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Read the article and choose words and phrases from the box to complete it.
There are two extra words/phrases.
could/ couldn't have/ didn't manage to/ had to/ might/ mustn't have /ought/should succeeded in / were unable to/ will have/ would
Twins left high and dry
IF YOU WATCHED the recent Oxford and Cambridge boat race, you (1) .............. noticed the Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler, in the Oxford boat. The two have always rowed together, and competed in the Beijing Olympics but (2) .......................... manage only sixth in their class on that occasion.
The Winklevoss brothers are very rich, as the result of a lawsuit settled out of court, but in reality they (3) .............be billionaires now. In the early 2000s, when the twins were studying at Harvard, they
(4)....................... often talk about setting up a social networking website for students.
They (5)............. starting one, named
ConnectU, but as the pair were busy studying and rowing, they (6) .....…………………………… devote the time necessary to developing the site, so they decided they (7)………employ
someone else to help them. After three months Mark Zuckerberg stopped working with the twins and launched his own social networking site - Facebook - which is now worth over $4 billion.
Understandably, the twins were convinced
Zuckerberg (8) ....................created the site without their initial input. Although the twins have settled out of court, there are still some messy arguments going on which
(9) ........................... continue for some time
Did it affect their performance in the boat race? Well, the Oxford team started well but
(10) ........................... hold out against a battling Cambridge team, who sealed an exciting victory.
Read the article and choose words and phrases from the box to complete it.
There are two extra words/phrases.
could/ couldn't have/ didn't manage to/ had to/ might/ mustn't have /ought/should succeeded in / were unable to/ will have/ would
Twins left high and dry
IF YOU WATCHED the recent Oxford and Cambridge boat race, you (1) .............. noticed the Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler, in the Oxford boat. The two have always rowed together, and competed in the Beijing Olympics but (2) .......................... manage only sixth in their class on that occasion.
The Winklevoss brothers are very rich, as the result of a lawsuit settled out of court, but in reality they (3) .............be billionaires now. In the early 2000s, when the twins were studying at Harvard, they
(4)....................... often talk about setting up a social networking website for students.
They (5)............. starting one, named
ConnectU, but as the pair were busy studying and rowing, they (6) .....…………………………… devote the time necessary to developing the site, so they decided they (7)………employ
someone else to help them. After three months Mark Zuckerberg stopped working with the twins and launched his own social networking site - Facebook - which is now worth over $4 billion.
Understandably, the twins were convinced
Zuckerberg (8) ....................created the site without their initial input. Although the twins have settled out of court, there are still some messy arguments going on which
(9) ........................... continue for some time
Did it affect their performance in the boat race? Well, the Oxford team started well but
(10) ........................... hold out against a battling Cambridge team, who sealed an exciting victory.
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Twins left high and dry
IF YOU WATCHED the recent Oxford and Cambridge boat race, you might have noticed the Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler, in the Oxford boat. The two have always rowed together, and competed in the Beijing Olympics but didn't manage to only sixth in their class on that occasion.
The Winklevoss brothers are very rich, as the result of a lawsuit settled out of court, but in reality they could be billionaires now. In the early 2000s, when the twins were studying at Harvard, they would often talk about setting up a social networking website for students.
They had to start one, named ConnectU, but as the pair were busy studying and rowing, they couldn't devote the time necessary to developing the site, so they decided they would employ someone else to help them. After three months Mark Zuckerberg stopped working with the twins and launched his own social networking site - Facebook - which is now worth over $4 billion.
Understandably, the twins were convinced Zuckerberg mustn't have created the site without their initial input. Although the twins have settled out of court, there are still some messy arguments going on which might continue for some time.
Did it affect their performance in the boat race? Well, the Oxford team started well but couldn't hold out against a battling Cambridge team, who sealed an exciting victory.