Monday, 2 May 2011

TYS 1999 EL Paper 2 - Part 1 (answers to question 1 - 4)

In preparing for tomorrow's examination, do spend some time to check through your answers.

Q1. she sank on her first voyage
       or the events that preceded the disaster

Q2a. they did not have the experience in the design and operation of such vessels

Q2b. The benefits the ship owners would gain are prestige and lucrative business (to paraphrase the bold words)

Q2c. expenses were beyond the initial set budget (to paraphrase and retain the meaning of the phrase)

Q2d. The Titanic had a system of watertight compartments and electrically operated watertight doors.

Q3. Titanic carried insufficient lifeboats on board Titanic

Q4. would have stopped passengers from scrambling frantically for places in the lifeboats (to paraphrase the bold words)

Do check through and see how many of the questions you got it right. If you did not get the answers right, consider your reasoning process.

Will post the rest of the answers later...