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WhilereadingChapters1–41 Matchtheletters(a–e)withthenumbers

(1–5)tocompletethesentences. a Ra is ….. b Catherine Langford is ….. c Dr Ajami is ….. d Daniel Jackson is ….. e Dr Rauchenburg is ….. 1) a world-famous archaeologist. 2) a young archaeologist. 3) a boy who kills an animal. 4) Daniel’s old teacher. 5) an old woman who gives Daniel a job

with the Army.2 Matchthequestionswiththeanswers. a Where is the animal hiding? ….. b What are the boy’s eyes like? ….. c In 1928, what does Ed find near the

pyramid? ….. d What does Catherine find in Cairo in

1928? ….. e What does Catherine do with what she

finds? ….. f How big is the stone ring? ….. g Who is Anubis? ….. h How much time passes before Catherine

shows the photos to Daniel? ….. i Why do the archaeologists at the meeting

get angry with Daniel? ….. j What does Catherine put on Daniel’s desk?

….. k When was the stone ring first created? ….. l What are the unknown signs? ….. 1) A stone with Egyptian writing on it. 2) She puts it in her pocket. 3) Sixty years. 4) About five metres wide. 5) The god of the Dead. 6) Groups of stars. 7) An aeroplane ticket. 8) Ten thousand years ago. 9) A small udjat eye. 10) Because they disagree with his ideas. 11) In the grass. 12) They burn with a strange, cold fire.

3 Answerthesequestions. a Why does Daniel think it is impossible for the

stone ring to be so old? ……………………………………………… b How did the stone ring get to the United

States? ……………………………………………… c Who never makes mistakes? ………………………………………………

Chapters5–84 Tenthingsarewrongintheparagraphbelow.

Findthemandmakethemright. The StarGate is a metal ring that is softer than

anything on Earth. It is about five metres wide. The Americans are keeping it in a small house. There are signs around it, as well as five stones. There is also another stone, which has some signs on it. The signs refer to an ‘address’ in the ocean. When you move the stones on the StarGate to the wrong places for the address, ten lines of light shine into the middle of the ring, and a square of light grows until the stone ring is full of it. If you go into the light, you travel to the sun. At the other end is another StarGate, which is inside a pyramid.

5 Whathappensfirst?Whathappensnext?Writethenumbers,1−10.

a O’Neil makes a bomb in the StarGate room. c

b Kasuf ’s beautiful daughter offers Daniel some water. c

c Daniel, O’Neil, his men and the miners leave the valley with an old man in red clothes. c

d O’Neil and his men frighten the mastadge. c

e Daniel sees thousands of men, women and children mining white stone. c

f The men take some of their boxes outside the pyramid. c

g The miners go on their knees when they see Daniel. c

h Daniel meets a mastadge for the first time. c

i The mastadge puts its nose in Daniel’s pocket to look for chocolate. c

j Kasuf takes Daniel and the others to a city surrounded by walls. c

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6 Jointhesebeginningsandendsofsentencesusingbecauseorso.

a Daniel and the other men can’t get back to Earth yet …………… …..

b O’Neil and his men frighten the mastadge …………… …..

c O’Neil tells his men not to point their guns at the miners …………… …..

d Kasuf hopes that the strangers really are gods …………… …..

1) he doesn’t want to frighten them. 2) he doesn’t want them to get in trouble. 3) they can’t find a stone with Earth’s address

on it. 4) it runs away.7 Tickthethingthatyouthinkhappensnext. a The people tell Daniel that he is Ra,

and he stays on their world as their king. c b The man with the dog’s head goes to

Earth and makes humans his prisoners. c c The man with the dog’s head goes to

Earth and makes everyone happy. c

Chapters9–128 Choosetherightanswers,1or2. a Why do Kasuf and the heads of the city give

Sha’uri to Daniel as a wife? ….. 1) Because they think that Daniel is a god. 2) Because Daniel misses his real wife. b How does O’Neil find Daniel? ….. 1) He asks Kasuf for help. 2) He gets some help from a mastadge. c Who are Sha’uri’s people really? ….. 1) They are Egyptians. 2) They are Martians. d Why did Ra put an end to reading and

writing? ….. 1) Because he doesn’t want his people to

know anything. 2) Because he doesn’t know how to read and

write. e Where did the Egyptians hide the StarGate on

Earth? ….. 1) In a cave in the Rocky Mountains. 2) In the ground at Giza. f Who kills Daniel? ….. 1) Ra, the sun god. 2) Anubis, the dog-man.

g What does Skaara find in the box? ….. 1) Bombs. 2) Guns. h Why do the Horus aeroplanes bomb the

city? ….. 1) Because the miners stopped working. 2) Because Daniel and the others are hiding

there. i How is Ra going to make the bomb

stronger? ….. 1) He is going to make it bigger. 2) He is going to use a piece of his white

stone. j Why does Ra want Daniel to be alive

again? ….. 1) Because he likes Daniel. 2) Because he wants Daniel to kill the

soldiers.

Chapters13–169 Arethesesentencesright(3)orwrong(7)? a Sha’uri thinks that Daniel is alive. c b Anubis puts his weapon in O’Neil’s

hands. c c O’Neil shoots at Ra. c d O’Neil has kept the bomb a secret. c e Ra keeps all the white stone in his

star-ship. c f Ra, Anubis and the Horus guards really

are gods. c g When Ra loses his arm, it doesn’t hurt. c h Sha’uri’s people are happy that she,

Daniel and O’Neil are alive. c10 Discussthisquestionwithanotherstudent.

Whatdoyouthink? How do Daniel and O’Neil use the circle of light

against Ra, Anubis and the bomb?

Afterreading11 Workinpairs.Askeachotherquestionsabout

thestory. Did you enjoy the book? Why or why not? Did

you think that it was entertaining? Why or why not?

12 Workinpairs. Discuss Daniel’s future. What do you think he

will do after he returns to the earth? Why do you think this?

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Chapters1–41 Whosaysthesentencesa–l?

a ‘Khet!’ …………b ‘We’ve found something!’ …………c ‘It says a thousand years …’ …………d ‘Please welcome Daniel Jackson …’ …………e ‘The boy needs to see a doctor.’ …………f ‘Men made the first cars over a hundred years ago.’

…………g ‘An example of what? Please explain.’ …………h ‘Why did you bring up that stupid idea, Daniel?’

…………i ‘I’ve come to offer you a job, Daniel.’ …………j ‘Are you trying to be funny?’ ………… k ‘The stone is ten thousand years old.’ …………l ‘The Army’s scientists never make mistakes.’

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Chapters5–82 Underlinetherightwords.

a In Egyptian, the sign of the pyramid means ‘Earth’ / ‘Sun’.

b The StarGate is in a cave bigger than a football / soccer field.

c The white stone is harder than anything / something on Earth.

d O’Neil seems to be the only one who isn’t frightened / happy.

e Daniel and the others fly among millions / thousands of stars.

f Daniel sees five / three suns in the deep blue sky.g Near the pyramid, Daniel and the others stand on

top of a sand / snow hill.h Kawalsky calls Daniel a little rat / snake.i The key that O’Neil puts in his pocket is orange /

yellow.j Hundreds / Thousands of men, women and children

are mining white stone in the valley.k The beautiful woman offers Daniel some food /

water.l Daniel asks questions in Egyptian / English but the

man doesn’t understand.

Chapters9–123 Writetherightwordsinthesentences.

blue daughter Earth eat gun heart killlarger pyramid star-ship suns wifea The sand storm is over the ………… .b Feretti turns and sees something much …………

than him.c Daniel and the others ………… in the square with

the heads of the city.d Daniel is in love with Kasuf ’s ………… .e The heads of the city give Daniel a ………… .f The gods ………… anybody who tries to write.g Sha’uri makes the sign for ………… .h O’Neil wants to go back to the pyramid before the

………… come up.i O’Neil gives Daniel his ………… .j A strange ………… light starts to grow inside the

circle.k Daniel feels something hit his ………… .l Three aeroplanes fly out of the ………… carrying

bombs.

Chapters13–164 Whoarethepeopleinitalics?

a After dark, she went to the secret room and cried for hours. …………

b He wasn’t frightened of Ra now. …………c They watched two Horus guards push out O’Neil,

Kawalsky and Brown and knock them to their knees. …………

d He sat down in his golden chair and Anubis walked over to Daniel. …………

e The crowd was sure that the dog-god wanted to kill him. …………

f ‘Well, guess what? I found danger, a lot of it!’ …………

g ‘He told you this?’ …………h ‘As long as it’s working, he can always go there.’

…………i He put his arms round her. …………j Did he want to die more quickly? …………k ‘Tell her it brought us luck.’ …………l Quickly, without looking back, he walked into the

pool of light and was gone. …………