Question

Complete the article. Use the past simple or present perfect of the verbs in brackets.

Machu Picchu

We (0) have known (know) about Machu Picchu for over a century now. Archaeologists (1)_________ (discover) this ancient Ice site in 1911. They (2)_______ (write) books and newspaper articles about their discovery, so people all over the world (3)________(read) about the site and (4)_______(want) to see it for themselves. The first tourists (5)_______(start) to arrive in the 1960s. Now, more than half a century later, millions of visitors (6) ______(be) to Machu Picchu. Tourists from all over the world (7) ________(see) this marvelous Inca city with their own eyes.

In recent years, Machu Picchu (8) ________(become) one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world. Luxury hotels have been built not far from the site, while in the late 1990s, the Peruvian government (9) ________(allow) the construction of a cable car for visitors. In an effort to protect the site, UNESCO (10) ________ (make) Machu Picchu a World Heritage Site in 1983.

Answer 1

Respuesta:

1. discovered
2. have written
3. read
4. wanted
5. started
6. have been
7. have seen
8. has become
9. allowed
10. made