B2 Multiple choice 1

For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

*The mystery of the Marie Celeste *

We caught sight of the Marie Celeste drifting in the mid-Atlantic on December 5th, 1872. The ship looked damaged, so the captain said that the three of us would (1) ...............to board her at once in order to investigate

• must

• have

• ought

• should

The ship looked damaged, so the captain said that the three of us would have to board her at once in order to investigate and (2)............. back any information..

• fetch

• get

• bring

• put

the three of us would have to board her at once in order to investigate and bring back any information we (3)....... get hold of.

• would

• could

• should

• must

We were (4)....... to climb on board without too much difficulty but we couldn't see any sign of life anywhere.

• possible

• managed

• able

• successful

(5) ..........the ship's small lifeboat was missing, we all thought the crew had abandoned ship.

• Owing

• Since

• Because of

• As a result

Some navigational instruments which a ship of that kind should (6)............. had on board were also missing.

• have

• had

• be

• to

The crew (7)................ have had much time to abandon ship....

• musn't

• couldn't

• oughtn't

• didn't have to

The crew couldn't have had much time to abandon ship (8)..... they hadn't taken any of their personal belongings with them.

• owing to

• due to

• as

• as a result

We found the ship's log and (9) ..........., we were able to find a lot of useful information —

• sadly

• secondly

• unfortunately

• consequently

we were able to find a lot of useful information— it really helped us in our (10)........... The last time the captain of the Marie Celeste had written something in the ship's log was November 21st.

• investigation

• intention

• demonstration

• application