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A.
witnesses agree that she was not hit by the French, some (4): There are many
maintain that she was outdated, overladen and sailing too theories about what
low in the water, others that she was mishandled by happened to Mary Rose.
undisciplined crew.
Undisputed >< Vary >>
(5)What is undisputed, however, is that the Mary Rose Undisputed = không gây
sank into the Solent that day, taking at least 500 men with tranh cãi, thống nhất
her.
(5) Mary Rose sank
(6)After the battle, attempts were made to recover the
ship, but these failed.
B.
(2)The hull (the body of the ship) acted as a trap for the
sand and mud carried by Solent currents.
C.
D.
E.
F.
(7)While the original aim was to raise the hull if at all feasible,
the operation was not given the go-ahead until January
1982, when all the necessary information was available.
G.
Questions 1-4
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the reading
passage?
Write
1. There is some doubt about what caused the Mary Rose to sink.
→ TRUE (Sentence 4 - Paragraph A: There are many theories about what happened
to Mary Rose.)
2. The Mary Rose was the only ship to sink in the battle of 19 July 1545.
3. Most of one side of the Mary Rose lay undamaged under the sea.
4. Alexander McKee knew that the wreck would contain many valuable historical
objects.
→ FALSE (Sentence 4 - Paragraph F: McKee didn’t know Mary Rose had treasures.)
Questions 9 - 13
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Raising the hull of the Mary Rose:
10. Hydraulic jacks to prevent hull being sucked into mud (Sentence 4 - Paragraph
G: Hydraulic jacks help the hull to not be sucked into mud.)
11. Legs are placed into stabbing guides (Sentence 8 - Paragraph G: To lower the
hull, the legs are put into the stabbing guides.)
12. Hull is lowered into (lifting) cradle (Sentence 7 - Paragraph G: Lifted and
transferred underwater = lowered >> the hull was lowered into the lifting cradle.)
13. Air bags used as extra protection for the hull (Sentence 9 - Paragraph G: The
lifting cradle had air bags to protect the hull.)