2014高考英语完形填空：2013暑假练习题（3）及答案解析
第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912. She was _____21______1, 316 passengers and a crew of 891. Even __22___ modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a huge ship. At that time, ____23____, she was not only the largest ship that had ___24____ been built, but was regarded as _____25_____, for she had sixteen watertight compartments.(轮船的密封舱) Even if two of these were flooded, she ____26____ still be able to float. The ____27____ sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy ____28____ of life.
Four days after setting out, _____29_____ the Titanic was sailing ____30____ the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly ___31____ by a lookout. After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned ____32_____ to avoid a direct collision. The T itanic turned just
