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Exercise "Merchant Navy", created by tizeph (a free exercise to learn English):
Results of the 1 967 people who have taken this test:
Average mark: 39 / 100 Share


Latest member with a 100/100 (perfect mark): gligli / FRANCE, on Thursday 10 December - 20:32:
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Stats (1967 candidates)
Question 1 passed: 34.8 %
Sailing vessels are becoming fewer and fewer. They have * and yards which support the sails, the whole being worked by means of the rigging. The number of coils of rope on the deck must be confusing!

Question 2 passed: 31.2 %
A * flying under full canvas, leaving a long wake behind her, used to be such a grand sight! On the other hand, when the winds were contrary, she had to tack about and when there was no wind at all she might drift dangerously.

Question 3 passed: 32.7 %
Ships are built in shipyards. The launching of a ship is always a great affair. After being launched, ships must be fitted out, then manned. A ship has a home port. It is moored alongside the quay (or wharf) or in the *.

Question 4 passed: 29.1 %
The harbour is protected by a pier or jetty, at the end of which rises the *. A tug tows the ship out of the docks. The channel is marked by buoys, The ship sails out of the harbour, bound for some overseas destination. It soon stands to sea and sails away.

Question 5 passed: 29.6 %
Inland navigation still plays an important part in the traffic of goods. Formerly barges used to be towed along rivers and * by horses following the tow-path. They are now mostly self-propelled.

Question 6 passed: 44.3 %
Locks, with opening and closing sluices, are used to raise or lower * from one level to another. When no bridge can be built over a river, a ferry(-boat) will convey the passengers across. The man in charge of it is the ferryman.

Question 7 passed: 31.6 %
Accidents are not uncommon at sea, and casualties are often heavy. A ship may * with another ship and spring a leak.

Question 8 passed: 33.5 %
Then the sailors put on their * and hurry to the lifeboats and rafts.

Question 9 passed: 32.5 %
They must get away before the ship is wrecked. The greatest * in history was the one of the Titanic which sank on its maiden voyage. If a ship is disabled it may run aground.

Question 10 passed: 33.1 %
What is left of her is called a wreck. During a storm a sailor may be washed overboard and be *.


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