ENGLISH Choose From The Given Options. {Unit} [Second Exam] [2 Marks]

An angry wind stirred up ghostly dust devils as King Ttit was taken from his resting place in the ancient Egyptian cemetery known as the ‘Valley of the Kings’. Dark-bellied clouds had scudded across the desert sky all day and now were veiling the stars in casket grey. It was 6 p.m. on 5 January, 2005. The world’s most famous mummy glided head first into a CT scanner brought here to probe the lingering medical mysteries of this little understood young ruler who died more than 3300 years ago.

All afternoon the usual line of tourists from around the world had descended into the cramped, rock-cut tomb some 26 feet underground to pay their respects. They gazed at the murals on the walls of the burial chamber and peered at Tut’s gilded face, the most striking feature of his mummy-shaped outer coffin lid. Some visitors read from guidebooks in a whisper. Others stood silently, perhaps pondering Tut’s untimely death in his late teens, or wondering with a shiver if the Pharaoh’s curse – death or misfortune falling upon those who disturbed him-was really true.

Questions:
Q.1. ‘Valley of the Kings’ is ……………..
A. a palace. B. a cemetery.
C. a rest-house. D. a gaming zone.

Q.2. What happened at 6 p.m. on January 5, 2005 ?
A. Dark-bellied clouds brought heavy rain.
B. Kind Tut died.
C. Tutankhamun’s dead body was brought for CT scanning.
D. Some medical mysteries solved.

“The mummy is in very bad condition because of what Carter did in the 1920s,” said Zahi Hawass, Secretary. General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, as he leaned over the body for a long first look. Carter – Howard Carter, that is-was the British archaeologist who in 1922 discovered Tut’s tomb after years of futile searching. Its contents, though hastily ransacked in antiquity, were surprisingly complete.

They remain the richest royal collection ever found and have become part of the Pharaoh’s legend. Stunning artefacts in gold, their eternal brilliance meant to guarantee resurrection, caused a sensation at the time of the discovery – and still get the most attention. But Tut was also buried with everyday things he’d want in the afterlife : board games, a bronze razor, linen undergarments, cases of food and wine.

Questions:
Q.1. The mummy was in very bad condition as………………
A. it had started decaying.
B. Howard Carter had treated it very badly.
C. it was greatly damaged at the time of its burial.
D. None of these three

Q.2. Howard Carter was ………………..
A. a Pharaoh.
B. secretary General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities.
C. a British archaeologist.
D. a historian.

After Akhenaten’s death, a mysterious ruler named Smenkhkare appeared briefly and exited with hardly a trace. And then a very young Tutankhaten took the throne – King Tut as he’s widely known today. The boy king soon changed his name to Tutankhamun, ‘living image of Amun’, and oversaw a restoration of the old ways. He reigned for about nine years-and then died unexpectedly.

Regardless of his fame and the speculations about his fate, Tut is one mummy among many in Egypt. How many? No one knows. The Egyptian Mummy Project, which began an inventory in late 2003, has recorded almost 600 so far and is still counting. The next phase: scanning the mummies with a portable CT machine donated by the National Geographic Society and Siemens, its manufacturer. King Tut is one of the first mummies to be scanned – in death, as in life, moving regally ahead of his countrymen.

Questions:
Q.1. Who presided Tutankhamun as a Pharaoh ?
A. Akhenaten B. Akhetan
C. Smenkhkare D. Amun

Q.2. What did the boy king Tutankhaten do ?
A. He changed his name to Tutankhamun.
B. He superintended a restoration of the old ways.
C. He dethroned the previous king.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

A CT machine scanned the mummy head to toe, creating 1700 digital X-ray images in cross section. Tut’s head, scanned in 0.62 millimetre slices to register its intricate structures, takes on eerie detail in the resulting image. With Tut’s entire body similarly recorded, a team of specialists in radiology, forensics and anatomy began to probe the .secrets that the winged goddesses of a gilded burial shrine protected for so long.

The night of the scan, workmen carried Tut from the tomb in his box. Like pallbearers they climbed a ramp and a flight of stairs into the swirling sand outside, then rose on a hydraulic lift into the trailer that held the scanner. TWenty minutes later two men emerged, sprinted for an’ office nearby, and returned with a pair of white plastic fans. The million-dollar scanner had quit because of sand in a cooler fan. “Curse of the Pharaoh,” joked a guard nervously.

Questions:
Q.1. How was Tut’s mummy scanned ?
A. In cross section.
B. Partially.
C. Ignoring certain vital things.
D. Secretiy.

Q.2. Who, according to the writer, must have protected the secrets of Tut’s mummy?
A. Radiologists B. Winged goddesses
C. Anatomists D. Forensic experts