Only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world (1) B. still exists. This is hardly (2) D. surprising, as it is probably the most dramatic and indestructible. The Egyptian Pyramids were (3) D. built between 2550 BC and 2480 BC as royal burial places. They (4) B. stand on the West bank of the Nile. However, the last century of human civilization has had a terrible (5) B. effect on them, as pollution is decaying the stone. All of the (6) C. other six wonders have been completely (7) B. destroyed by war or natural disasters. For example, the Colossus of Rhodes (8) B. fell down during an earthquake just 200 years after it was put up at the end of the 4th century. The statue was (9) B. disposed by scrap metal merchants in 654 AD. The Mausoleum in Halicarnassus survived (10) D. longer. It (11) A. lasted 19 centuries, but the white marble tomb was broken up and used for building (12) A. purpose by the crusaders in 1522. The statue of Zeus at Olympia is now (13) B. lost, but the temple in which it was housed still stands. In recent years people have (14) C. tried to compile lists containing the seven wonders of the (15) C. modern world. However, nobody seems to be (16) A. able to agree on what it should include.
1. A. always B. still C. again D. yet
2. A. amazing B. shocking C. interesting D. surprising
3. A. done B. put C. formed D. built
4. A. stay B. stand C. exist D. situate
5. A. nuisance B. effect C. trouble D. affect
6. A. another B. left C. other D. rest
7. A. brokenB. destroyedC. wastedD. damaged
8. A. pulled downB. fell downC. put downD. got down
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Ex. 1. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world (1) B. still exists. This is hardly (2) D. surprising, as it is probably the most dramatic and indestructible. The Egyptian Pyramids were (3) D. built between 2550 BC and 2480 BC as royal burial places. They (4) B. stand on the West bank of the Nile. However, the last century of human civilization has had a terrible (5) B. effect on them, as pollution is decaying the stone. All of the (6) C. other six wonders have been completely (7) B. destroyed by war or natural disasters. For example, the Colossus of Rhodes (8) B. fell down during an earthquake just 200 years after it was put up at the end of the 4th century. The statue was (9) B. disposed by scrap metal merchants in 654 AD. The Mausoleum in Halicarnassus survived (10) D. longer. It (11) A. lasted 19 centuries, but the white marble tomb was broken up and used for building (12) A. purpose by the crusaders in 1522. The statue of Zeus at Olympia is now (13) B. lost, but the temple in which it was housed still stands. In recent years people have (14) C. tried to compile lists containing the seven wonders of the (15) C. modern world. However, nobody seems to be (16) A. able to agree on what it should include.
1. A. always B. still C. again D. yet
2. A. amazing B. shocking C. interesting D. surprising
3. A. done B. put C. formed D. built
4. A. stay B. stand C. exist D. situate
5. A. nuisance B. effect C. trouble D. affect
6. A. another B. left C. other D. rest
7. A. brokenB. destroyedC. wastedD. damaged
8. A. pulled downB. fell downC. put downD. got down
9. A. removedB. disposedC. receivedD. transferred
10. A. fartherB. laterC. furtherD. longer
11. A. lastedB. keptC. heldD. continued
12. A. purposeB. reasonC. substanceD. material
13. A. missedB. lostC. disappearedD. away
14. A. engagedB. worked onC. triedD. tempted
15. A. freshB. latestC. modernD. current
16. A. able B. capable C. possible D. probable
2 They would have arrived on time if the train hadn't broken down. (arrive)
3 If he hadn’t forgotten his keys, he wouldn't have gone back home. (not forget)
4 You would have seen my message if you had checked your mobile phone. (check)
5 I would have missed the flight if the plane hadn't been delayed. (miss)
6 If you'd concentrated on what you were doing, you wouldn’t have made so many mistakes. (not make)
7 If I'd known it was going to snow, I would have worn a coat. (wear)
8 We wouldn’t have invited Joe if we'd known you didn't like him. (not invite)
Объяснение:
3 Conditional = if+Past Perfect—> would+ have+V3