Three Unsolved Mysteries Continue to Fascinate

So you think there are no more mysteries, that all mysteries (1) …….. (solve) in time? Think again. The pages of history teem with mysteries that (2) …………….. (never / crack).

Consider, for a example, the case of Billy the Kid, (3) ……. (name) Henry McCarty at birth but also known as William Bonney. Young Bonney went west in 1870s and established himself as a force in Lincoln County in the New Mexico territory. Along with several other young men, he (4) ……….. (befriend) by John Tunstall, an immigrant shop owner from England. When Tunstall (5) ………. … (shoot and kill) in a frontier feud in the Lincoln County War, Billy and his friends retaliated by forming a gang and killing Tunstall’s murderers. For years Billy and his gang (6) …………. (pursue) by the law. Finally, Pat Garret, formerly Billy’s friend, (7) …………. (elect) sheriff of Lincoln County. As the record tells it, Billy (8) ………… (gun down) by Garret on July 13, 1881, in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, and (9) ………… (bury) there.

Or was he? Some individuals believe that the Kid didn’t die in Fort Sumner at all and that someone else (10) ………… (inter) in the grave. In fact, some reports claim that Billy escaped and took another identity. One report insists that an old man who was believed to be Billy (11) ……….. (see) walking along a highway in New Mexico in 1947. What is the truth?

Another puzzling case involved the brigantine ship Mary Celeste. She had left New York in 1872 and (12) ………. (later sight) floating erratically east of the Azores. No one (13)……….. (find) on board, though everything else on the ship (14) …………….. (determine) to be in order, and there was no indication why the Mary Celeste (15) ……………… (abandon). In fact, tables (16) …………… (apparently / set) for afternoon tea. One theory speculates that the ship (17) ………….. (threaten) by an impending explosion that (18) ……….. (cause) by fumes from her cargo of alcohol. That theory, however, (19) …………… (never / prove).

A third perplexing mystery is the case of Amelia Earhart, the famous aviator who in the twenties and thirties was considered the quintessential example of the rugged female individual.

Earhart flew across the Atlantic in 1928 and set a record for a cross-Atlantic flight in 1932. In 1937 she embarked on her most ambitious plan, a flight around the world. Earhart began her flight in Miami in June and (20) …………. (accompany) only by Fred Noonan, her navigator. They reached New Guinea and left for Howland Island in the south Pacific on July 1. After that, no radio reports or messages of any kind (21) ………… (receive). No remains of her plane (22) ………… (locate) by naval investigators.

Did she simply attempt the impossible? …….. she and Noonan (23) ……….. (simply kill) when her plane ran out of fuel and crashed in the Pacific? Historian William Manchester holds his own view. He believes that Earhart and Noonan saw evidence of the illegal Japanese military build-up in the Mariana Islands. Manchester says, ‘She (24) ………….. almost certainly …………… (force down and murder).’ Or could something else have happened? No one really knows.

For the time being, at least, the fate of Amelia Earhart, along with that of Billy the Kid and the Mary Celeste, will have to remain mysterious.

7. Rewrite the sentences using have something done. A)

A) 1. His teeth are checked twice a year. _______________________ 2. Her skirt is being cleaned at the moment. _____________________________ 3. My hair is trimmed once a month. _______________________ 4. Central heating is going to be installed in our house next month. ___________________________ 5. Sam’s burglar alarm was fitted last month. _______________________ 6. My car is being repaired at the moment. __________________ 7. The band’s new single has just been recorded. ______________________ 8. The secretary is going to prepare the minutes for him. _________________________ 9. Their house is being decorated at the moment. __________________ 10. Our new furniture is going to be delivered tomorrow. ___________________ 11. I’ll ask her to make the appointment with the dentist for Friday. ___________________ 12. Our windows will be cleaned. ____________________ 13. The licence is going to be registered for him. ___________________ 14. His new jumper has been knitted. _____________________ 15. My lock has to be fixed. ______________________

B) 1. Their windows need to be cleaned. ________________________ 2. The hairdresser was styling Mrs Brown’s hair. _______________________ 3. Her car was broken into last night. _____________________ 4. Dan is going to arrange for somebody to cut the grass. _______________________ 5. They used to employ a cleaner who cleaned their house. ______________________________ 6. Did the mechanic repair Paul’s motorbike? _____________________ 7. The boss asked the assistant to type the letter. ________________ 8. Someone stole their car while they were asleep. ____________________. 9. Have you told the secretary to make some photocopies? _________________________ 10. The chef was cooking Tom’s lunch. ______________________ 11. Did you tell the shop to deliver the sofa for you? ___________________ 12. My purse has been stolen. ___________________ 13. Did you employ a painter to paint your house? __________________________ 14. They are going to put a new roof on Adam’s house. __________________________ 15. She asked the maid to polish the silver. _____________________ 16. The police took away his licence because of careless driving. ________________________ 17. The police are towing away his car. _____________________ 18. Did you pay someone to do your accounts? ____________________ 19. I hired a professional to cater for my party. _________________. 20.Was his car badly damaged in an accident? _______________________ 21. She asked him to do the shopping. ____________________ 22. Their house was burgled last night. ______________________________ 23. When will your glasses be made? ______________________________ 24. He employed a carpenter to build the fence. ______________________________ 25. His shop windows were smashed in the riot. ______________________________

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