of London hadn’t insured the Titanic
D) the iceberg hadn’t been seen before the 
accident
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Spices were known to Eastern peoples thousands of years ago. Arab traders skilfully kept a secret 
the true source of these spices. Spices became valuable items of sale early in the evolution of the spice 
trade and were introduced by Arab traders to the West. The initial uses o f spices in very early times 
were in medicine and in the making of holy oils. People believed in the cure of spices, in a powder 
form, in the Middle Ages and even brought them into early medicine. It is not known when spices 
were first used in food. Certainly, the ancient Greeks and Romans used spices to flavour food and 
drinks because they discovered that spices helped to preserve foods, hid the flavour o f spoiled meat 
in part, and also brought a change of flavour. Knowledge o f the use o f spices to preserve and flavour 
food slowly spread through Europe. Finally, in the last third of the 15th century, the Europeans 
decided to build ships and dared to go abroad in search of a route to the spice-producing countries.