Chapter (1) The Egyptian desert
الصحراء المصرية
Questions with model answers
1. Why did the four robbers go to the archaeological site in the Western Desert?
They went there to rob it. They got information that a team of six archaeologists found two underground rooms full of old and other treasures.
2. What was the oldest man’s plan to get treasures?
1. The robbers went to the site after midnight.
2. They drove two grey Land Cruisers slowly.
3. The two cars moved without lights and their engines were silent.
4. They stopped 200 metres from the tents.
5. They walked 50 metres through the darkness.
6. They used modern equipment called GPR.
3. Why did the four men switch off their lights and engines?
Because they didn’t want the archaeologists to see or hear them.
4. What were there on the walls of the passage?
There were paintings of ancient Egyptians gods, and writings from 3,000 years ago.
5. What was the task of each of the four robbers?
The oldest man was the leader who gave orders.
The small thin man with glasses carried a machine like a large camera.
The tall man carried a small computer.
The big man carried a large bag contained a pickaxe and a heavy hammer.
6. What equipment did the men use to see through the walls?
They used a machine called Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and a computer
7. What was found in the two underground rooms?
The first room contained 5 ancient Egyptian mummies
The second room was empty.
8. What does the GPR show?
It shows what’s behind the wall.
9. How does the GPR work?
It transmits radio waves through the wall
b. When the waves hit something on the other side, they come back to it.
c. The computer changes the radio waves into a picture.
10. Do archaeologists use GPR?
Yes, they do, but not very often because it’s expensive.
11. What did the big man do with the wall?
He used a pickaxe and a heavy hammer to break through the wall
He destroyed the ancient paintings.
12. What did the robbers see when the small man lit up the of the main passage?
They saw two gold doors.
13. What happened when the oldest man went through the door way?
A huge spider’s web hung from the ceiling covered his face and body.
He broke through it and entered the room
14. Why were the men excited when they went through the gold doors?
Because the room was full of boxes, pots, large gold objects and two mummies with gold masks.
15. What did the tall man do when the spiders bit the big man with their long fangs?
The tall man took off his jacket and hit the spiders with it.
16. Why did the small man shout ‘Let’s get out of here!’?
Because the spider bit him 3 times before he killed it and he saw spiders everywhere.
17. What made the oldest man believe that the spiders were not deadly?
Because he thought there weren’t any deadly spiders in Egypt.
18. What was the opinion of the small man about the spiders?
He thought it was an unknown species of spiders like those fish which scientists found in an underground lake in south America.
19. What were the symptoms of the bites of the deadly spiders on the robbers?
a. sickness and pain increased.
b. They began to sweat heavily. This made them thirsty so they drank all the water they had with them.
c. Their hands, arms legs and face muscles began to make sudden violent movements.
d. They couldn’t breathe easily.
e. they died affected by the spiders’ venom.
20. What did the big man and the tall man do when they saw four spiders in the back of the car?
The big man shouted ‘They’re in the car’ but he couldn’t move.
The tall man crawled out and fell onto the sand beside the car.
21. How was the robbers’ accident discovered?
It was discovered when 3 passengers on a helicopter saw the cars and examined the four robbers who were dead. The pilot reported the accident to the police.
22. Why did the helicopter fly over that place?
The pilot, a telecom engineer and a technician were on their way to a transmitter in the desert which a technical problem.
23. What did the pilot do when he saw the robber’s vehicles below?
He flew the helicopter round in a circle.
The pilot brought the helicopter down.
They ran to the cars, carrying bottles of water
When they examined the four men, they were all dead.
24. In the pilot’s opinion, what killed the four robbers?
The pilot thought they got lost and died of thirst.
25. How did the engineer save the pilot’s life?
When the engineer suggested getting on the radio to report the police, the pilot left the car and went back to the helicopter.
The pilot’s hands had been near the spiders before he moved away.
26. Why did the small spiders in the car die?
Because the sun heated the cars until they were like ovens.
27. Where did the police drive the robber’s cars?
The police drove the cars to a new town called Hamdayya, south-west of Cairo. (at the police station)
28. Did anyone in the town see the big spider in the car?
No, no one in the town saw the spider in the car.
Completion with model answers
1. Although the cars had local number plates, ……………………………………..
The men weren’t Egyptians.
2. When the robbers climbed down into a long underground passage, they could see nothing. So, ………………………………………………………………………..
They switched on their torches.
3. The second room was empty because……………………………………………..
The gold and other treasures were sent to the museum in Cairo.
4. Behind the paintings was…………………………………………………………..
A doorway filled with stones.
5. The robbers continued walking a long the main passage only because ………..
The other passages were all smaller.
6. The small spiders died but the biggest spider ……………………………………
Was still a live.
7. The men all died from ……………………………………………………………..
The spiders’ bites.
8. Nobody knew that the cars contained treasures and …………………………….
A deadly spider.
9. The cars and the dead men were found by ……………………………………….
A helicopter pilot.
Homework
النموذج الأول
A. Answer the following questions:
1. Why did the four men break into the underground tomb?
To steal the gold and the treasures ………………………………………………………
2. What happened to the robbers as they carried the gold out of the tomb?
The spiders were bitten all them ………………………………………………………
3. How was the oldest man mistaken about spiders?
.he though there weren't any deadly spiders in Egypt and he was wrong ………………………………………………….
B. Read the following quotation then answer the questions:
“That’s your job.”
1. Who was the oldest man speaking to?
The small man ………………………………………………………
2. What was his job?
To find out what was behind the wall ………………………………………………………Why did they want to do so?
If they find out what was behind the wall they will be rich
……………………………………………………
C. Complete the following sentences:
1. The four men switched off the lights and engines in order not to be seen or heard by any one …
……………………………………………………
2. Using the Ground penetrating Radar, to enable them To find out what was behind the wall
……………………………………………………
3. The four men died of The spiders bitten
……………………………………………………
النموذج الثاني
A. Answer the following questions:
1. How did the pilot of the helicopter find the four men?
They were all died ………………………………………………………
2. What was in the back of the car when the police stopped it at the police station?
Boxes of gold , treasures and a deadly spider ………………………………………………………
3. Where were the passengers on the helicopter going?
To a transmitter in the desert which a technical problem.
……………………………………
B. Read the following quotation then answer the questions:
“They probably got lost and died of thirst.”
1. Who is the speaker?
Thepilot ………………………………………………………
2. Who was he speaking about?
a telecom engineer and a technician ………………………………………………………
3. Was his opinion about their death correct?
no…………………………………………………
C. Complete the following sentences:
1. The pilot of the helicopter thought that …they may be died of thirst or got lost
……………………………………………………
2. Nobody knew that there was a deadly spider in a box of the back of the second land cruiser
……………………………………………………
3. The four men would be rich if they discovered the un known room …
……………………………………………………
النموذج الثالث
A. Answer the following questions:
1. What killed the four robbers according to the pilot’s opinion?
they may be died of thirst or got lost
……………………………………………………
2. What equipment did the robbers use to see through walls?
GPR and a small computer ………………………………………………………
3. How many persons did the team of archaeologists consist of?
six…………………………………………………
B. Read the following quotation then answer the questions:
“We’d better get on the radio”
1. Who did the engineer think they should get on the radio to?
Thepolice ………………………………………………
2. What did the helicopter do when the engineer said these words?
he left the car ………………………………………
3. How did these words save the pilot’s life?
………………………………………………
C. Complete the following sentences:
1. The thing which covered the oldest man’s body was a spider s web
……………………………………………………
2. When the pilot saw cars below them he brought the plane
……………………………………………………
3. The sun heated the two cars until …they were like ovens
… and the spiders in the car die …………………………………………………………………
Vocabulary
1. Aeroplane طائرة 40. Neck رقبة
2. Archaeologist عالم أثار 41. Number plate لوحة معدنية لرقم السيارة
3. Alive على قيد الحياة / حي 42. Ovens أفران
4. Bite bit bitten يلدغ / يعض 43. Pain ألم
5. Breathe يتنفس 44. Paintings رسومات
6. Brought down = landed يهبط 45. Passage ممر
7. Ceiling سقف 46. Penetrate يخترق
8. Connect يوصل / يربط 47. Pickaxe فأس / معول
9. Contain تحتوي على 48. Radar رادار
10. Convoy قافلة سيارات/ حملة 49. Radio waves موجات لاسلكية
11. Covered with مغطى بـ 50. Remote بعيد
12. Crawl يزحف 51. Rock صخرة
13. Deadly مميت 52. Sand رمل
14. Destroy يدمر 53. Sandstorm عاصفة رملية
15. Doorway مدخل لمبنى أو غرفة 54. Shape شكل
16. Dust غبار / تراب 55. Sickness غثيان / مرض
17. Engine محرك / موتور 56. Silent ساكن / صامت
18. Enormous هائل / ضخم 57. Skin جلد أو بشرة
19. Entrance مدخل 58. Space فراغ / الفضاء
20. Equipment معدات / جهاز 59. Species فصيلة / سلالة
21. Examine يفحص 60. Spider’s web نسيج عنكبوت
22. Excitement إثارة 61. Survive يبقي حيا / ينجو من
23. Fangs أنياب 62. Sweat يعرق
24. Filled with مملوء بـ 63. Switch المفتاح الكهربائي
25. Fruit stall كشك فاكهة 64. Switch on يفتح النور
26. Get lost يضل الطريق 65. Technician فني
27. Grey رمادي 66. Telecom engineer مهندس اتصال
28. Hammer مطرقة / شاكوش 67. Tent خيمة
29. Hang / hung يدلى / يتدلى 68. Thirst عطش
30. Hill تل 69. Thirsty عطشان
31. Imagine يتخيل 70. Torch مصباح جيب كهربي
32. knock away يهدم / يزيل 71. Transmit يرسل / ينقل
33. Lake بحيرة 72. Transmitter جهاز إرسال
34. Lit up أضاء 73. Treasures كنوز
35. Local محلى 74. unknown مجهول
36. Mask قناع 75. Valley وادي
37. Mummy مومياء 76. Violent عنيف
38. Muscles عضلات 77. Vehicle مركبة / سيارة
39. Mutter يتمتم 78. Wire سلك
chapter1 by ahmaadmay
Chapter 1
The Egyptian Desert الصحراء المصرية
A. Main points
1-A team of 6 archaeologists discovered some ancient treasures in the desert .
2-A band of 4 robbers planned to rob the treasures.
3-They climbed down long underground passage.
4-They used a machine called GPR and managed to discover an untouched room full of treasures.
5-Strange spiders attacked them severely.
6-The robbers managed to carry some boxes full of gold .
7-Some small spiders and a big spider were inside the boxes.
8-On their way back, the robbers died in the desert of sickness and pains .
9-A helicopter pilot, an engineer and a technician discovered the accident by chance and reported the police.
10-The police drove the robbers' cars to the police station in a new town called "Hamadayya" .
11-The small spiders in the boxes died because of the heat of the sun, but the biggest spider was still alive.
Places الأماكن التي دارت فيها أحداث الفصل
1-A remote part of the Western Desert.
2-A long underground passage.
3-A police station in the new town of' Hamdayya"
Characters الشخصيات التي ذكرت
1-A team of 6 archaeologists. (Without names)
2-A band of 4 robbers .(Without names)
-The oldest - the chief
-A small, thin man with glasses
-A tall strong-looking man
-A short strong-looking man
3-The helicopter team
A pilot
A telecom engineer
A technician
Events أحداث الفصل
1-The discovery of the treasures
2-The robbery of the treasures
3-The use of the GPR
4-The deadly spiders' attack
5-The death of the robbers
6-The survive of the biggest spider
Technology used in chapter التكنولوجيا المستخدمة في الفصل
1-GPR (=Ground Penetrating Radar)
- It shows what is behind a. wall
- It can go through rock
- It helped the robbers to discover a hidden room full of gold.
2-A computer : It changes radio waves into a picture.
QUESTIONS WITH MODEL ANSWERS
1-Answer the following questions:
1-Who were asleep in the tents ?
A team of six archaeologists were asleep in the tents.
2-Why did the four men switch off their lights and engines ?
Because they did not want the archaeologists to see or hear them.
3-What information did the oldest robber get ?
The oldest robber got the information that a team of six archaeologists had found two rooms full of treasures and the gold objects were sent to the museum.
4- What does GPR stand for ?
GPR stands for " Ground Penetrating Radar".
5- What equipment did the men use to see through the walls ?
The men used a machine called GPR and a computer to see through the walls.
6-What happened to the oldest robber as soon as he walked through the entrance of the hidden room ?
As soon as the oldest robber walked through the entrance of the hidden room a huge spider's web covered his face and body.
7-Why were the robbers excited when they entered the room?
The robbers were excited because the room was full of boxes, pots, large gold objects and two mummies with gold masks.
8-Why did the big man shout "Get them off me !"?
The big man shouted, "Get them off me!" because the spiders were biting him again and again and he felt their long fangs .
9-Why did the small man shout "Let's get out of here!" ?
Because he felt a bite on his leg and the spider bit him three times before he killed it.
10-Why didn't the oldest man worry about the spiders' bites ?
The oldest man didn't worry about the spiders' bites because he thought that mere weren’t any deadly spiders in Egypt and that they might get sick, but they wouldn't die.
11-How did the four robbers meet their end ?
The sickness and pain from me spiders' bites increased. They could not breathe easily and died.
12-Do you think these spiders area known species? Say why or why not.
I think that these spiders are not a known species because the robbers thought that there were not any deadly spiders in Egypt and the spiders killed them.
13-How was the robbers' accident discovered ?
The robbers' accident was discovered when three passengers on a helicopter they saw the cars and examined the four men who were all dead. The pilot reported the police.
14- "We'd better get on the radio." Those words saved the pilot's life. Explain.
But for the engineer's words, the pilot would have lost his life because the pilot's hands moved nearer the spiders which were ready to attack him. But he left the car and went back to the helicopter to report the police by radio .
15-What happened to the spiders in the boxes ?
The small spiders in the ears died because of the heat of the sun but the biggest spider survived.
16-In the pilot's opinion , what killed the four robbers ?
The pilot thought that the four men probably got lost in the desert and died of thirst.
QUOTATIONS
" Read the following quotation and then answer the questions: *
1-“A team of six archaeologists found these two rooms last week.
لقد وجد فريق من ستة من علماء الآثار هاتين الغرفتين في الأسبوع الماضي
1-Who said this to whom?
2-Where were the four robbers?
3 What were they searching for?
1-This was said by the oldest man to his fellow robbers.
3-They were searching for the treasure.
2-“ How did you get the information?”
كيف حصلت على هذه المعلومات
1-What information did the speaker refer to
2-Who got the information?
3-What did he hope?
1-The information was that a team of six archaeologists discovered two rooms a week before. The second room contained gold and other treasures.
3-“There are probably more rooms here. If they contain gold too we will be very rich.”
و يحتمل وجود غرف أخرى هنا و إذا وجد بها ذهب أيضا فسوف نصبح أثرياء
1-Who said this to whom?
2-Did they find more rooms containing gold?
3-What happened to them before getting out?
1-This was said by the oldest man to his fellow robbers.
4-“ If there are more rooms here this machine will find them in minutes.”
إذا كان هناك مزيد من هذه الغرف فان هذه الآلة سوف تدلنا عليها في دقائق معدودة
1-Who said this to whom?
2-What was that machine?
3-What did they do with it?
1-This was said by the small man to his fellow robbers.
5- “It shows me what’s behind the wall.”
انها تبين لى ما خلف الحائط
1-Who said this to whom?
2-How does the GPR show what’s behind the wall?
3-Why don’t archaeologists use GPR?
1-This was said by the small man to the tall man.
6-“ Like the radar on an aero plane?
مثل الرادار في الطائرة
1-Which thing was like the radar on an aero plane?
2-What do they use it for?
3-Why don’t archaeologists use it?
1-The GPR
7- “ So why don’t archaeologists use GPR?”
لماذا لا يستخدم علماء الآثار هذا الجهاز؟
1-Who said this to whom?
2-What was the answer?
3-How does GPR work?
1-This was said by the tall man to the small man.
8- “Get them off me” He shouted.
أبعدوهم عنى
1-Who was the speaker?
2-Why did he shout?
3-What did the tall man do then?
1- This was said by the big man to his fellow robbers.
9-“ Let’s get out of here”
فلنخرج من هنا
1-Who said this to whom?
2-Why did he say so?
3-What did they do after that?
1-This was said by the small man.
10- “ Don’t worry. There aren’t any deadly spiders in Egypt. We might get sick but we won’t die.”
لا تقلقوا فليست هناك أية عناكب مميتة في مصر قد يصيبنا الإعياء و لكننا لن نموت
1-Who is the speaker?
2-Was his opinion right?
3-How was he mistaken?
1-The oldest man.
11- “May be it’s an unknown species of spiders”
فقد يكون هذا العنكبوت من نوع غير معروف.
1-Who said this to whom?
2-Was it an unknown species of spiders?
3-How did you know?
12-“Some scientists found some fish in an underground lake…an unknown species .”
اكتشف بعض العلماء بعض الأسماك في بحيرة تحت الأرض. سلالة غير معروفة
1-Who said this to whom?
2-Why did he give that example?
3-Was the discovery of the fish like those spiders?
1-This was said by the small man to the oldest man.
13- “They probably got lost and died of thirst”
ربما ضلوا الطريق و ماتوا من العطش
1-Who said this to whom?
2-Who was he speaking about?
3-Was his opinion about their death correct? Why?
1-This was said by the pilot to the telecom engineer and the
technician.
14- ‘ We’d better get on the radio”
من الأفضل آن نتصل باللاسلكي
1-Who said this to whom?
2-How do these words save the pilot?
3-Why did they want to get on the radio?
1-This was said by the engineer to the pilot
Complete the sentences
1-The two Land Cruisers were not discovered at the archaeologists' site because..............
The archaeologists were asleep in their tents and the robbers switched off the lights and the engines.
2-Although the cars had local number plates................
the robbers were not Egyptians.
3-The robbers could not see nothing, so........................
they switched on their torches.
4-The computer changes...........................................
the radio waves into a picture.
5- Archaeologists don't use GPR because........................
it's expensive.
6-The robbers used GPR for.................................
discovering more rooms which had not been discovered by the archaeologists yet to rob the treasures they contained.
7-As soon as the oldest man went in the room with the gold doors......................
a huge spider's web covered his face and body.
8-The big man shouted "Get them off me." when..........
the spiders were biting him and he felt their long fangs in his skin.
9-The men all died from..........................................
the spiders bites.
10-The robbers managed to.......................................
rob the gold and carry the other treasures back to their cars.
11-The oldest man did not believe that.........................
mere were any deadly spiders in Egypt and they might get sick, but they would not die.
12-The cars and the dead men were found by..............
the helicopter team : a pilot, a telecom engineer and a technician.
13-The robbers' face muscles began to make sudden violent movements when.................
the sickness and pain increased.
14-The helicopter team were on their way to..................
a transmitter in the desert which had a technical problem.
15-The pilot thought that the four men.................
got lost and died of thirst.
16- The small spiders died of...............................
the heat of the sun.
17-The pilot reported the police about the accident by.....
using the radio
18 -The pilots life was saved when...............................
the engineer suggested to get on the radio to report the police and the pilot left the car and went back to the helicopter and the radio.
19-Nobody knew that the cars contained treasures and...........
deadly spiders.
Model Answers / The student’s book
الأجوبة النموذجية لأسئلة كتاب الطالب
Comprehension question answers
Write “T” for true and “F” for false next to each of the sentences.
1- F 2- F 3- T 4- T 5- F 6- T 7- T 8- T
Complete the sentences.
1- ……….the spiders’ bites
2- ……….a helicopter pilot.
3- ……….a deadly spider
Answer the questions.
1- Because they didn’t want the archaeologists to see or hear them.
2- They were three thousand years old.
3- They used ground penetrating radar ( GPR )
4- Because there were lots of treasures in the room.
5- Because spiders were biting them all.
6- “ Students’ own opinion.”
7- The pilot thought they had died of thirst.
8- No one saw the spider.
Read the following quotation and then answer the questions
1. to the police
2. He left the car and went back to the helicopter.
3. His hands had been near the spiders before he moved away. They could have bitten and killed him.
Choose the correct answer .
1- b 2- b
Match the beginnings and ends of the sentences.
A ( c) B ( a) C (d) D ( b )
Complete the notes on what the people in the helicopter did.
1. When the pilot saw the cars below them, he flew the helicopter round in a circle.
2. As they flew lower, they saw the tall man’s body on the sand.
3. The pilot brought the helicopter down the helicopter down.
4. They ran to the cars.
5. They examined the four men.
6. The pilot left the car and went back to the helicopter and the radio.
Put the events in the correct order.
d, e, a, b, f, c
The Spiders : Chapter 1
Questions and answers:
1-Where were a team of archaeologists asleep ?
They were asleep in tents in a remote part of the Western Desert.
2- Where did the cars stop ?
They stopped two hundred metres from the archaeologists’ tents.
3-Where did the four men go ?
They climbed down into an underground passage.
4-What did they do to see around them ?
They switched on their torches.
5-What were on the walls of the passage ?
There were paintings of ancient Egyptian gods and writing.
6-Who found two underground rooms ?
A team of six archaeologists found them.
7-What was in the first room ?
There were five ancient Egyptian mummies in the first room.
8-What was sent to the museum in Cairo ?
Gold and other treasures were sent there.
9-What were the four men searching for ?
They were searching for other rooms containing gold.
10-What would the machine that the small man carried show them ?
It would show them rooms behind the walls.
11-How did the machine show them what was behind the wall ?
It sends radio waves through the wall. When the waves hit something on the
other side, they come back to it. The computer changes the radio waves into a
picture.
12-What was the machine called ?
It was called Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR).
13-How did the big man break through the wall ?
He used a pickaxe and a heavy hammer.
14-What hung from the ceiling of the passage ?
Very great spiders’ webs hung from the ceiling of the passage.
15-What was at the end of the passage ?
Two gold doors were at the end of the passage.
16-What covered the oldest man’s face ?
A huge spider’s web covered the oldest man’s face.
17-What did the room which they broke into contain ?
It contained gold and other treasures.
18-Why did the big man shout in pain ?
He shouted in pain because spiders were biting him.
19-How did the tall man try to keep the spiders away ?
He took off his jacket and hit the spiders with it.
20-Where was the small man bitten ?
He was bitten on his leg.
21-Where did the men take the gold and treasures they stole ?
They took them to their cars.
22- What happened to the four men by that time ?
They had all been bitten by the spiders.
23- Why didn’t the oldest man worry about the biting of the spiders ?
He believed there weren’t any deadly spiders in Egypt.
24- How did the four men feel as they drove through the desert ?
They felt very sick and thirsty.
25- Where did the big man see four spiders ?
He saw them in the boxes in the back of the car.
26- What did the tall man do ?
He crawled out and fell onto the sand beside the car.
27- Who were in the helicopter ?
A pilot, a telecom engineer and a technician were in the helicopter.
28- Where were they going ?
They were going to a transmitter in the desert.
29- What did the pilot do when he saw the vehicles below them ?
He flew the helicopter round in a circle.
30- How did the pilot and his mates find the four men ?
They found the four men dead.
31- What did the pilot think the four men died of ?
He thought they died of thirst.
32- How was the pilot saved from the bites of the spiders ?
He was asked by the engineer to get on the radio to contact the police.
So he left the car where the spiders had been.
33- Why did the small spiders in the cars die ?
They died because it was too hot for them to live.
34- Where did the police drive the robbers’ cars ?
They drove them to a new town called Hamdayya, south west of Cairo.
35- What happened to the biggest spider in the back of the car ?
It was still alive.
