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SERI OMEGA PRIVATE & INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

SUBJECT : ENGLISH LEVEL : FORM 3 ONLINE LESSON : 25

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.

The White Star Liner Titanic, the largest

ship the world had ever known, sailed from
Southampton, England, on her maiden voyage to
New York City on Wednesday, 10 April 1912. She
was built with double bottoms, and her hull was
divided into 16 watertight compartments. She was thought to be unsinkable. The liner carried
more than 2,200 passengers.

Sunday the 14th dawned fair and clear. Just before noon, the rasping spark of early
wireless spoke again across the water. It was the Baltic, warning the Titanic of ice on the
steamer's track. The wireless operator sent the message up to the bridge. Captain Smith read it as
he was walking on the promenade deck and then handed it to Bruce Ismay without comment.
Ismay read it, stuffed it into his pocket, told two women about the icebergs, and resumed his
walk.

It was bitter cold on deck that evening, but the night was calm and fine. On the bridge
was First Officer William Murdoch. At least seven wireless warnings about ice had reached the
ship; lookouts had been cautioned to be alert. At 22 knots, its speed unslackened, the Titanic
plowed on through the night.

High in the crow's nest, lookout Frederick Fleet peered into a dazzling night. There was
no moon, but the cloudless sky blazed with stars, and the Atlantic was like polished plate glass.
Lookouts were not supplied with binoculars, but at 11.40 p.m. Fleet's eyes suddenly detected
something directly ahead, even darker than the darkness. At first it was small, but every second it
grew larger and closer. Fleet quickly banged the crow's nest bell three times, the warning of the
danger ahead. At the same time, he lifted the phone and rang the bridge.

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 "What did you see?" asked a calm voice at the other end, "Iceberg right ahead," replied
Fleet.

On the bridge, Quartermaster Robert Hichens was at the wheel. First Officer Murdoch
gave the order: "Hard astarboard!" This meant turning the stern of the ship to starboard and the
bow to port. As Murdoch telegraphed the engine room "full astern," Hichens obeyed the spoken
order and threw his full weight to the wheel. In the crow's nest, Fleet stood motionless as the
silhouette loomed larger and larger. After what seemed an eternity, the Titanic's bow finally
swung to port and was beginning to clear the iceberg. Fleet braced himself as the forecastle
brushed against the berg and ice tumbled onto the foreweli deck.

At the very bottom of the ship, fireman Frederick Barrett had been hard at work stoking
the furnaces in No. 6 boiler room. Foaming green seawater suddenly exploded through the
Titanic's side, about half a metre above the floor plates, shearing the starboard wall for the entire
length of No. 6 and slightly into the coal bunker in No. 5. The alarm bell was jangling above the
watertight door, which had just begun to descend. Barrett managed to leap through the doorway
and into No. 5 boiler room as the door shut.

Meanwhile, in the first-class dining saloon far above Barrett, four members of the ship's
crew heard a faint grinding jolt that seemed to come from somewhere deep inside the ship. It was
not much, but enough to rattle the silverware that was set for breakfast the next morning.
Passengers in their cabins felt the jar too. Hearing that grinding jar in the first-class smoking
room, Spencer V. Silverthorne rushed out onto the deck. With a few other passengers, he was in
time to see the iceberg scraping along the starboard side, a little higher than the boat deck. As it
slid by, they watched chunks of ice breaking and tumbling off into the water. In another moment,
it faded into the darkness astern. The excitement soon disappeared. The Titanic seemed as solid
as ever, and it was too cold to stay outside any longer. Slowly, everyone filed back inside.

As the grinding noise died away, Captain Smith rushed onto the bridge from his cabin
next to the wheelhouse. There were a few quick words: "Mr Murdoch, what was that?"

"An iceberg, sir. I hard-astarboarded and reversed the engines, but she was too close. I
couldn't do any more."

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 In the stateroom of the Titanic's principal designer, Thomas Andrews, the impact was so
slight it escaped his notice. A knock on the door drew his attention. A sailor summoned him to
the bridge, where the captain told Andrews what had happened, "Water in the forepeak ... No. 1
hold ... No. 2 hold ... mail room ... boiler room No. 6 ... boiler room No. 5. Water four metres
above keel level in the first ten minutes, everywhere except boiler room No. 5." Put together, the
facts showed a 300-foot gash, with the first five compartments hopelessly flooded.

The conclusion was inescapable. The Titanic was on her way to the ocean floor, some
13,000 feet below. Andrews estimated the ship had but 90 minutes left.

Adapted from: http://www.rd.com/true-stories/the-unsinkable-titanic/

1. From paragraph 1,

(a) where was the ship sailing from?

_____________________________________________________________________________

(b) where was the ship sailing to?

_____________________________________________________________________________

2. From paragraph 3,

(a) what precautions did the ship officers take with regards to the iceberg alerts ?

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

(b) what should the ship have not done?

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

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3. From paragraph 7, why do you think,

(a) water was coming in fast?

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

(b) Barrett leapt through the doorway?

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

4. From paragraph 11, which word means,

(a) called - _________________________________________________________

(b) tear - _________________________________________________________

5. Do you think the crew of the ship had underestimated the seriousness of the iceberg? Provide
your reason.

______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

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Fill in the blanks with a suitable answer based on the helping words provided below.

verge admonished pulsated emitted

bulged flared tersely bridled

sombre fury subsided

Wrath 1. ____________________ from Father's 2. ____________________ expression

as the veins 3. ____________________ from his temple. He narrowed his eyes

4. ____________________ as he stared at the mess in his study. Rage reverberated from Father's

aquiline face and his muscles 5. ____________________ heated vibes. We could literally feel

Father's 6. ____________________ burning into us. Recently Father had been in an irate mood

so that made matters worse. Father looked like a volcano that was on the 7. ________________

of eruption.

"What happened?" Father questioned in a controlled voice. "Nothing," we tried to deny.

Father 8. ____________________ up. His nostrils were breathing fire and Father pulled no

punches with the scathing words that were cascading from his mouth. He 9.

____________________ us furiously for messing up the house.

"Sorry, Father, we were playing and we went overboard," my brother and I apologised feebly.

Instantaneously, Father's stoic face softened as his rage 10. ____________________ by a tiny

notch. Father 11. ____________________ us by making us clean up the mess and he also

explained to us our mistake; telling us that we have to make our own bed and lie on it.

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 Vocabulary

1. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

6. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

7. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

8. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

9. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

10. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

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Fill in the blanks with a suitable answer based on the helping words provided below.

glower riveted trepidation condescending

scrutinized rolling piercing dewy

darted scrupulously

1. A chill of ______________________ froze his spine when the discipline mistress shot

him a ______________________ gaze.

2. The girl's eyes were ______________________ with bereavement when her pet dog died.

Her gaze was ______________________ on the kennel that she had built for it many years

ago.

3. Father ______________________ us with an austere ______________________ that left

all of us fidgeting in dread.

4. The invigilator ______________________ her eyes ______________________ around the

whole examination hall when she heard whispers.

5. The proud prefect gave his classmates a ______________________ glance before

________________________ his eyeballs in arrogance.

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 Vocabulary

1. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

6. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

7. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

8. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

9. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

10. ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

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 SERI OMEGA PRIVATE & INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

SUBJECT : ENGLISH LEVEL : FORM 3 ONLINE LESSON : 25

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.

The White Star Liner Titanic, the largest

ship the world had ever known, sailed from
Southampton, England, on her maiden voyage to
New York City on Wednesday, 10 April 1912. She
was built with double bottoms, and her hull was
divided into 16 watertight compartments. She was thought to be unsinkable. The liner carried
more than 2,200 passengers.

Sunday the 14th dawned fair and clear. Just before noon, the rasping spark of early
wireless spoke again across the water. It was the Baltic, warning the Titanic of ice on the
steamer's track. The wireless operator sent the message up to the bridge. Captain Smith read it as
he was walking on the promenade deck and then handed it to Bruce Ismay without comment.
Ismay read it, stuffed it into his pocket, told two women about the icebergs, and resumed his
walk.

It was bitter cold on deck that evening, but the night was calm and fine. On the bridge
was First Officer William Murdoch. At least seven wireless warnings about ice had reached the
ship; lookouts had been cautioned to be alert. At 22 knots, its speed unslackened, the Titanic
plowed on through the night.

High in the crow's nest, lookout Frederick Fleet peered into a dazzling night. There was
no moon, but the cloudless sky blazed with stars, and the Atlantic was like polished plate glass.
Lookouts were not supplied with binoculars, but at 11.40 p.m. Fleet's eyes suddenly detected
something directly ahead, even darker than the darkness. At first it was small, but every second it
grew larger and closer. Fleet quickly banged the crow's nest bell three times, the warning of the
danger ahead. At the same time, he lifted the phone and rang the bridge.

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 "What did you see?" asked a calm voice at the other end, "Iceberg right ahead," replied
Fleet.

On the bridge, Quartermaster Robert Hichens was at the wheel. First Officer Murdoch
gave the order: "Hard astarboard!" This meant turning the stern of the ship to starboard and the
bow to port. As Murdoch telegraphed the engine room "full astern," Hichens obeyed the spoken
order and threw his full weight to the wheel. In the crow's nest, Fleet stood motionless as the
silhouette loomed larger and larger. After what seemed an eternity, the Titanic's bow finally
swung to port and was beginning to clear the iceberg. Fleet braced himself as the forecastle
brushed against the berg and ice tumbled onto the foreweli deck.

At the very bottom of the ship, fireman Frederick Barrett had been hard at work stoking
the furnaces in No. 6 boiler room. Foaming green seawater suddenly exploded through the
Titanic's side, about half a metre above the floor plates, shearing the starboard wall for the entire
length of No. 6 and slightly into the coal bunker in No. 5. The alarm bell was jangling above the
watertight door, which had just begun to descend. Barrett managed to leap through the doorway
and into No. 5 boiler room as the door shut.

Meanwhile, in the first-class dining saloon far above Barrett, four members of the ship's
crew heard a faint grinding jolt that seemed to come from somewhere deep inside the ship. It was
not much, but enough to rattle the silverware that was set for breakfast the next morning.
Passengers in their cabins felt the jar too. Hearing that grinding jar in the first-class smoking
room, Spencer V. Silverthorne rushed out onto the deck. With a few other passengers, he was in
time to see the iceberg scraping along the starboard side, a little higher than the boat deck. As it
slid by, they watched chunks of ice breaking and tumbling off into the water. In another moment,
it faded into the darkness astern. The excitement soon disappeared. The Titanic seemed as solid
as ever, and it was too cold to stay outside any longer. Slowly, everyone filed back inside.

As the grinding noise died away, Captain Smith rushed onto the bridge from his cabin
next to the wheelhouse. There were a few quick words: "Mr Murdoch, what was that?"

"An iceberg, sir. I hard-astarboarded and reversed the engines, but she was too close. I
couldn't do any more."

10
 In the stateroom of the Titanic's principal designer, Thomas Andrews, the impact was so
slight it escaped his notice. A knock on the door drew his attention. A sailor summoned him to
the bridge, where the captain told Andrews what had happened, "Water in the forepeak ... No. 1
hold ... No. 2 hold ... mail room ... boiler room No. 6 ... boiler room No. 5. Water four metres
above keel level in the first ten minutes, everywhere except boiler room No. 5." Put together, the
facts showed a 300-foot gash, with the first five compartments hopelessly flooded.

The conclusion was inescapable. The Titanic was on her way to the ocean floor, some
13,000 feet below. Andrews estimated the ship had but 90 minutes left.

Adapted from: http://www.rd.com/true-stories/the-unsinkable-titanic/

1. From paragraph 1,

(a) where was the ship sailing from?

Southampton (England)

(b) where was the ship sailing to?

New York City

2. From paragraph 3,

(a) what precautions did the ship officers take with regards to the iceberg alerts ?

Lookouts had been cautioned to be alert.

(b) what should the ship have not done?

It should not have continued on the same speed.

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3. From paragraph 7, why do you think,

(a) water was coming in fast?

The iceberg had sheared through the ship.

(b) Barrett leapt through the doorway?

He wanted to escape drowning.

4. From paragraph 11, which word means,

(a) called - summoned

(b) tear - gash

5. Do you think the crew of the ship had underestimated the seriousness of the iceberg? Provide

your reason.

Yes, I think they had underestimated the seriousness. Upon receiving so many alerts on

icebergs, the ship could have slowed down so the person on lookout could have had more

time to see the approaching iceberg and provided an earlier warning. Furthermore, the

lookouts were not given binoculars.

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Fill in the blanks with a suitable answer based on the helping words provided below.

verge admonished pulsated emitted

bulged flared tersely bridled

sombre fury subsided

Wrath 1. emitted from Father's 2. sombre expression as the veins 3. bulged from his

temple. He narrowed his eyes 4. tersely as he stared at the mess in his study. Rage reverberated

from Father's aquiline face and his muscles 5. pulsated heated vibes. We could literally feel

Father's 6. fury burning into us. Recently Father had been in an irate mood so that made matters

worse. Father looked like a volcano that was on the 7. verge of eruption.

"What happened?" Father questioned in a controlled voice. "Nothing," we tried to deny.

Father 8. flared up. His nostrils were breathing fire and Father pulled no punches with the

scathing words that were cascading from his mouth. He 9. bridled us furiously for messing up

the house.

"Sorry, Father, we were playing and we went overboard," my brother and I apologised

feebly. Instantaneously, Father's stoic face softened as his rage 10. subsided by a tiny notch.

Father 11. admonished us by making us clean up the mess and he also explained to us our

mistake; telling us that we have to make our own bed and lie on it.

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Fill in the blanks with a suitable answer based on the helping words provided below.

glower riveted trepidation condescending

scrutinized rolling piercing dewy

darted scrupulously

1. A chill of trepidation froze his spine when the discipline mistress shot him a piercing

gaze.

2. The girl's eyes were dewy with bereavement when her pet dog died. Her gaze was riveted

on the kennel that she had built for it many years ago.

3. Father scrutinized us with an austere glower that left all of us fidgeting in dread.

4. The invigilator darted her eyes scrupulously around the whole examination hall when she

heard whispers.

5. The proud prefect gave his classmates a condescending glance before rolling his eyeballs

in arrogance.

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