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  One early morning in June last year it was sunny. I was   41 my son at school when I saw a little girl wearing a T-shirt with the word “Titanic” written on the front.  42  the school uniform policy. I believed this meant that the girl belonged to a class team called “Titanic”. As I pulled out of the school I couldn’t  43 but ask myself why the students would  44  their team “Titanic” and expect it to be   45   .

  I watched the movie  46  my kids who forced me to watch it with them. Looking at the screen the  47  came to me: What sunk the Titanic? Was it because the ship was not well  48  ? Or was it because the owner was overconfident?

  In my view the sip sunk due to a  49  of many reasons. To start with the owner of the ship assumed his ship was too modern and too solid to sink. That was his first mistake. In life nothing is  50  . Life can change in the  51 of an eye and however prepared you are you might need to  52 the possibility of a sinking ship.

  Mistake number two was that the ship had more people  53  than the lifeboats on the ship could carry.  54  this was because the owner was overconfident about his vessel. Or he was just careless and  55  of the danger of not having enough rescue tools. The biggest lesson we learn from this mistake is this: never  56  move than you can chew----like somebody said “Nobody looks  57  when spitting it back out.”

  This goes for  58  too. Those overconfident attitudes and lazy tendencies are icebergs  59  to his and sink your ship. Keep in mind that confidence is good but overconfidence always   60  the ship down in the end.

41. A. leaving              B. dropping             C. picking              D. taking

42. A. Following            B. Hearing                  C. Neglecting           D. Knowing

43. A. help                     B. imagine                  C. think            D. wonder

44. A. name                 B. award                C. fix              D. set

45. A. smooth               B. successful               C. useful               D. reliable

46. A. thanks to                B. followed by              C. resulting in         D. caused by

47. A. suggestion               B. doubt                C. curiosity            D. demand

48. A. lucky                    B. prepared             C. good             D. advanced

49. A. mixture              B. cause                C. result           D. combination

50. A. safe                     B. guaranteed           C. unexpected           D. impossible

51. A. opening                  B. staring                  C. twinkling        D. glancing

52. A. show up              B. cope with            C. leave behind         D. cover up

53. A. on board             B. in line                  C. on the top           D. on upload

54. A. Meanwhile            B. Again                C. Instead          D. Besides

55. A. forgetting               B. unknowing                C. ignorant             D. non-reminded

56. A. put off                  B. cut off                  C. bite off             D. call off

57. A. humorous             B. generous                 C. small            D. attractive

58. A. contributions                B. contests                 C. relationships        D. celebrations

59. A. waiting              B. beginning            C. wanting          D. expecting

60. A. overturns                B. destroys             C. disappears           D. drops

Answer 1

41-45 BDAAB  46-50 ABBDB  51-55 CBABC  56-60 CDCAD