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The Spiders (2)

1-What did the police discover in the Land Cruisers?
They discovered treasures and gold.
2- Why was the police officer surprised?
Because he discovered treasures and gold.
3-Why did the officer go to his superior?
He went to him to report about the gold.
4-What did the spider do as the officer was going to his superior?
It ran across some open ground and then disappeared.
5-Why was the officer near death?
He was near death because the spider was near him.
6- How did the police officer escape death?
The spider was ready to attack when the officer went to report his superior.
7-What kind of place does a spider look for?
It looks for a place that is dark and safe.
8- To whom did the house next to the police station belong?
It belonged to the Hassan family.
9-Who was Ayman?
He was the eldest son of the Hassan family.
10-Why was Ayman glad to have his own room?
He was glad to have his own room to practise his hobby.
11-What was Ayman’s favourite hobby? (2004)
His favourite hobby was the internet.
12-What did Ayman use the internet for? How did he make use of it in his life? (2004)
He used it for his university studies and for making friends.
13-How did the conversations look like on a computer screen?
They looked like dialogues in a book.
14-What would be a big problem for Ayman?
Finding a good job after his university studies.
15-How was Najat in danger of being attacked by the spider?
The spider moved to attack her but she moved her foot away.
16-Where did the spider go after Najat had moved away?
It climbed out of the window and down to the garden.
17-Why did the spider stop?
It stopped because it came to a corner of a walled garden.
18-Why was Ayman surprised when he saw the spider?
He was surprised at the spider’s speed and size.
19-What shows that Ayman was not afraid of the spider?
He went very close to it and didn’t look frightened.
20-Discribe the spider Ayman had seen?
It was black with two yellow lines on its back. It was as big as a small apple.
21-What did Ayman see when the spider opened its mouth?
He saw two long fangs.
22-Where did the spider disappear?
It ran up the wall and disappeared into the garden of the next house.
23-Why did Ayman phone the student of zoology?
He phoned him to look up the spider in his books.
24-What did Ayman find on the Word Wide Web?
He found information about different species of spiders.
25-What was the old Egyptian text about?
It was about a town in ancient Egypt where many people were killed by black and yellow spiders.
26-Who translated that text into English?
Dr Shereen Fakhry.
27- Who was Dr Shereen Fakhry?
She was an Egyptologist at OxfordUniversity. She translated the ancient text into English.
28-Why did the people burn down the town?
They burnt down the town to kill the deadly spiders.
29-Where did the spiders escape from the fire?
They escaped into underground tombs.
30-Why did Ayman write an e-mail to Dr Shereen Fakhry?
He wrote an e-mail to ask her to find out if there was a picture of the spider with the text.
31-Where did the spider that Ayman saw hide?
It hid in a safe place in the empty house next to Ayman's.
29-What did the spider do that night?
It laid two thousand eggs.
32-What did the spider do with the eggs it laid?
It enclosed them in four sacs of white silk.
33- How did the internet play an important part in the fight against the spiders?
It helped Ayman to communicate with Dr Shereen who helped him to identify the spider. It helped to get information about the medical plant.
1- Ayman used the internet for making friends and for his university studies. (2002)
2-The World Wide Web is like a great library. The information in this library moves between thousands of computers around the world. (2001)
3- Although people in ancient Egypt burnt the town down to kill all the spiders, many spiders found their way into underground tombs and passages. (2004)
4- The spider would have bitten Najat unless her foot had moved away.
5- When the spider laid 2.000 eggs, it enclosed them in four sacs of white silk and began its long wait.
6- The spider left Hassan's house as it was full of light and noise.
7- The most suitable place for a spider to live in is a cool, dark and safe place where nobody could disturb it.
8- The old Egyptian text was about an ancient town which disappeared because its people burned it down.
9- Ayman and his internet friends had conversation almost every day through their computers.
10- The student of Zoology told Ayman that there were no big black spiders with two yellow lines in the book.
11- The old Egyptian text was translated by Dr Shereen Fakhry.
12- Ayman wrote an e-mail to Dr Fakhry to ask her if there was a picture of the spider and if the story was real.
13- Ayman was going to the shops when he saw the big spider in the garden.
14- Ayman's favourite hobby was the internet.
15- But for Najat's mother's call, Najat would have been bitten.
16- On seeing the spider, Ayman was surprised at its size and speed.
17- Unlike many people, when Ayman saw the spider, he was more interested than afraid.
18-The ancient people tried to get rid of the spiders by burning the town down.
19- The disappearance of the ancient Egyptian towns was because the climate became drier.
20- The spider Ayman saw was as big as a small apple and it was black with two yellow lines on its back.
1- 'It's a big problem for me'
a) Who was the speaker?
b) Which problem was he talking about?
c) Is it a local or international problem?
a) Ayman.
b) Finding a job.
c) It is an international problem.
2-'I'm going to use the web to find a spider'.
a) Who was the speaker?
b) What did the speaker mean by these words?
c) Why do spiders use webs?
a) Ayman.
b) He meant that he was going to use the internet to get information about the spider he had seen.
c) Spiders use webs to catch flies.
3- 'The townspeople gave up hope and left the town'
a) Who mentioned this?
b) What did the townspeople do before giving up hope?
c) Why did the give hope at last?
a) Dr Shereen Fakhry mentioned that in her translation text.
b) They burned the town down.
c) Because they couldn't kill all the spiders.
4- 'They hoped to kill all the spiders and rebuild the town'
a) How did the people try to kill all the spiders?
b) Why did they decide to kill all the spiders?
c) To what extent were the people successful?
a) They burned the town down.
b) Because the spiders were deadly and many people were killed by them.
c) They weren't successful as they spiders found their way in underground tombs. The people gave up hope and left the town.
5- 'Right. I think you have to be flexible'
a) Who said this statement and to whom?
b) What did the speaker mean by being flexible?
c) Why should the addressed person be flexible?
a) Jill to Ali.
He meant to accept any job.
c) Because any job is better than no job.
6-' I've just seen a black and yellow spider which I can't identify.'
a) Who said this? To whom?
b) Where did he see the spider?
c) How did the speaker know about the address?
a) Ayman to Dr Shereen Fakhry.
b) He saw the spider in his house.
c) He knew Dr Shereen over the internet when he read her translation text.
7-' I've just seen a black and yellow spider which I can't identify.'(2005)
a) Who said this? To whom?
b) What did the writer do to get information about the spiders?
c) Did the writer succeed in finding out that information?
a) Ayman to Dr Shereen Fakhry.
b) He phoned his friend who studied zoology then he used the internet.
c) No, he didn't.
8- 'Many ancient towns and villages died about 2,000 years ago.'
a) Who said this? To whom?
b) Why did these towns and villages disappear?
c) What's the speaker's opinion about the town and the spiders?
a) Dr Shereen said to Ayman in her e-mail.
b) Because the climate became drier.
c) She thinks that the town is real but the story of spiders may be just a story.
9- 'The story of spiders may be just a story'
a) Does Dr Fakhry think the story of spiders is just a story or does she think it is true?
b) Do you think Ayman is pleased or disappointed when he heard this?
c) If the story is not just a story, what might Ayman think?
a) She thinks it is just a story.
b) Ayman is disappointed.
c) Ayman might think that the spiders in the story are the same species of spiders he saw.
10- 'Is there a picture with the text?
a) Who asked this question? To whom?
b) Why did the speaker ask for a picture?
c) What was the addressed person's opinion of the story of the spiders?
a) Ayman to Dr Shereen.
b) To see if the spider in the text is the same one he had seen.
c) She thinks the story of the spiders is just a story.
11-'I think the town was a real town but nobody knows exactly where it was.
a) Who said this? To whom?
b) What did the ancient people do with that town?
c) Why did the do that?
a) Dr Shereen to Ayman
b) They burned the town down.
c) They wanted to get rid of the spiders.
12-'Spiders use webs to catch flies, but I'm going to use the web to find a spider'. (2002)
a) Who said this? To whom?
b) What are the tow kinds of webs according to the speaker's point of view?
c) How did the internet help in the fight against the spiders?
a) Ayman to himself.
b) The web of the spiders and the World Wide Web.
c) It helped Ayman to communicate with Dr Shereen who helped him to identify the spider. It helped to get information about the medical plant.

Prepared by: MR Mohamed Abdullah Abdel-Aziz

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