人教版高中英语必修第三册 Unit 2　高考题型组合练.docx

高考题型组合练
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Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard the Titanic when it struck an iceberg and sank on April 15,1912，a mere 700 people lived on.Here is one story of the Titanic survivors whose stories are still haunting more than a century after the ship’s sinking，revealing the true facts of the disaster.
A junior wireless officer aboard the Titanic，Harold Bride was one of the two people responsible for sending SOS messages to nearby ships，thus allowing the Carpathian to rescue the Titanic survivors.
He and another man on duty，Jack Phillips，raced to send SOS signals to nearby ships—but as the communications specialists，they knew that the closest，the Carpathian，would likely not arrive until after the Titanic sank.They worked wildly until Captain Edward Smith came and told them they were relieved of duty；the ship had nearly lost power，and only two lifeboats remained.
They made a run for Collapsible B and were just getting it into the water when a wave swept across the deck(甲板)，throwing both Harold Bride and the upturned boat into the ocean.
Bride and 15 others struggled onto the waterlogged，sinking Collapsible B and survived until other lifeboats collected them and conveyed them to the Carpathian.
Once aboard the Carpathian，Bride got back to work and began helping the ship’s wireless officer send messages from the other Titanic survivors.
When the Carpathia