What an Experience!

Every time I think of that terrifying (0) experience of the

sinking cruise liner, the panic I felt then comes __________ (1)

again. The accident was tragic because of its __________ (2),

causing the ___________ (3) of many passengers who would

otherwise have been saved.

All that some of the _________(4) could do, was to sit

__________ (5) in the lifeboats, waiting to be rescued.

I became __________ (6) many times during the long wait.

1 had to overcome any ___________ (7)I felt so I would not

faint again. If I had not drawn another ship’s __________ (8) our situation would have been ____________ (9). I try

not to remember this ___________ (10) experience that only

leaves me with unhappy thoughts.

TERRIFY

LIVE

SUDDEN

DEAD

SURVIVE

PATIENT

CONSCIOUS

WEAK

ATTEND

HOPE

FRIGHT

In 1894 a steamship was sailing across the Atlantic Ocean from England to America. The sun was shining and the gentle _________ (1) breeze was blowing. The ship had been sailing for three weeks and was halfway to its ___________ (2) - New York.

The passengers were relaxing ___________ (3) on deck

When __________ (4) they heard a / an ________ (5) loud bang.

They all jumped up, rushed to the edge of the boat

and looked over the side with _____________ (6).

To their ____________ (7) they saw that they had hit some hard object which had torn a hole in the side of the ship. Water was pouring into the steamship at an alarming speed. ________ (8), another ship arrived half an hour later, just in time to save everyone on board.

CARE

DESTINE

THINK

SUDDEN EXPECT

ASTONISH

HORRIBLE

FORTUNE

The sinking of the Titanic is one of the most ____________ (1)

shipwreck stories of all time. The Titanic was said to be the safest and most _________ (2) ocean liner in the world. When it

set sail, all the cabins were full, from the most __________ (3) to

the cheapest ones on the lower deck. Some of the__________ (4)

people in the world set sail for America on one of the longest and most dangerous ___________ (5) attempted by such a liner. The captain was one of the best and most ___________ (6), but he made a big _____________ (7) which caused hundreds of deaths. He suddenly saw a ___________ (8) iceberg ahead but, by then, it was too late to do anything. When the ship hit it, everyone rushed to the lifeboats. Some survived, but many died. The _________ (9) said it was the most ___________ (10) experience in their lives and they felt like the luckiest people on earth to have survived.

FAME

POWER

EXPEND

RICH

CROSS

QUALITY

TAKE

DANGER

SURVIVE FRIGHT