2. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (20points)

Lucky Escape

After having saved for years the Clarke family were finally in a position to see their dream come true. They(1)._______ready to travel from Scotland to start a new life(2)_______America.

The (3) _______ family were very excited about their (4) _______by ship across the Atlantic. However, just days before their departure, one of their sons was bitten by a dog. Their plans fell through when they were told they (5) _______not be able to travel because of the possibility (6) _______.         boy could have rabies.

The family were devastated and the father went to the docks to watch the ship that he had hoped would (7)_______them to their new life depart. As he stood on the harbour thinking about his son, he watched the ship and wondered (8) _______the family would ever get to make the journey.

However, soon (9) _______ this disappointment the father discovered how fortunate the family had been. The son did not have rabies and a few days later the news came (10)_______the ship the Clarke family should have been on had sunk. The Titanic had gone down with hundreds of people losing their lives.

They(1)._______ready to travel from Scotland