5. Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in the box: believe, come across, find, hear, kill, not help, sleep, travel. One of Agatha Christie’s most famous novels is Murder on the Orient Express. Private detective Hercule Poirot, (a) ___ from Istanbul to London on a luxurious train called the Orient Express when he (b) ___ an American businessman called Mr Ratchett. Ratchett (c) ___ that his life was in danger but Poirot (d) ___ him. On the second night of the journey, Poirot (e) ___ in his bed when he (f) ___ a cry from Ratchett’s compartment. The next morning, the train staff (g) ___ Mr Ratchett was dead. Poirot (h) ___ the evidence and discovered that Ratchett had killed someone in the US and that all the people in the coach had a connection to that person’s family. So, who (i) ___ Ratchett?

Перевод задания: Дополните текст формой Past Simple или Past Continuous глаголов из рамки.

Completed text:

One of Agatha Christie’s most famous novels is Murder on the Orient Express. Private detective Hercule Poirot, (a) was travelling from Istanbul to London on a luxurious train called the Orient Express when he (b) came across an American businessman called Mr Ratchett. Ratchett (c) believed that his life was in danger but Poirot (d) did not help him. On the second night of the journey, Poirot (e) was sleeping in his bed when he (f) heard a cry from Ratchett’s compartment. The next morning, the train staff (g) found Mr Ratchett was dead. Poirot (h) found the evidence and discovered that Ratchett had killed someone in the US and that all the people in the coach had a connection to that person’s family. So, who (i) killed Ratchett?

Перевод:

Один из самых известных романов Агаты Кристи — «Убийство в „Восточном экспрессе“». Частный детектив Эркюль Пуаро ехал из Стамбула в Лондон на роскошном поезде под названием «Восточный экспресс», когда встретил американского бизнесмена по имени мистер Рэтчетт. Рэтчетт верил, что его жизнь в опасности, но Пуаро не помог ему. Во вторую ночь путешествия Пуаро спал в своей постели, когда услышал крик из купе Рэтчетта. На следующее утро сотрудники поезда обнаружили, что мистер Рэтчетт мёртв. Пуаро нашёл улики и выяснил, что Рэтчетт убил человека в США и что все пассажиры вагона были связаны с семьёй этого человека. Так кто же убил Рэтчетта?