Previous researchers believed the ship broke in just two major pieces, the bow and stern, which was how the sinking was described in the 1997 film version of the

　　catastrophe. David Brown, a Titanic historian, estimated before the latest find that the stern took 20 minutes to slide into the water.

　　The newly found hull sections, located about a third of a mile from the stern of the wreck, were examined during an expedition in August sponsored by The History Channel.

　　On Monday, Titanic experts met at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to discuss their analysis of the find for a documentary to be aired on the cable channel on February 26.The sections, both about 40 feet by 90 feet, were once a single section and were found in good condition, with red bottom paint still visible. The missing sections had been believed to have broken up into hundreds of small pieces.

　　The 46,000－ton ship was billed as “practically unsinkable” by the publicity magazines of the period.It struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage and sank about 2.5 hours later, on April 14, 1912.About 1,500 people died.

　　Explorer Robert Ballard found the bulk of the wreck in 1985, at a depth of 13,000 feet and about 380 miles southeast of Newfoundland.Ballard was not impressed with the expedition's find.

　　48．Which of the following can be used as the best title of the passage?

　　A．New Find Indicates Titanic Sank Faster Than Thought

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