《英語語法與寫作MOOC》(2022.9)參考答案(五)
很抱歉,第九、十周短語的Sentence Combining答案將會在下期單獨公布。

True or False
( F ) 1. Anybody, either a firm or an individual, have a chance to open a current account.
( T ) 2. ?Neither volleyball nor basketball is a hundred years old.
( F ) 3. ?There are an ocean of flowers.
( F ) 4. ?At present, there is a lot of pilot projects in the whole country in every large telecommunication operator.
( T ) 5. The great majority of the people behave according to the law rule.
( T ) 6. ?I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy.
( F ) 7. There he was picked up by policeman and sent back to theEnglandby local authorities.
( T ) 8. ?In 1860, a better plan was put forward by an Englishman, William Low.
( T ) 9. ?Children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet.
( F ) 10. He slept very well for first two nights, but on third night, storm blew up.
Passage Rewriting
Titanic was a great ship. On April 10th, 1912, it sailed for New York from Southampton. 1,316 passengers and 891 crew were on the ship. It had 46,000 ton. Even by modern standard, it was a huge one. People had built many ships. Titanic was the largest ship at that time. They thought it unsinkable. She had sixteen watertight compartments. Two of these were filled with water. It could still float. People will always remember the terrible sinking of the great ship. It sank on its first voyage. Life lost heavily. Many people jumped into the water. The water was icy. Not enough lifeboats for all passengers. 1,500 people died.
(Possible Answer)
Titanic, a great ship, sailed for New York from Southampton with 1,316 passengers and 891 crew on it on April 10th, 1912. Even by modern standard, the 46,000 ton ship was a huge one. Titanic was one of the largest ships that had been built at that time and it was thought unsinkable because she had sixteen water tight compartments. Even if two of these were flooded, it could still float. The terrible sinking of the greatship will be always remembered for its first voyage with heavily loss of life. Many people jumped into the ice water. Because there were not enough lifeboats for all passengers, 1,500 people died.