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Rising from the sea like a goddess, the island nation of Cyprus ......... (sweep) you off
your feet with ancient monuments. Cyprus has the distinction of ....1.... (be) the birthplace
of Aphrodite - Goddess of Love and Beauty. With such a legendary background it is
hardly ......... (surprise) that Cyprus ...3.... (develop) into a ....4.... (tour) destination. It
........ (bless) with natural beauty that ranges from golden beaches to ....6.... (roll) hills.
To walk through its old streets is ....7.... (step) backwards in time. Old houses with
ornate balconies peep from weather-beaten walls, and craftsmen in small workshops
practise trades, which have not ....8.... (change) for centuries.



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Answer 1

The blanks have been filled with the correct form of the words as given below:

Rising from the sea like a goddess, the island nation of Cyprus sweeps you off  your feet with ancient monuments. Cyprus has the distinction of being the birthplace  of Aphrodite - Goddess of Love and Beauty.

With such a legendary background it is hardly surprising that Cyprus developed into a tourist destination. It is blessed with natural beauty that ranges from golden beaches to rolling hills.

To walk through its old streets is stepping backwards in time. Old houses with ornate balconies peep from weather-beaten walls, and craftsmen in small workshops practise trades, which have not changed for centuries.

• Here, in most of the blanks the correct form of the verbs(tense) have been used.
• The passage states facts related to a place and hence simple present tense has been used in many cases. However, the developement into a tourist destination is a past event and therefore past tense is used.
• Also, in one blank another noun form of the word(tourists) has been used.