Question

Read the text. Decide which of the statements (1-8) are true (1-True), false (2-False) or not stated, meaning that you can't give a clear answer to them (3-Not stated). 1 The writer's company owns a 'Mir' submersible. 2 The Titanic lies 800ft underwater. 3 The Titanic sank after it hit something. 4 Captain Smith had the best rooms on the ship. 5 Many passengers were cleaning their shoes when the Titanic sank. There is no sign of the disaster's victims on the sea bed around the wreck. 6 7 Nothing living can been seen at depths of over 10,000ft, 8 Newspapers said the Titanic was unsinkable.

Answer 1

№1 2)False (We work with the PP Shirshov Institute of Oceanology...They own two "Mir" submersibles...)

№2 2)False (...more than two miles below the surface...is the prow of the RMS Titanic...)

№3 1)True (...RMS Titanic,which collided with an iceberg and plunged to a watery grave in April 1912)

№4 3)Not stated

№5 2)False (...when many passengers...put their shoes outside the door,ready to be cleaned by the staff)

№6 1)True (The are no remains from any of the 1.514 victims who died in the disaster)

№7 2)False (But the desks and rooms are home to a diverse range of fish,crabs and shrimp)

№8 3)Not stated