The Curse of the Mummy
木乃伊的诅咒
p. 2
BEFORE READING
1 1 d 2 a 3 b 4 c
2 Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the
answers now. They will find out as they read that the
answers are:
a2 b3 c4 d1
pp. 8–9
READING CHECK
b T
c T
d F (Tutankhamun died when he was very young.)
e F (Some French artists came to visit on September
12th 1922.)
f T
g F (Tariq doesn’t like Mr Ayrton. / Tariq likes Anne.)
WORD WORK
1 b 4 c 9 d 8 e 2 f 5 g 6 h 1 i 7
2 b bird e treasure
c dig f tomb
d artist g sand
GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the
answers now. They will find out as they read that the
answers are:
a, c, e and f.
pp. 14–15
READING CHECK
b Mr Carter e Mr Carter
c Mr Carter f Lord Carnarvon
d Karim g Tariq
WORD WORK
1 b broken d snake
c cover e spirit
2 b steps d hope
c seals e walls
GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the
answers now. They will find out as they read that the
answers are:
a + h Tariq thinks he sees Anne one night.
b + g Carter’s men find a second door to the tomb.
c + l Carter, Carnarvon and Tariq look at the things
through a hole in the door.
d + j Carter, Carnarvon, Evelyn and Tariq go into the
tomb with lights one night.
e + i Evelyn and Tariq are afraid of the spirit of
Tutankhamun.
f + k Carter and Carnarvon leave the tomb last of all.
pp. 20–21
READING CHECK
b The seals on the tomb door are not all broken.
c Tariq can see golden animals through the tomb door.
d Carter, Carnarvon, Tariq and Evelyn go into the
tomb at 2 a.m.
e There is a door in the tomb between two black
statues of Tutankhamun.
f Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter go through this
door.
g Tariq and Evelyn leave the tomb because they are
afraid.
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Answer key  答案
WORD WORK
1 b woke up e tents
c drawing f dream
d outside
2 a light d hole
b camp e golden
c statue f star
3 The answer to question ‘g’ is ‘Hathor’.
GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the
answers now. They will find out as they read that the
answers are:
1a 2c 3a 4a
pp. 26–27
READING CHECK
Many important people come to see the opening of
Tutankhamun’s tomb. Mr Carter is going to photograph
and write about all the things in the tomb before
sending them to the museum in Cairo. Carter and his
men find pens, games, shirts and a beautiful golden
chair in the first room of the tomb. After seven weeks of
hard work there are no more things in it. Then Carter
and his men can go through into the second room. This
room has pictures of King Tutankhamun and his wife,
Ankhesenamun, on its walls. After work Tariq sleeps,
and he has a dream about being King Tutankhamun. He
sees Ankhesenamun in his sleep. She has the face of
the French artist, Anne.
WORD WORK
b Ancient g poison
c god h shrine
d palaces i burial
e Queen j around
f lie k side
GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the
answers now. They will find out as they read that the
answers are:
a No b Yes c No d Yes e No f Yes
pp. 32–33
READING CHECK
1 b T
c F (Tariq is sorry when Lord Carnarvon dies.)
d T
e F (Tariq doesn’t feel happy about opening the
mummy.)
f F (Tariq’s father writes to him.)
g F (Tariq goes to work in Cairo.)
2 b T c LC d HC e HC f T g HC
WORD WORK
b bite e sure
c dangerous f coffin, sarcophagus
d curse g inside
GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the
answers now. They will find out as they read that the
answers are:
a 2 b 1 c 3 d 1 (or 3)
pp. 40–41
READING CHECK
b 1 c 5 d 2 e 6 f 8 g 3 h 10 i 7 j 9
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Answer key  答案
WORD WORK f Can they open the door? Yes, they can.
b key e food
c film star f wine 5 Tariq’s dream
d bacteria b (1) At first, Tariq saw Anne in the desert.
GUESS WHAT d (2) Then, he saw something in the sand.
Open answers a (3) Later, a mummy came out of the sand and took
Anne.
pp. 42–46 c (4) In the end, Tariq woke up from his dream.
PROJECT 拓展训练 Finding the tomb
Annie’s Diary d (1) At first, they moved all the stones.
1 a It’s golden, hot and wonderful. a (2) Then, Howard Carter looked at the seals on the
b She feels sad because they’re/she’s there for only door.
two weeks. c (3) Later, Howard Carter made a hole in the door
c She wants to go back and stay there for longer. and looked into the tomb.
d She went to the Valley of the Kings. b (4) In the end, Tariq went into the tomb with
e She is drawing lots of pictures. Howard Carter.
f She met a young Egyptian man in the Valley.
g He helped her to find her Egyptian bracelet when it Going into the tomb
fell into the sand. c (1) At first, they made a hole in the door.
h She thinks it was nice of him to help her, but she d (2) Then, they went into the tomb and looked at the
doesn’t think Mr Ayrton was very happy about it. treasures.
i She must be careful. b (3) Later, Tariq and Evelyn waited outside.
2 France is cold, dark and strange. I’m not very happy a (4) In the end, they closed the hole and left the
because it’s wintertime here. I want to go back to Egypt! tomb.
I’m not drawing much these days. This morning, I went 6 b chair countable
to the Art School. I met Mr Ayrton in his office, but he c food uncountable
didn’t speak to me. I think it was crazy of me to like d game countable
him. I must leave Paris soon. e gold uncountable
3 Open answers. f jewel countable
g money uncountable
A box of your things h museum countable
4 1  d basket of fruit 3  a board game 5  f child’s throne i noise countable
2  c wine jar 4  e ear-rings 6  b head-rest j poison uncountable
5 1  f mobile phone 3  b Game Boy 5  c hamburger k statue countable
2  d can 4  a baseball cap 6  e skateboard l sand uncountable
6 Open answers m thief countable
7 Open answers n tomb countable
o treasure uncountable
pp. 47–53 p wine uncountable
GRAMMAR CHECK 语法充电
1 b works 7 b any
c writes c some
d take d a
e gives e a lot of
f dig f many
g doesn’t want g some
h doesn’t like h some
2 b Tariq always feels cold at night. 8 Regular verbs: dreaming, marrying, saying, working
c They usually stop for lunch at midday. Verbs ending in consonant + -e: hoping, making, waking
d Visitors often come to the Valley of the Kings but Verbs ending in consonant + vowel + consonant: digging,
they don’t usually stay there. putting, sitting
e Tariq never goes to the cinema. Verbs ending in -ie: dying
f Tariq doesn’t often meet beautiful girls. 9 b are saying
3 b can’t c isn’t listening
c can’t d is looking
d must e are visiting
e can’t f is helping
f must g are looking
g can h is drawing
i isn’t feeling
4 b Can Karim speak English? No, he can’t. j feeling
c Can Howard Carter understand old Egyptian seals?
Yes, he can. 10 b working
d Can Tariq tell his diary everything? Yes, he can. c meeting
e Can Lord Carnarvon come to Egypt quickly? No, he d talking
can’t. e living

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f feeling
g putting, sending
11 b When did Howard Carter finish working in the
Valley of the Kings?
c Why did Anne stop meeting Mr Ayrton?
d Who does Tariq like talking to?
e Where does Anne love living?
12 b How old was Tutankhamun when he died?
Eighteen.
Answer key  答案
c What did Karim find in the sand? A step.
d Who did they wait for to open the tomb? Lord
Carnarvon.
e Where did they send the treasures from the tomb?
To the museum.
f What was in the burial room? A golden shrine.
g How did Lord Carnarvon die? From a mosquito
bite.
h Did Anne remember Tariq when she met him
again? Yes, she did.

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