Unit 3 Amazing people
Period One Welcome to the unit & Reading(Ⅰ)
基础落实
Ⅰ.课文理解
1． What do we know about Howard Carter?
A．He learned to draw at school as a child.
B．His father wanted him to be an artist.
C．He began to explore the tombs of Egyptian kings in the 1920s.
D．He began to search for mummies in 1891.
2． Why did Howard Carter call the discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamun the most ever important one?
A．Because Tutankhamun was an important king in Egyptian history.
B．Because it took him great work to find the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
C．Because it was found near the city Luxor instead of in the Valley of the Kings.
D．Because it had the most treasure besides the mummy of the king.
3． Which of the following deaths was said to have nothing to do with the curse of the mummy?
A．Carter’s death.
B．Carter’s lucky pet bird’s death.
