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"I was awakened from a sound ___1___ by clouds of
suffocating smoke filling my ___2___. At almost the
same time, someone banged and hammered at my cabin
door, shouting ___3___ quite unintelligible. The
sudden awakening confused me and the dense ___4___ in
the cabin made it difficult ___5___ me to find the door.
I choked and gasped for breath, groping frantically
for the ___6___ knob. Just in time, I felt and saw a
porthole. I crawled ___7___ it and dropped to the deck
outside.
There was no apparent panic. The captain was
giving out ___8___ for the safe evacuation of the
___9___.
The crew was making frantic efforts to launch the
lifeboats. All the time, the ___10___ were creeping
nearer.
Suddenly, someone gave me a violent ___11___. I
stumbled and fell into a lifeboat. There was ___12___ in
getting it moving. After what seemed ___13___ an
eternity, we were pulling away from the ___14___. By
that time, the front of the ship was a pillar of
flames.
Kathy had looked ___15___ to the cruise, a time to
relax and recharge her store of energy. It was the
first time that she was on a holiday ___16___. Her family
members and friends were unable to obtain leave from
their jobs. She remembered their farewell kisses as
they bid her goodbye at Collyer Quay where she had
___17___ the passenger liner. She had been greatly
impressed. The ship was a beauty to ___18___ ! There
were many facilities to keep holiday-makers
entertained and actively occupied. The swimming
pool, the gymnasium, the billiard and ___19___ games
rooms as well as the theatre on board were very well
managed. Activities were ___20___ up for the next three
days.
It was a pity that Kathy's holiday ended that
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