私醫聯招 英文歷屆試題｜第 280 題

The tale of the Titanic is a story of superlatives — a ship so strong and so grand  (26)  in water so cold and so deep. Some people are  (27)  by the sheer size of the boat  (28) . Others are fascinated by the stories of the 2,208 people who were  (29) . It took 2 hours and 40 minutes for the Titanic to sink. After the announcement, "Women and children first," one coward tried to escape by jumping into the lifeboats dressed in women's clothing.  (30) , most men were honorable and many were heroic. The captain stayed on the bridge, the band played on, the wireless radio operators continued sending their distress signals until the bitter end. One hundred years later, the stories of how the passengers spent their final moments are still compelling.