One night in April 1912, a huge new ocean liner, the Titanic, was crossing the Atlantic. She was just about the most (36)_________ship that had ever been built. She was going very fast, which was (37)_________because there were icebergs in that (38)_________and it was very dark that night. The passengers were all having a good time when the ship suddenly (39)_________one of the icebergs.
The giant ship began to sink slowly but (40)_________. The entire ocean liner was in (41) _________. All the passengers were trying to (42)_________, but there were not enough lifeboats (43)_________on the ship since nobody thought they would be necessary. Eight white rockets were fired into the air in order to get help. Another ship, the Californian, was passing nearby. An officer and another sailor on it saw the rockets, but they thought perhaps people were having a party on board the ship and were just firing the rockets for fun. Anyway they did wake the captain. (44)_________________________.
(45) _________________________. They were trying to keep the passengers calm through their heroic deeds. (46) _________________________.