The spiders :Ch:1

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The spiders
First term
Chapter:1
Answer the following questions :
1- Why were the men excited when they went through the gold doors ?
 Because there were lots of treasures in the room.
2- Why did the small man shout " let's get out of here ?
 Because the spiders were biting them.
3- In the pilot's opinion, what killed the four robbers ?
 They got lost and died of thirst.
4- Why did the small spiders in the car die ?
 Because of the heat of the sun.
5- What made the oldest man believe that the spiders were not deadly ?
 Because there weren't any deadly spiders in modern Egypt.
6- What did the robbers find in the underground rooms ?
 They found mummies, gold and treasures.
7- What was the oldest man plan to get the treasures?
 To find what they want and get out before morning.
8-Why did the four robbers switch off their lights and engines ?
 They didn't want the archaeologists to see or hear them.
9-What equipment did the men use to see through the walls ?
 They used the ground penetrating radar (GPR).
C) Read the following quotations .
1- " It transmits radio waves through the wall . when the waves hit some thing on the other side they come back to it "
a- Who said these words ? to whom ?
 The small man to the tall man.
b-What was the speaker talking about?
 The ground penetrating radar (GPR)
c-Where were they then ?
 They were in the tomb underground.
2- " A team of six archaeologists found these two rooms last week . "
a- What did the speaker see in the first room?
 Five mummies.
b- Why was the second room empty ?
 As the gold objects were sent to the museum in Cairo.
c-How was the room found ?
 A team of six archaeologists found it.
3- " We'd better get on the radio"
a-Who did the engineer think they should get on the radio to ? - The police.
b-What did the helicopter pilot do when the engineer said these words ?
 He went back to the helicopter and reported the police.
c- How did these words save the pilot's life ?
 The spiders were ready to bite his hand when he went to the helicopter.
D) Complete the following sentences :-
1- The police drove the two land cruisers to the police station.
2- Although the robbers car's had local number plates, they weren't Egyptians
3- The pilot thought that the men died when they had run out of water.
4- A computer changes radio waves into pictures.
5-The cars and the dead men were found by the pilot of the helicopter.
6-Nobody Knew that the cars contained treasures and deadly spiders.