الثانى الثانوى لغة انجليزية Chapter 1 The Spiders

Chapter 1
The Egyptian Desert

remote
archaeologist
tent
underground
passage
torch
radio waves
penetrate
paintings
entrance
mummy
treasure
screen
face muscles
increase
breathe
violent movements
crawl
die of
survive
convoy
destroy بعيد
عالم آثار
خيمة
تحت الأرض
ممر
مصباح
موجات لاسلكية
يخترق
رسومات
مدخل
مومياء
كنز
شاشة
عضلات الوجه
يزداد
يتنفس
حركات عنيفة
يزحف
يموت بسبب
يبقى حيا
قافلة
يدمر transmit
pickaxe
knock away
enormous
spider’s web
ceiling
excitement
bite bit bitten
fangs
take off
deadly
sick
unknown
species
pain
sweat heavily
telecom engineer
technician
transmitter
vehicle
land
disappear يبث / ينقل
فأس
يهدم
ضخم
نسيج العنكبوت
السقف
إثارة
يلدغ / يعض
أنياب
يخلع
مميت
مريض
غير معروف
فصيلة / نوع
ألم
يعرق بشدة
مهندس اتصالات
فني
جهاز إرسال
شاحنة
تهبط / ترسو
يختفي



In the western desert, after midnight, a team of six archaeologists were asleep in their tents in a valley with high hills of sand on both sides. Two Land Cruisers were moving slowly down the hill towards the tents. They were making no engine noise and with no lights. They stopped 200 metres from the tents. Four foreigners got out and walked 50 metres. Then they climbed down into a big underground passage. There, they switched on their torches and saw paintings on the walls. The four men were robbers. The oldest man was their leader. He was followed by a small thin man with glasses carrying a machine. Two men were strong-looking. The taller was carrying a computer while the other was carrying a large bag.

The four men walked into an underground room where they found five mummies. Then, they moved to an empty room. The oldest man said the two rooms were discovered by the archaeologists the week before. The treasures in the second room had been sent to the Museum in Cairo the day before. He also added that he believed there were other rooms which were not discovered yet. He was planning to find them that night and take the treasures in them. Thus, they would become rich.

They had the Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). It could transmit radio waves through the walls, when the waves hit something on the other side, they came back to machine, and the computer changes them into a picture. The small man connected a wire between the GPR a computer. Using the GPR, they saw, a dark shape on the screen which meant there was a room on the other side of the wall.

The big man broke through the wall with a pickaxe and a hammer. He destroyed the ancient paintings on it. A doorway filled with stones appeared. Knocking the stones away, they went through a hole to another passage. Spiders’ webs were hanging from the ceiling. At the end of the passage, there were two gold doors which they broke down. The oldest man was the first to enter. A huge spider’s web covered his face and body. He broke through it to get inside. The room’s walls were covered with paintings and writing. They found boxes, pots, large gold objects and two mummies with gold masks. They took the treasures out into the passage.

Near the door, the big man cried in pain when he was attacked by the spiders and was bitten by their long fangs. The tall man took off his jacket and hit the spiders. Another spider bit the small man three times before he could kill it. Seeing spiders all around them, they hurried out with the treasures to their cars. By the time they drove away, the four men had been bitten by the spiders.

The oldest man said that the bites were not dangerous as the Egyptian spiders are not deadly. The small man said they might be an unknown species like the fish which was found in an underground lake in South America. However, they felt pain and sweated heavily. They were thirsty though they drank all the water they had. Then, their limbs and face muscles made sudden violent movements. They could no longer drive. In the early morning, the big man saw four spiders on the boxes in the back of the car. The tall man couldn’t move and fell beside the car. The four men died.
At midday, a helicopter was on its way to a transmitter that needed repair. It was carrying a telecom engineer and a technician. The pilot saw the two vehicles and the tall man’s body on the sand. He brought the helicopter down and the three men ran carrying bottles of water for help. When they found the four men dead, the pilot believed they died of thirst when they lost their way.


The three men did not see the spiders. The pilot’s hands were getting nearer towards the spiders. He escaped death when he moved to the helicopter as the engineer asked him to get on the radio. The police arrived in a few hours. The great heat of the sun killed the small spiders in the cars. The two Land Cruisers were taken to a new town south-west of Cairo called Hamdayya. The biggest spider was still alive in one of the Land Cruisers.

1) Where did the team of archaeologists find the gold and other treasure?
 In a remote part in the western desert.

2) Why did the four robbers switch off their lights and engines?
 They did so in order not be discovered.

3) What did the four men do in order not be discovered?
 They fixed local number plates to their land cruisers. They also switched their cars’ lights and engines when they approached the site.

4) What information did the oldest robber get?
 He got the information that a team of six archaeologists had found two rooms full of gold and treasure. These things were sent to the museum.

5) What equipment did the robbers use?
 They used Ground Penetrating Radar (GBR), a machine like a large camera connected to a computer a pickaxe and a heavy hammer.

6) How did the machine (GBR) show what was behind the walls
 It transmitted radio waves through the wall. When the waves hit something on the other side, they came back to it. The computer changed the radio waves into a picture.

7) What were the four men’s tasks?
 The oldest man was the leader who gave orders. The small thin man was carrying a machine like a large camera. The tall man was carrying a small computer. The big man was carrying a bag of tools and instruments.

8) Why didn’t the Egyptian archaeologists often use GBR?
 Because it was very expensive.

9) What did the dark shape on the computer screen mean?
 It meant that there was an empty space, something like a room.

10) Why were the robbers excited when they entered the room?
 It was full of treasures gold objects.

11) What happened to the oldest man when he first entered the room?
 A huge spider’s web covered his face and body.

12) Why did the small man shout “let’s get out of here?”
 Because the spiders were biting them all.

13) Why was the tomb like an underground city?
 Because there a wide passage that led to other smaller ones. It was like a street in a city.

14) According to the pilot’s opinion what killed the robbers?
 They might got lost and died of thirst.

15) Why wasn’t the oldest man worried about the spiders’ bites?
 Because he thought that there weren’t any deadly spiders in Egypt and that they might get sick but they wouldn’t die.

16) Show that the robbers’ adventure wasn’t a successful one.
 On their way back, they felt very sick, sweated heavily and drank all the water they had. They couldn’t breathe easily. Then, they died.

17) Show that the robbers’ adventure wasn’t an easy one.
 It was not easy as they had to do it at night and get out before morning. They had to discover by themselves if there were any other rooms. They were attacked by the spiders and finally they died.

17) Show that the robbers used modern technology in their adventure.
 They used very modern radar called GBR and a small computer to see what was behind the wall.

18) What happened to the spiders in the boxes?
 The small spiders in the cars died because of the heat of the sun but the biggest spider survived.

19) How did the engineer save the pilot’s life?
 When the engineer suggested getting on the radio to the police, the pilot left the car and returned to the helicopter. His hands had been near the spiders which were read y to attack him before he moved away.

Read the following quotation and then answer the questions.

(1) " A team of six archaeologists found these two rooms last week”
a. Who said this? To whom?
These words were said by the oldest man to the tall man.
b. What did he speak about?
He spoke about the new archaeological site.
c. What did the archaeologists find?
They found some ancient Egyptian treasures.
d. What did the robbers intend to do?
They intended to rob it.


(2). “How did you get the information “.
a- Who said this? To whom?
These words were said by the tall man to the oldest man.
b-What about this information?
It is about the treasures the archaeologists had found a week before.
c- What was the answer to the question?
There were probably more rooms containing gold if they found them, they would be rich.


(3). “There are probably more rooms here. If they contain gold too, we’ll be rich “.
a- Who said this to whom?
These words were said by the oldest man to the tall man.
b- Why did the speaker expect to find gold in this place?
He expected to find gold there because the archaeologists had found gold in that site in one of the room a week before.
c- Did the find gold objects?
Yes, they did.

(4). "That's your job"
a. Who was the oldest man speaking to?
He was speaking to the small man who was carrying the GPR.
b. What was his job?
His job was to detect what was behind the walls.
c. Why did they want to do so?
They wanted to enter the rooms where there were gold and treasures.

(5)- "If there are more rooms here, this machine will find them in minutes"
a- Who said this? To whom?
These words were said by the small man to the tall man.
b- About what was he speaking ?
About the GPR.
c- What was this machine used for?
They used this machine to discover more rooms full of gold and treasures.


6 “It shows me what’s behind the wall
a- Who said this? To whom?
These words were said by the small man to the tall man.
b- How does this machine work?
The machine with, the small robber, transmitted radio waves through the wall.
When the waves hit something on the other side. The computer changed the radio waves into a picture.
c- Did the machine help them?
Yes, it helped them to discover more rooms.


7. “Look you can see the picture on the screen now you can see rock here and sand there. “
a- Who said this? To whom?
It was say the small man to the tall man.
b- What did the speaker explain?
The small man explained the function of the machine called GPR. He said that it showed what was behind the walls.
c- How was seeing the picture on the screen helpful to the speaker?
It was helpful to the speaker because he and his band of robbers could discover the untouched room full of treasures.


8."So why don‘t archaeologists use GPR?" a-Who said this? To whom?
These words were said by the tall man to the small man.
b-What does GPR stand for?
GPR stands for Ground penetrating Radar.
c-What was the answer to this question?
He answered that the archaeologists didn’t use GPR because it was expensive.

9. "It's like an underground city, a city of dead people."
a. Who said this? To whom?
These words were said by the small man to his fellow robbers.
b. Why was it described as a city of dead people?
Because they found a lot of mummies there.
c. Why was it like an underground city?
Because there were a lot of passages crossed each other like streets in towns.
d. Why did the four men go inside the city of dead?
They went inside the city of dead to rob the gold and the treasures.


10. “We haven‘t much time. We must find what we want and get out before morning “.
a- Who said this? To whom?
These words were said by the oldest man to his fellow men.
b- Where was the speaker?
The speaker was in the underground tombs of the ancient Egyptians.
c- What did the speaker want to find?
The speaker wanted to find the gold and treasures.
d- What did the speaker see in the underground passage?
In the underground passage, the speaker saw an underground city, and at the
end of the passage there were two gold doors.
e- What was the plan to get the treasures?
The plan was to get the gold and go back to their cars quickly.
f- Why was it necessary to finish their job quickly?
It was necessary to finish their job quickly because the place was full of spiders and the men got bitten by them.
g- Why do you think, they had to get out before morning?
They had to go out before morning because they didn’t want archaeologists to see or hear them.


11. " Get them off me."
a- Who said this? To whom?
These words were said by the big man to his fellow robbers.
b- What did “them “refer to?
“Them “referred to the spiders which bit the big man.
c- Why did the speaker say so?
He said so because the spiders attacked him.


12.” let’s get out of here! "
a- Who said this statement?
These words were said by the small man.
b- Why did the men want to leave the room?
The men wanted to leave the room because the spiders began to bite them.
c- What did they carry with them when they left?
They carried boxes containing gold and treasures.


13. “Get the gold and, let's go “.
a-Who said this? To whom?
These words were said by the oldest man to his fellow men.
b-Where did they take the treasures?
They took the treasures to their cars.
c-What happened to them as they carried the gold out of the tomb?
They were bitten by deadly spiders.


14) " There aren't any deadly spiders in Egypt. We might get sick but we wouldn't die."
a- By whom and to whom was it said?
These words were said by the oldest man to his fellowmen.
b- When did the speaker say this?
After the four men had been bitten by the spiders.
c- Why did the speaker say these words?
The speaker said so to calm his friends.
d- What were they afraid of?
They were afraid lest the spiders should be deadly and they would die.
e- Why was the speaker mistaken?
He was mistaken because he thought that there weren't any deadly spiders in Egypt.


15 " May be its unknown species of spiders."
a- Who said this? To whom?
These words were said by the small man to his fellow men.
b- How many spiders escaped with the four robbers?
Four spiders.
c- What did the speaker want to say?
He wanted to say that the spiders may be unknown species and they may be deadly spiders.


16. "They probably got lost and died of thirst."
a-Who said this? To whom?
These words were said by the pilot to the engineer.
b-Who were “they “?
The four robbers’ bodies'.
c-Do you think these words were true? Why?
I don’t think so. Because spiders killed them.


17. “We’d better get on the radio."
a. Why did the engineer say these words?
Because they found four dead men.
b. Where was the pilot when these words were suggested?
He was inside the car that contained the spiders.
c. What did the helicopter pilot do when he heard these words?
He left the car and went back the helicopter.

1- The four robbers switched off the lights and engines so that the archaeologists wouldn’t see or hear them.
2- The four robbers switched the car lights off because they didn't want to be seen by anybody. (دور ثان 2006)
3- Although the cars of the robbers had local number plates, they were not Egyptians.
4- The men had brought radar equipment with them, which could identify rooms under the ground.
5- GPR equipment uses a machine like a large camera, which transmits radio waves through the ground.
6- GPR equipment includes a computer, which changes radio waves into a picture of what is in the ground.
7- With the help of GPR, the robbers could find the room that contained the treasures.
8- Archaeologists do not use GPR very often because it’s expensive.
(دور ثان 2004)
9- The small man described the underground place as a city of dead people.
10- As soon as the oldest man walked through the doorway , a huge spider's web covered
his face, body as well as his mouth and he couldn't speak.
11- The four robbers were very excited when they saw lots of treasures in the room.
12- Before the small man could kill the spider, it bit him three times.
13- The men killed some of the spiders, but some escaped into their cars.
14- It was an unknown species of spider because nobody had seen it before.
15- The small spiders all died, but the biggest spider remained alive.
16- The robbers all died from the spiders' bites.
17- The four robbers died because spiders had bitten them.
18- The cars and the dead men were found by a helicopter pilot.
19- When the pilot saw the tall man’s body on the sand, he brought the helicopter down.
20- When the pilot, the engineer and the technician examined the four men, they found
that they were all dead.
21- When the engineer said ‘we’d better get on the radio', the pilot left the car and
returned to the helicopter.
22- But for the engineer’s words, the pilot could have been bitten and killed by the
spiders.
23- The pilot’s life was saved when he left the car and returned to the helicopter.
24- Nobody knew that the cars contained treasures and a deadly spider.

▼أسئلة الكتاب المدرسى
A-Answer the questions.
1- Why did the small man shout 'Let's get out of here!'?
• As the spiders attacked them.

2- Do you think these spiders are a known species? Say why or why not?
• I don’t think that as they weren't on the data base and they were deadly.

3- What equipment did the men use to see through walls?
• The GPR and a small computer.

4- Why were the men excited when they went through the gold doors?
• As they found gold masks, treasures and two mummies.

5- In the pilot's opinion, what killed the four robbers?
• He believed they got lost and died of thirst.

6- Did anyone in the town see the big spider in the car?
• No

7- Why did the four men switch off their lights and engines?
• In order not to be seen or heard.

8- How old were the things that were in the underground rooms?
• 3000 years old.

B- Read the following quotation and then answer the questions.

'We'd better gel on the radio.'
1 Who did the engineer think they should get on the radio to?من أراد المهندس أن يتصل بـ؟
The police
2 What did the helicopter pilot do when the engineer said these words?
He left the place and saved him self .
3 How did these words save the pilot's life?
As his hands were near the spider and it was about to attack him .

C- Complete the sentences:-

1- The men all died from the spiders' bites.
2- The cars and the dead men were found by the helicopter pilot.
3- Nobody knew that the cars contained treasures and deadly spiders.
4- The robbers all died from the spiders' bites.