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  3. If you were to stop people in the street and ask them to name a ship that had been sunk, it is likely that nearly all of them wo

If you were to stop people in the street and ask them to name a ship that had been sunk, it is likely that nearly all of them wo

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问题     If you were to stop people in the street and ask them to name a ship that had been sunk, it is likely that nearly all of them would say the Titanic. For the【B1】______of the Titanic was, if not the most【B2】______, certainly the most famous sea disaster in the history of ocean【B3】______.
    The Titanic was built as a luxury liner, intended to be the fastest in the world, and a great deal of publicity had【B4】______it. The last point probably explains why so many important people from all【B5】______of life were on the boat when it went down.
    The Titanic was on its maiden【B6】______to America in 1921 when it【B7】______an iceberg and sunk. Of its 2,200 passengers, more than two-third were drowned. Because the Titanic was thought to be【B8】______unsinkable, no one was prepared for the tragedy.【B9】______. There was a severe shortage of lifeboats and those that were launched were still half-empty. The one point of calm was to be found in the ballroom where the band carried on playing right to the very end.【B10】______. In addition, one ship was only ten miles away, but did not receive the distress call. One good thing did, however, result from the disaster.【B11】______.
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答案The whole question of safety at sea was looked into, resulting in much better safety measures, including stricter lifeboat regulations and the establishment of an iceberg patrol.
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