高三英語(yǔ)重點(diǎn)詞匯復(fù)習(xí)
(五)短文填空 howard carter, a famous brave and (1) explorer, discovered many amazing things during his lifetime. his (2) about the world led him to explore egypt, where he found several important tombs, with the (3) bodies of dead kings known as mummies. in 1922, sponsored（贊助） by lord carnarvon, a british man interested in egypt, he made his most amazing (4) of all—the tomb of king tutankhamun. by (5) the tomb of everything it contained, carter and his team became rich and famous right away. however, (6) seven years after the discovery, 21 people related to the opening of the tomb died (7) one after another except howard carter. people are puzzled about the causes of so many deaths. some think it was just coincidence. others believe the deaths resulted from the mummy’s (8) _ , which punishes those disturbing the resting dead. however, a (9)_ explanation says those people died as a result of breathing in some viruses. today, the mystery of tutankhamun’s tomb still remains (10) . 參考答案(keys):(一) 1-5 acdad 6-10 cbbaa(二) 1. breathed 2. express 3. disturbing 4. bravery 5. organized 6. coincidence 7. preserved/ protected 8. survival 9. secretaries 10. examined (三) a: 1. shortly after 2. right away 3. set sail for 4. a great deal of 5. paid off 6. as well as b: 1. make a contribution to / make contributions to 2. look up to 3. not… but… 4. live on 5.had nothing to do with 6. lived his dream (四) 1. present 2. fresh 3. finally/eventually 4.ancient 5. childhood 6. candidates/ applicants 7. quality 8. successful 9. contact 10. qualified (五) (1) adventurous (2) curiosity (3) preserved (4) discovery (5) emptying (6) within (7) strangely (8) curse (9) scientific (10) unexplained/unsolved