Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
Naval architects never claim that a ship in unsinkable, but the sinking of the
passenger-and-car ferry Estonia in the Baltic, surely should have never
happened. It was well designed and carefully maintained. It carried the
proper number of lifeboats. It had been thoroughly inspected the day of its
fatal voyage. Yet hours later, the Estonia rolled over and sank in a cold,
stormy night. Of those who managed to scramble overboard, only 139
survived. The rest died of hypothermia before the rescuers could get them
The final death toll amounted to 912 souls.
(1) Where did the ferry sink?
(ii) Why should the accident never have happened?
(iii) What was the effect of the accident?
(iv) What was the passenger-and-care ferry called?
(V) Give the synonym for. 'fatal
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most victims were trapped inside the boat as they were in their cabins
2. B) were mostly young men but women, children and the elderly stood little
chance
3. C) there were enough lifeboats for the number of people on board
4. a) thoroughly
b) pluck
QII 1. Has been working
2. had become
3. was skiing
4. has been
5. Did you have
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