49 What was advertised as a safety feature that could prevent the ship from going down after a collision?
(A) The ship’s body was built by using the most advanced materials.
(B) Some sections in the ship could be blocked off quickly if there were holes.
(C) Several guest rooms were controlled by a single switch to make them unbreakable.
(D) There were spaces specially designed to keep floating in case of emergency.

49 什麼被宣傳為可以防止船舶在碰撞後沉沒的安全功能？

(A) 船體是用最先進的材料建造的。

(B) 如果有洞，船的某些部分可以很快被堵住。

(C) 幾間客房由一個開關控制，使其牢不可破。

(D) 有專門設計用於在緊急情況下保持漂浮的空間。

The idea that the ship was unsinkable was advanced by newspaper and magazine articles as well as by advertisement materials from the shipping company.
報紙和雜誌的文章以及航運公司的廣告宣傳了這艘船不會沉沒的想法。

The widely circulated articles detailed the design of the liner(襯裡) and its technologically advanced safety features.
廣為流傳的文章詳細介紹了襯裡的設計及其技術先進的安全功能

Chief among those features were 16 compartments(隔間) within the hull(船體) whose doors could be shut by the flick of a switch.
這些特徵中最主要的是船體內的 16 個隔間，只需輕按一下開關，這些隔間的門就可以關閉。

It was believed that the ability to quickly close off the compartments if any of them were breached(破壞) could keep the ship afloat even if it suffered damage.
人們認為，如果其中任何一個艙室被破壞，能夠迅速關閉艙室的能力可以使船即使在遭受損壞的情況下也能保持漂浮。