Номер 6, страница 69 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс рабочая тетрадь Вербицкая, Фрикер

Unit 9. Give me a clue - номер 6, страница 69.

Условие.

6 Choose the best answers (a-d).

THE TRUTH

TUTANKHAMEN AND OTHER CURSES

In February 1923 Lord Carnarvon and a group of explorers opened up the famous tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt. Seven weeks later he was dead. ¹ ___ as a result of an ancient curse? The many stories that grew up ² ___ the result of an old fear of Egyptian tombs that dates back to the early Arab invaders of the country. A fear that ³ ___ been caused by tales of magic and the frightening pictures painted on the walls of the tombs. Or their inspiration ⁴ ___ come from the many horror stories written about mummies over the years. Nobody knows exactly.

One story stated that Lord Carnarvon's pet bird had been eaten by a cobra outside the tomb. Unfortunately, this ⁵ ___ true as the bird was alive and well in England. Another said that, when he died, the lights of Cairo went out. Well, they ⁶ ___, but that wasn't surprising as, at the time, the lights of Cairo often went out. Yet another story said that his dog had died at 2 a.m., exactly the same time as he died. Whoever made that story up ⁷ ___ forgotten about time zones, as 2 a.m. is 4 a.m. in Cairo. Still, the stories ⁸ ___ a lot of people judging by all the horror films about mummies that have been made since.

What about other curses ...

1 a Must it have been	c Could it be
b Could it have been	d Can it be?
2 a may be	c must be
b may have been	d must have been
3 a can have	c could have
b can't have	d couldn't have
4 a may have	c can have
b must have	d can't have
5 a must have been	c may not have been
b could have been	d can't have been
6 a might have had	c might have done
b might have been	d might have gone
7 a could have	c can't have
b must have	d might have
8 a must scare	c can't have scared
b must have scared	d can't scare

Решение.

Решение 2.

Выберите лучшие ответы (a-d).

Ответ:

1 b Could it have been
(Могло ли это быть)

2 b may have been
(могли быть)

3 c could have
(могла быть)

4 a may have
(могла прийти)

5 d can't have been
(не могло быть)

6 d might have gone
(возможно, погасли)

7 b must have
(должен был)

8 b must have scared
(должно быть, напугали)