Read the text and choose the correct answer.
STRANGE BUT TRUE!
In 1912, the Titanic 1) ...... an iceberg and sank in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Strangely enough, Morgan Robertson 2) ...... a novel, Futility, describing a similar event fourteen years before the Titanic sank. Robertson 3) ...... the ship in his book the Titan. In the novel, the best engineers 4) ...... the Titan and people 5) ...... it was unsinkable. Surprisingly, the Titan also struck an iceberg and sank while it 6) ...... across the ocean. Both the Titanic and the Titan 7) ...... a similar number of passengers during their voyage. Also, both ships met with disaster in the month of April. Had Robertson predicted the future, or was it all just a strange coincidence?
1 A hit B was hitting C would hit
2 A was writing B used to write C had written
3 A was calling B called C had called
4 A were making B had made C had been making
5 A believed B had believed C were believing
6 A was travelling B had travelled C used to travel
7 A had carried B had been carrying C were carrying
