Based on 3I, Ex. 5. Read the text and choose the correct options. Strange but true! In 1912, the Titanic an iceberg and sank in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Strangely enough, Morgan Robertson a novel Futility describing a similar event fourteen years before the Titanic sank. Robertson the ship "The Titan" in his book. In the novel, the best engineers the Titan and people it was unsinkable. Surprisingly, the Titan also struck an iceberg and sank while it across the ocean. Both the Titanic and the Titan 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?
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Basedon3I, Ex.5.
Readthetextandchoosethecorrectoptions.

Strangebuttrue!

In1912, theTitanic[hit|was hitting|would hit]anicebergandsankinthemiddleoftheAtlanticOcean.Strangelyenough, MorganRobertson[was writing|used to write|had written]anovelFutilitydescribingasimilareventfourteenyearsbeforetheTitanicsank.Robertson[calling|called|had called]theship "TheTitan" inhisbook.Inthenovel, thebestengineers[were making|had made|had been making]theTitanandpeople[believed|had believed|were believing]itwasunsinkable.Surprisingly, theTitanalsostruckanicebergandsankwhileit[was travelling|had travelled|used to travel]acrosstheocean.BoththeTitanicandtheTitan[had carried|had been carrying|were carrying]asimilarnumberofpassengersduringtheirvoyage.Also, bothshipsmetwithdisasterinthemonthofApril.HadRobertsonpredictedthefuture, orwasitalljustastrangecoincidence?