Quiz - Reading skills - The Finest Ship Ever Built

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The North Atlantic Ocean crossing on the Titanic was expected to set a new standard for [ocean, safety, record, size, confident, water, float, inadequate, procedures] travel in terms of comfort and [safety, record, size, ocean, confident, water, float, inadequate, procedures] The shipping industry had an excellent safety [record, safety, size, ocean, confident, float, water, inadequate, procedures] on the North Atlantic Crossing over the previous forty years and the Titanic was the finest and safest liner ever built. The Titanic combined the greatest technology of the day with sheer [size, record, safety, ocean, confident, float, water, inadequate, procedures], luxury and new safety features. The Titanic’s owners were [confident, size, record, safety, ocean, float, water, inadequate, procedures] that even if the Titanic were letting in [water, confident, size, record, safety, ocean, float, inadequate, procedures] she would [float, water, confident, size, record, safety, ocean, inadequate, procedures] indefinitely until help arrived. In hindsight, we know that the Titanic was not unsinkable and that technology alone could not save lives when facilities were [inadequate, float, water, confident, size, record, safety, ocean, procedures] and humans did not follow safe [procedures, inadequate, float, water, confident, size, record, safety, ocean] whether because of arrogance or ignorance.