Safety at Sea Quiz

Fires sometimes occur on board ships

• because someone deliberately lights them

• when there are inadequate safety measures

• when the crew has not been trained

• because the safety measures are inadequate

Flagging-out

• is common all over the world

• means that ships must register

• is a matter of flying the national flag

• helps poor nations export

The Belize High commission was surprised to have a ship registered in the country because

• they had only just started registering shipping

• it is a land-locked country, like Switzerland

• no ships operate under the Belize flag

• it was the first time forged Belize documents had been used.

When are the strict rules of shipbuilding ineffective?

• When the crew is untrained.

• When the safety equipment does not work.

• If regulations are not enforced.

• If there are not enough lifeboats.

Being involved in a serious accident at sea is likely to make people skeptical of

• free-market economics

• ship builders

• ship owners

• government restrictions

Many students were hoping that the quiz would be __________. For some reason they didn't want to take the quiz.

• called off

• blended in

• brought up

• ripped off

If you want to __________, it's important to work very hard. Hard work is the key to success.

• run over.

• pay off.

• get ahead.

• jot down.

The used car salesman __________. He charged him way too much for that old car.

• filled Max up.

• kicked Max out.

• picked Max out.

• ripped Max off

If you talk too loudly in the library, the librarian might __________. Just last week, she asked me to leave for talking on my cell phone.

• pick you out.

• kick you out.

• doze you off.

• call you off

If you don't know what a word means, you may want to _____ it _____ in the dictionary.

• look.....up.

• fill.....in.

• keep.....down.

• look … through