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A) Questions & answers
1- Why did the four robbers switch off ‫ أطفأوا‬the car lights and engines?
- Because they didn't want the archaeologists to see or hear them.
2- What did the robbers see on the walls of the underground passage?
-They saw paintings of ancient Egyptian gods ‫ آلهة‬and writing from 3,000
years ago.
3- What was found in the two underground rooms?
- The first room contained 5 ancient Egyptian mummies ‫موميات‬. The second
room was empty because the gold objects ‫ أشياء‬were sent to the museum in
Cairo.
4- Why did the four robbers break into ‫ يقتحم‬the underground tomb?
- To steal the gold and treasures.
5- What equipment ‫ معدات‬did the robbers use to see through walls?
- They used Ground Penetrating Radar ‫ جهاز رادار يخترق الرض‬and a computer.
6- What was the oldest man’s plan to get the treasures?
- It was to use GPR to see through the walls.
7- Why don’t archaeologists use GPR very often?
- Because it is expensive.
8- Why did the four robbers bring radar equipment ‫ معدات‬with them?
- To discover more rooms to get the gold and other treasures. ‫كنوز‬
9- What is Ground Penetrating Radar? How exactly does it work?
- It is a kind of radar. It transmits ‫ ترسل‬radio waves ‫ موجات لسلكية‬through the
wall. When the waves hit ‫ تصطدم بـ‬something on the other side, they come
back to it. The computer changes the radio waves into a picture.
10- What did the robbers see when they entered the big passage?
-They saw enormous spiders’ webs ‫ أنسجة عناكب ضخمة‬hanging ‫ تتدلى‬from the
ceiling.
11- How did the small man describe ‫ وصف‬the big passage?
- He described it as an underground city, a city of dead people.
12- Why did the robbers have to find what they wanted and get out
before morning?
- Because they didn’t want anybody to see them.
13- What happened as soon as the oldest robber walked through the
entrance ‫ مدخل‬of the hidden room?
- A huge spider's web ‫ نسيج عنكبوت‬covered ‫ غطى‬his face, his body and his
mouth and he couldn't speak.
14-Why were the robbers excited when they went through the gold
doors?
- Because they found lots of treasures ‫ الكنوز‬in the room.
15- Why did the big man shout, “Get them off me! ‫?”أبعدوهم عنى‬
- Because the spiders ‫ العناكب‬were biting him. ‫تلدغهم‬
16- What did the tall man do when the spiders bit ‫ لدغت‬the big man?
- He took off ‫ خلع‬his jacket and hit ‫ ضرب‬the spiders with it.
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17- Why did the small man shout ‫‘ صاح‬Let’s get out of here!’?
- Because spiders were biting them ‫تلدغهم‬.
18- Why did the oldest man believe the spiders were not deadly ‫?قاتلة‬
Or: Why didn't the oldest man worry about ‫ يقلق على‬the spiders'
bites?
- Because he thought there aren’t any deadly spiders in modern Egypt.
19- Do you think the black and yellow spiders are a known ‫معروف‬
species? Say why or why not?
- No, because they have been underground for thousands of years and
nobody knows about them.
20- What did the four robbers die from?
- They died from the spiders’ bites. ‫لدغات العناكب‬
21- Why did the robbers fail to steal the gold, although they used
modern technology?
- Because they were bitten ‫ لدغوا‬by the spiders found in the room.
22- Where was the helicopter going? Why?
- It was going to a transmitter ‫ جهاز إرسال‬in the desert to repair ‫ يصلح‬it.
23- What did the pilot do when he saw the tall man’s body on the sand?
- He brought the helicopter down. ‫هبط بالطائرة‬
24- In the pilot’s opinion ‫رأى‬, what killed the four robbers?
- The pilot thought that they got lost ‫ تاهوا‬and died of thirst.
25- How did the engineer save the pilot’s life?
- When the engineer asked the pilot to radio ‫ يتصل لسلكيا‬the police, he left
the car and went back to the plane. The pilot’s hands had been near the
spiders before he moved away to the plane. The spiders could have bitten
‫ تلدغ‬and killed him.
26- How did the police know about the dead men in the land cruisers?
-The helicopter pilot radioed them and informed them ‫ أخبرهم‬about the Land
Cruisers.
27- What happened to the small spiders in the car? Why?
- They died because of the heat of the sun. ‫حرارة الشمس‬
28-Why could the police officer not believe his eyes?
- He was very surprised ‫ اندهش‬when he saw the gold and treasures in the
boxes.
29- Where do spiders usually live?
- They usually live in tombs, under the ground, in safe ‫آمنة‬, quiet, dark, wet ‫رطبة‬
places.
30- What was Ayman’s favourite hobby? ‫هواية محببة‬

- It was the internet.
31- What did Ayman use the internet for?
- He used it for his studies ‫ دراساته‬and for making friends ‫ تكوين صداقات‬in other
countries.
32-What was Ayman’s main hobby? How did he make use of it in his
life?
- It was the internet. He used it for his university studies and for making friends
in other countries.
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33- Why couldn’t the spider attack ‫ يهاجم‬Najat?
- Because she moved away ‫ تحركت بعيدا‬when her mother called her. ‫نادت عليها‬
34- How was Nagat saved ‫ أنقذت‬from the spider’s attack ‫?هجوم‬
- Because her foot moved away ‫ تحركت بعيدا‬when her mother called her.
35- Where and when did Ayman first see the spider?
-He first saw it in the garden of his house when he was going shopping.
36- Why was Ayman surprised ‫ اندهش‬when he saw the spider?

- Because it was very big and fast. It was as big as an apple.
37-Show that Ayman wasn’t afraid of the spider he had seen in the
garden.
- He was more interested than afraid. He went closer to the spider ‫و اقترب من‬
‫العنكبوت‬.
38- Describe ‫ صف‬the spider Ayman saw in the garden of his house.
-It was black with 2 yellow lines ‫ خطين‬on its back ‫ظهره‬. It was as big as a small
apple. It had 8 eyes and 8 legs. It had 2 long fangs ‫نابين‬, each about a
centimetre long.
39- Why did the spider leave Ayman’s house?
-Because it was full of ‫ مملوء بـ‬light ‫ نور‬and noise ‫ضوضاء‬.
40- Why did Ayman phone a student of zoology ‫?علم الحيوان‬
- To look up ‫ يبحث عن‬the spider in a book called “Spiders of North Africa”.
41- How did Ayman get information about the spider he had seen?
- He phoned ‫ اتصل بـ‬a friend who was a student of zoology ‫علم الحيوان‬, and
used the internet to get information about the spider.
42- What do spiders use webs ‫ الشباك‬for?

- They use webs for catching ‫ صيد‬flies ‫ الذباب‬and other insects ‫حشرات‬.
43- What is the World Wide Web like?
-The World Wide Web is like a great library. The information in this library
moves between ‫ بين‬thousands of computers around the world.
44-What was the ancient Egyptian text ‫نص‬ translated by Dr Fakhry

about?
- It was about the story of some spiders that killed hundreds of people in
ancient times.
45- How did the people in the ancient Egyptian town fight the black
and yellow spiders?
- They burned ‫ حرقوا‬the town down hoping ‫ على أمل‬to kill all the spiders and
then rebuild ‫ يعيدوا بناء‬the town.
46-Explain why the townspeople in ancient Egypt gave up hope and left
the town?
- Because they failed to destroy all the spiders which found their way into
underground tombs and passages in spite of ‫بالرغم من‬burning down the
town.
47- According to ‫ حسب‬the story, how did the ancient town disappear?
- The people burned the town down, hoping to kill all the spiders.
48-In Dr Fakhry’s opinion ‫رأى‬, what is another possible reason for the
disappearance of the town?
-The climate became drier, so the town perhaps disappeared under desert
sand.
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49- Where did the spider find a suitable ‫ مناسب‬home?
-It found it in a secret ‫ سرى‬place that is dark, quiet and safe, a place where
nobody came to disturb ‫ يزعج‬it, and it was a place with plenty of ‫مزيد من‬
food.
50- Why was the spider looking for a quiet and dark home?
- To lay its eggs.
51-What did the spider do when it laid its eggs?

- It enclosed ‫ غلف‬them in four white silk sacs ‫ أكياس حرير‬and then began its
long wait.
52- What was the spider’s ’long wait’, do you think?

-It was waiting for the eggs to become young spiders.
60- Where did Dr Shereen Fakhry work?
- She worked at the department of Egyptology ‫ قسم علم المصريات‬at Oxford
University.
61-What did the Egyptian archaeologist send ‫ يرسل‬to Dr Shereen
Fakhry?
- He sent her a very old picture of a black and yellow spider that was found in
a tomb near Bawiti.
62- What did Dr Shereen Fakhry remember ‫ تتذكر‬while waiting for the
picture to appear ‫ تظهر‬on the computer screen ‫?الشاشة‬
- She remembered Ayman’s description ‫ وصف‬of the large spider he had
seen.
63-Why did Dr Shereen Fakhry feel ‘a cold shiver ‫ رعشة‬down the back of
her neck’ ‫?رقبة‬
- Because the spider in the picture was like the spider Ayman had described.
64-What did Ayman think of the old picture of the black and yellow
spider?
- He thought that it was the same as the spider he had seen.
65-According to Dr Shereen Fakhry, how did the spider come to
Hamdayya?
- She thought that the spider came to Hamdayya from a tomb ‫ مقبرة‬near
Bawiti.
66-According to Ayman, how did the spider come to Hamdayya?
- He thought that the spider came to Hamdayya with the boxes brought from
the archaeological site ‫ موقع أثرى‬to the police station.
67- Why did Ayman think that the killer spiders in ancient Egypt were
not the same as ‫ مثل‬the spider he had seen?
-Because there aren’t any deadly spiders in modern Egypt.
68-Why did Dr Shereen think Ayman should tell the police about the
spider he had seen?
- Because she thought that the spider might be dangerous ‫خطير‬.
69-Why didn’t Ayman want to tell the police about the spider he had
seen?
- Because he thought that everyone would laugh at him ‫يسخر منه‬.
70-Why did Dr Shereen ask Ayman to photograph the spider if he saw it
again?
- Because she wanted to identify it.
71-What was the 2,000-year-old text ‫ نص‬translated ‫ ترجم‬by the German
Egyptologist ‫ أستاذ علم المصريات‬about?
- It was about an ancient Egyptian medicine made from the root ‫ جذر‬of the
echinacea negra plant ‫ نبات الحبة السوداء‬for the bite of the deadly ‫قاتل‬
black and yellow spider.
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72-What was the root ‫ جذر‬of echinacea negra used for?
-It was used for treating ‫ علج‬the bite of the deadly black and yellow spider.
73-Why did Dr Fakhry think that the spiders in the German
Egyptologist’s text were real?
- Because they were in a medical text ‫نص طبى‬.
74- How did the internet play an important part ‫ لعب دورا هاما‬in the fight
against the spiders?
a) It helped Ayman to communicate with ‫ يتصل بـ‬Dr Shereen who helped him
to identify ‫ يحدد نوع‬the female spider.
b) It also helped him get information about the medical plant ‫نبــات طــبى‬
“echinacea negra ‫ ”الحبة السوداء‬that saved Ayman’s life.
75-Who was Susan Bennett?
- She was a zoologist at Oxford University.
76-Why did Dr Shereen Fakhry visit Susan Bennett?
- So as to ‫ لكى‬help her identify ‫ تحدد نوع‬the spider.
77-Why does the number of known species ‫ أنواع معروفة‬often go up ‫?يرتفع‬
- Because scientists often discover unknown species.
78-What did Susan Bennett do to identify ‫ تحدد نوع‬the spider?
- She put a CD in her computer. The six pictures of black and yellow spiders
that appeared on the screen were not like the spider in the ancient picture
from Egypt.
79-What do you know about Malcolm Jones?
- He is the head ‫ رئيس‬of the zoology department ‫ قسم علم الحيوان‬at Oxford
University. He is a very famous arachnologist ‫أستاذ العنكبوتيات‬. He has written
books on spiders and other arachnids ‫عنكبوتيات‬. He finds three or four
unknown species ‫ أنواع‬every year on his trips to South Africa and South
America.
80-Why did Dr Shereen and Susan visit Malcolm Jones in his office?
- They wanted him to help them identify ‫ يحدد نوع‬the spider because he is a
very famous arachnologist ‫أستاذ العنكبوتيات‬.
81-Why was Professor Jones speaking angrily ‫ بغضب‬on the phone?
- Because he had to cancel ‫ يلغى‬his trip to South America.
82-What did Professor Malcolm Jones think of the spiders? Why?
- He thought that spiders are very useful animals because they eat insects. If
there were not any spiders, there would be more flies ‫ذباب‬, mosquitoes ‫بعوض‬
and other pests ‫افات‬. They are our friends.
83- Why has nobody seen any of these spiders before?
-They live in a remote ‫ يعيد‬part of the desert. They have never left that place
because the desert around them was too hot and too dry ‫جافة‬.
84- According to Professor Jones, when did the deadly spiders come to
our world again?
- When people disturbed ‫ أزعجوهم‬them.
85- Why was Professor Jones interested in the spider Ayman had
seen?
- Because it was unknown and very dangerous.
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86-Why was everyone in Hamdayya in danger ‫ خطر‬from those spiders?
- Because they were unknown and very dangerous.
87-How can hospitals treat ‫ تعالج‬spider bites ‫?لدغات العناكب‬
-Doctors can give an injection ‫ حقنة‬of antivenom ‫مضادة للسموم‬.
88-Why did Professor Jones think that the spider in Hamdayya was
female ‫?أنثى‬
- Because it was very big and female spiders are usually bigger than males
‫الذكور‬.
89-What did Professor Jones warn of ‫?يحذر من‬
-He warned of ‫ حذر من‬the danger ‫ خطر‬that the whole world might face ‫يواجه‬
because spiders might spread ‫ تنتشر‬very quickly and in a very short time ‫فى‬
‫وقت قصير‬.
90-Why is it likely that spiders will spread through Africa, Asia and
Europe?
- Because Egypt is the meeting point ‫ ملتقى‬of these three continents ‫قارات‬.
91-What must be done to stop ‫ منع‬the deadly ‫ قاتلة‬spiders from spreading
through Africa, Asia and Europe?
-The female spider that Ayman saw must be found before its eggs develop.
92- Why did Malcolm Jones go to Hamdayya?
- To identify ‫ يحدد‬the unknown species ‫ نوع غير معروف‬of spider that Ayman had
seen.
93-What’s the part ‫ دور‬played by Dr Shereen Fakhry in fighting ‫مقاومة‬

spiders?
a) She advised Ayman to tell the police about the spiders.
b) She translated ‫ ترجمت‬an old text ‫ نص‬about a town ‫ مدينة‬in ancient Egypt,
which suffered ‫ عانت‬a lot from black and yellow spiders.
c) She warned ‫ حذرت‬Ayman to be careful ‫ حريص‬concerning ‫ بخصوص‬the
spiders.
d) She consulted ‫ استشارت‬other scientists to give the correct information
about the spiders.
94- What do you know about Ayman’s uncle?
- He is nice. He's a successful businessman. He knows a lot about business.
He's always been good to ‫ عطوف على‬Ayman.
95- What does Professor Jones think of the spider Ayman saw?
- He thinks that it may be an unknown species. ‫نوع غير معروف‬
96-What was the opinion ‫ رأى‬of Ayman’s family about the story of the
big spider Ayman had seen?
- They thought that half of the story was true and the other half was Ayman's
imagination. ‫خيال‬
97- Why do you think Ayman's sisters laughed about the spider?
- Because they thought he had imagined ‫ تخيل‬some of his story about the
spider.
98-Why didn’t Ayman's uncle think he should tell the police about the
spider?
- He didn't want to worry ‫ يقلق‬people and business would lose ‫ يخسر‬money.
99-What would happen to local business if people heard and believed

Ayman’s story? Mention two results.
Or: How would the stories about dangerous spiders affect the
business in the town?
-Local business would lose a lot of money. People wouldn't stay in the hotels.
They wouldn’t eat at restaurants. They wouldn't buy food products. ‫منتجات‬
‫الطعام‬
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100- How did Ayman’s family find out ‫ يكتشف‬that he had already told
other people about the spider.
- Ayman showed them Dr Shereen’s e-mail.
101- Ayman's parents and his uncle were shocked ‫ صدموا‬when they
read Dr Shereen’s e-mail to Ayman. Give a reason.
- Because they didn’t expect Ayman had told anyone about the spider.
102- How was professor Jones feeling ‫ يشعر‬when he arrived?
- He was excited about finding new species of spider.
103- Why did Ayman feel that he was a fool ‫?مغفل‬

- Because the story of the dangerous spider would probably get into ‫تتسرب إلى‬
the newspapers. Business in the town would lose money. Everyone would be
furious ‫غضبان‬.
104- What did Ayman wish ‫ يتمنى‬he had not done? Why?
- He wished he had not told anybody about the black and yellow spider
because business in the town would lose money and everyone would be
furious. ‫غضبان‬
105- Why was the archaeological site dangerous?
- Because all the archaeologists at the site died as the spiders killed them.
106- Why did all the archaeologists at the site die?

- Because the deadly spiders had bitten them. ‫لدعتهم‬
107- Why did the police go to the archaeological site?
- To guard ‫ يحرس‬it as it was dangerous.
108- Why did Uncle Walid make an urgent ‫ طارئة‬phone call to Colonel
Mikhail?
- To make sure that the story about the dangerous spiders was true.
109- When did Ayman see the spider?
- He saw it after the police had brought the boxes from the site.
110- Where did the police get protective clothing?‫ملبس واقية‬

- They got it from the Fire Department. ‫قسم الحرائق‬
111- When do the policemen use protective clothing?
- They use it when they are fighting ‫ يقاومون‬chemical fires. ‫حرائق كيميائية‬
112- Why did the police need protective clothing?
-To keep the spiders out. ‫لكى يتجنبوا العناكب‬
113- Why were the police in danger ‫ خطر‬from the spiders?

- Because there was no antivenom ‫ مضاد للسموم‬for the spiders.
114- What did Colonel Mikhail ask Professor Jones and Ayman to
do?
- He asked Professor Jones to find a spider and identify ‫ يحدد نوع‬it. He asked
Ayman to tell them whether ‫ عما إذا‬it was the same as the spider he had
seen.
115- Why did Colonel Mikhail hope ‫ يأمل‬the spiders were a known
species?
-Because there would be antivenom. ‫مضاد للسموم‬
116- Who wanted to know everything about spiders? Why?
- Captain Ahmed. To be able to fight them.
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117- How is antivenom made?
- Scientists put small quantities ‫ كميات‬of venom into animals, usually
horses or sheep, and then the animals make antibodies ‫أجسام مضادة‬
to fight ‫ يقاوم‬the venom ‫ السم‬. Scientists can then extract ‫ يستخلص‬the
antibodies from the animals.
118-Why does it take a long time to develop a new antivenom?
- Because it must be made safe to use.
119-What do you know about echinacea negra?
- It is a plant that is almost extinct ‫منقرض‬and only grows in Sinai. The ancient
Egyptians made a medicine from its roots for the bites of deadly spiders.
120-How did the ancient Egyptians make a medicine for the bites of
black and yellow spiders that killed?
-They made it from the roots of a plant called echinacea negra.
121-What was Wafaa Sultan?
-She was a botanist at Cairo University.
122-Why did the police send Wafaa to Sinai?
-To get some of the echinacea negra plant.
123-Why had a fence been built around the site?
- To keep robbers out.
124- What equipment did the officers take with them when they went
to the archaeological site?
-They took protective clothing, tanks of insecticide, fencing wire, big lights,
weapons, tools and building materials.
125- What equipment did Professor Jones bring to the archaeological
site?
- He brought some metal tubes, a white sheet and a smoker.
126-Why did Ayman and the officers wear protective clothes when they
entered the tomb?
- To protect themselves from the deadly spiders and the insecticides.
127- Where did Professor Jones put his equipment?
- He put it in a place where many large webs hung from the ceiling.
128-What did Professor Jones use the smoker for?
- He used it for pouring out hot poisonous smoke to kill the spiders.
129-What happened when Professor Jones switched on the smoker?
- About twenty small insects and spiders fell onto the sheet.
130-How did Professor Jones examine the spiders?
- He examined them with a magnifying glass.
131-What happened to the officer attacked by the female spider?
-He was coughing badly as he breathed in some insecticide.
132-How did the police officers try to kill the large female spider?
- They tried to kill it by using insecticide sprays.
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133-Why do you think the large black and yellow spider didn’t die?
- Because it was stronger than the others.
134-How did the police know that the spider had not bitten the young
officer’s face?
- There was no blood on his face.
135- How did Professor Jones make sure that the female spider was
not a known species?
-Before he left Oxford, he searched the database of all known species of black
and yellow spiders and found no spider like it.
136- Why did Captain Ahmed want to destroy the deadly spiders?
-Because ten people had already died from their bites and he wanted to
prevent more deaths.
137- Why didn’t Professor Jones want to destroy the deadly spiders?
- Because it was a great scientific discovery.
138- Why did the men kill the spiders underground in the tomb?
- To collect antivenom without letting the spiders escape.
139-Why did Professor Jones say to Captain Ahmed that it is impossible
to destroy all the spiders?
Or: Why would it be difficult to kill all the spiders?
- Because the spiders lived under the ground and they didn’t know where all
the underground rooms and passages were. In addition, the
archaeological site would be damaged.
140- What orders did Captain Ahmed give to the officers before
leaving the site?
-He ordered them not to let anybody come near the site and not to let
anything leave it without a careful search.
141-Why did Captain Ahmed give orders to stop anybody from coming
near the site or leave with search?
-Because the female spider was not killed yet and it escaped. And he wanted
to protect the site from robbers.
142- What did the police do with the dead spiders at the
archaeological site?
- They sent their venom sacs to an antivenom lab so that scientists
would work on an antivenom.
143- Why did the police build a barrier ‫ حاجز‬across the road?
- To prevent ‫ تمنع‬cars from entering or leaving the town.
144- Why do you think the police wanted no one to leave
Hamdayya?
- Because they didn’t want to take a spider out of the town.
145- Whywere the streets near the police station empty ‫?خالية‬
- Because every one had left that part of the town so that the police could
search ‫ يفتش‬that area ‫ المنطقة‬to find the female spider Ayman had seen..
146-Why did extra ‫ إضافيين‬officers come to Hamdayya?
- To take part in ‫ يشارك فى‬searching for the spider.
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147- What did Colonel Mikhail ask Ayman to do ?
- He asked him to show ‫ يوضح‬the officers where he had seen the large female
spider go.
148-Why did Colonel Mikhail order ‫ أمر‬stronger protective suits? ‫بدل واقية‬
‫أقوى‬
- Because the first ones were not strong enough to keep the spiders out.
149- Why did Professor Jones think that there was only one female
spider in Hamdayya?
- Because only Ayman reported ‫ بلغ‬seeing a big spider.
150-Why did Professor Jones think it was unlikely ‫ غير محتمل‬that there
were any smaller male spiders in Hamdayya?
- Because no one had been bitten. ‫لدغ‬
151-Why is the female spider much more dangerous than any male one?
- Its bite is stronger. Its venom is too strong. It has a nest. It may produce
2,000 eggs.
152-According to the Colonel, what was the most urgent task ‫?مهمة عاجلة‬
Why?
- It was to find the female spider’s nest because it might produce 2,000 eggs
in a very short time. ‫فى فترة قصيرة‬
153- Where do spiders like to build their nests?
- They build them in safe ‫آمن‬, quiet ‫هادئ‬, dark ‫مظلم‬, wet ‫ رطب‬places.
154- Where did the female spider build its nest?
- It built it in the empty house ‫ المنزل الخالى‬next to ‫ المجاور لـ‬Ayman’s house.
155- Where did Ayman see the female spider go?
- He saw it go to the empty house next to his house.
156- Why did the female spider rest ‫?استراح‬
- Because it finished its job and its 2,000 eggs hatched. ‫فقست‬
157-What did the thousands of small black spiders look like ‫ تشبه‬when
the officers opened the door?
- They looked like waves on the sea. ‫كانت تشبه أمواج البحر‬
158- When did the spiders attack ‫ هاجمت‬the officers?
- They attacked them when they began to spray ‫يرش‬the insecticide into the
room.
159- Why could the police officers hardly see?
- Because the spiders covered their face masks.
160- How did the police officers try to kill the large female spider?
-They sprayed insecticide. Captain Ahmed knocked it to the ground and
another officer brought his insecticide tank on the spider whose leg was
caught. The spider cut its leg with its fangs and escaped.
161- What did the officer hope ‫ يأمل‬to do with his insecticide tank?
- He hoped to kill the large female spider.
162- What did the large female spider use its fangs ‫ أنياب‬for?
- It used its fangs for cutting ‫ قطع‬its own leg to escape.
163- What did the female spider do when its leg was caught?
- It used its fangs and cut through its own leg.
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164- What did the female spider do when it cut its leg?
- It jumped and landed on Ayman’s face.
165-What happened to Ayman when the female spider landed ‫ هبط‬on his
face?
- The surprise knocked him off balance ‫ المفاجأة جعلته يفقد التوازن‬and fell
to the ground. His suit was torn ‫تمزقت‬. The spiders bit him again and
again.
166- Why were the spiders able to bite Ayman?
- Because his suit was torn.
167-What did Captain Ahmed order his men to do after killing all the
spiders in the house?
- He asked them to spray the whole house and the surrounding area
‫المنطقة المحيطة‬.
168- Why must the officers find the spider’s body?
-They must be sure ‫ يتأكدوا‬that it is dead.
169-What did Colonel Mikhail say when Captain Ahmed asked him about
the situation in Sinai?
- He said that they had found some echinacea negra plants and the cars were
on their way back. A helicopter would pick up ‫ تحضر‬Wafaa Sultan and the
plants.
170- Which spiders might echinacea negra work for?
- It might work for the bites of males ‫ الذكور‬and young spiders.
171- What might save ‫ ينقذ‬Ayman?
- The medicine from the plants might save Ayman.
172-Why couldn’t Wafaa Sultan take the helicopter back with the
Echinacea Negra plants?
- Because there was a bad storm ‫عاصفة سيئة‬.
173- Why was the echinacea negra medicine delayed? ‫تأخر‬
- Because there was a storm and the helicopter couldn’t get to the
cars in Sinai.
174- What were the signs of bad weather over the mountains in Sinai?
-Dark clouds, strong storm, heavy rain, lightning ‫ برق‬and thunder ‫رعد‬.
175- What did the team that had collected the echinacra negra
consist of?
-It consisted of 3 cars. Captain Osama, Wafaa Sultan, and Farouk were in the
first car. Two officers were in the second car. Two other officers and the
plants were in the third car.
176- Why couldn’t the cars speed up ‫?تسرع‬
Or: Why did the three cars move slowly?
- So as not to slide ‫ ينزلقوا‬on the stony ground. ‫الرض الصخرية‬
177- Why did Captain Osama switch on the car’s headlights ‫أنوار‬
‫?السيارة‬
- Because it was dark during the storm ‫عاصفة‬.
178- Why was the road down the mountains very dangerous?
- Because it was narrow and steep.
179- What do you think would happen if the road disappeared?
-It would be impossible for them to drive down the mountain.
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180- The road was not their only problem. What was the other
problem?
-The wadis were flooded with water.
181- What difficulties ‫ صعوبات‬did Wafaa and the officers face in

Sinai?
-It was raining heavily ‫تمطر بغزارة‬. The wadis were flooded with ‫ مغمورة بـ‬water.
The road was narrow ‫ ضيق‬and steep ‫منحدر‬.
182- What would happen if Wafaa and the officers couldn’t get to the
wadis before they flooded?
-They might not be able to cross them.
183- Why did Wafaa and the officers have to get through ‫ عبروا‬with the
plants?
-Because they had a young man’s life in their hands.
184- Why did Captain Osama drive very fast after crossing the second
wadi?
- In order to reach Ayman in time.
- In order to get across ‫ يعبروا‬the third wadi before it would be too deep in the
water.
185- How did the heavy car manage to ‫ تمكنوا من‬cross the third wadi
safely?
-Captain Osama put the car into a low gear ‫ ناقل الحركة‬and moved forward
‫ للمام‬slowly into the water.
186- What happened to the three cars while crossing the third
wadi?
-The first car crossed safely. ‫بأمان‬
-The second car crashed into ‫ اصطدمت بـ‬some rocks and rolled over ‫تدحرجت‬.
Then it got stuck ‫ انحشرت‬between two big rocks.
-A palm tree smashed into ‫ اصطدمت بـ‬the third car, which rolled up ‫ تدحرجت‬on
one side and then sank ‫ غاصت‬heavily down again.
187- Why didn’t the two officers try to swim when the second car
turned over?
- There
were sharp rocks ‫ صخور حادة‬all around, which would cut them to pieces
‫ تقطعهم‬if they tried to swim.
188- Why did Farouk cup his hands ‫ ضم كفيه‬to shout at the third
car?
-Because he wanted it to hurry.
189- Why did captain Osama say the third car must be kept
heavy?
- So that the water wouldn’t carry it away.
190- Why was Wafaa afraid of losing the third car?
- Because it contained the echinacea negra plant.
191- What did Captain Osama and Farouk use the towrope ‫الحبل‬
‫ القاطر‬for?
- For pulling the third car to land
192- What did captain Osama ask Wafaa to do if she saw a tree
coming?
- He asked her to press ‫ تضغط على‬the horn ‫ النفير‬if she saw a tree coming.
193- What was Wafaa’s duty ‫ واجب‬when the water carried the men
away?
- It was to rescue the echinacea negra plants to save Ayman’s life.
194- How was Wafaa Sultan brave ‫?شجاعة‬

-Despite the dangers of storm and flooding water in the wadis, she insisted on
‫ أصرت على‬getting the plant “echinacea negra” to save Ayman’s life.
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195- How could Wafaa carry the plants back to the captain’s car?
- She got into the captain’s car and pulled the third car out of the water. She
climbed onto the third car, opened the door, and carried the plants back to
the captain's car.
196- How did Wafaa feel as she was driving through the storm?
-She felt completely alone. The loud noise of the rain terrified her ‫أخافتها‬. She
was afraid the glass of the windscreen ‫ زجاج السيارة المامى‬would break.
197- How did Wafaa fight ‫ حاربت‬her fear when she was driving back
through the storm?
- She told herself again and again that she had a young man’s life in her
hands.
198- Why was Ayman still in the intensive care ‫?العناية المركزة‬
- Because his breathing stopped around 1 ‫ حوالى‬a.m.
199- How was Ayman kept alive when his breathing ‫ التنفس‬stopped?
- He was kept alive on a ventilator. ‫التنفس الصناعى‬
200- What happened to the men who were with Wafaa Sultan?
- They were washed down a wadi, but they managed to get onto a rocky
island.
201- What did the doctors do with the plants?
- They made a medicine from the plants.
202- Why could Ayman breathe ‫ يتنفس‬normally ‫طبيعيا‬ again?

-Because he took the medicine made from the roots of the echinacea negra
plant.
203- How did “Science and nature” help to save Ayman’s life?
- Nature helped Ayman through ‫ من خلل‬the natural plant “Echinacea Negra”
which Wafaa Sultan gave to doctors.
-Medicine was made from that plant and was given to Ayman.
204- Whydid the police have to keep ‫ يستمر فى‬looking for the spider?
-Because they thought it might still be alive.
205- Why was everyone talking about Ayman?
-Because he saved hundreds of lives.
206- Whatwould have happened if Ayman hadn’t warned ‫حذر‬the
police?
- There would have been thousands of killer spiders in Hamdayya.
207-How did Professor Jones express ‫ عبر عن‬his admiration ‫ إعجاب‬for
Ayman?
- He offered ‫ قدم‬him a camera as a “Thank you” and said he could study at
Oxford University if he wanted.
208- Why wouldn’t Ayman have to worry about getting a good
job?
- Because the best employers ‫ أصحاب العمل‬would want a man like him.
209- Why did Ayman ‘feel like a new person with a new future’?
- Because he had an offer ‫ عرض‬to study at Oxford University and the best
employers would want to employ a man like him.
210- What would happen if people disturbed the spiders?
-Thespiders would hurt them.
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211-According to Ayman, how did the female spider come to the
hospital?
- It came in the ambulance ‫ سيارة إسعاف‬that brought him there.
212- Why didn’t Ayman tell his sister that the spider was behind
her?
- If he had told her, she would have moved and the spider would have bitten
her.
213- How did Ayman save his sister?
Or: How did Ayman catch ‫ اصطاد‬the deadly 7-legged female spider?
- When he saw the spider near his sister’s shoulder ‫كتف‬, he asked her to keep
still for taking a photo; the flash blinded ‫ أعمى‬the spider. Ayman knocked
‫ ضرب‬it into the aluminum box of the camera, which he quickly shut ‫أغلق‬.
214-What would have happened if the spider had bitten Lamia?
- She would have died.
215-Everyone congratulated ‫ هنأ‬Ayman but the congratulations ‫التهانى‬
suddenly stopped. Explain.
- Everyone congratulated Ayman because he caught the female spider but the
congratulations suddenly stopped when they saw two bright red marks
‫ علمات‬on his hands where the deadly female spider had bitten him.
216- How did the minister describe Ayman Hassan?
- He described him as 'a brave young man who was ready to give his life to
save others.
217- Why was Ayman expected to die from the bite of the female
spider?
- Because there was no medicine for the bite of the female spider.
218-Why was everyone surprised that Ayman didn’t die from the deadly
female spider’s bite?
- Because they knew that there was no medicine (antivenom) for the bite of
the female spider. The four robbers had died of the spiders’ bites.
219-What had Ayman’s body already made when the female spider bit
him?
- It had already made antivenom when the female spider bit him.
220- Why didn’t the bites of the female spider kill Ayman?
- Because when Ayman was bitten ‫ لدغ‬the first time, his body produced ‫ أنتج‬a
lot of antivenom ‫ مضاد للسموم‬which protected ‫ حماه‬him the second time.
221-Why was Ayman rewarded ‫ كوفئ‬by showing ‫ عرض‬his photo on
television?
- Because he was a brave young man who was ready to give his life to save
others.
222-Why do you think the reporter described Ayman as ‘the most
popular ‫ شهرة‬young man in Egypt today’?
-Because everyone was talking about him in the newspapers and on
television.
223- Give some examples of Ayman’s bravery ‫ شجاعة‬and intelligence ‫ذكاء‬
in the search for ‫ البحث عن‬the female spider.
a) He used his camera flash ‫ وميض‬to blind ‫ يعمى‬and catch the female spider.
b)He knocked ‫ ضرب‬the female spider into the aluminum case ‫ صندوق‬of his
camera.
c)He ran forward to help the officer who was attacked by the black and
yellow spiders.
d)He was the leader in starting the search for the deadly black and yellow
spiders.
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B) Quotations
1- “A team of six archaeologists found these two rooms last week.”
a)Who said these words, to whom and where?
- The old robber said these words to the other robbers at the entrance
‫ مدخل‬to the second room, which was empty.
b)What did the archaeologists find inside the two rooms?
-They found five Egyptian mummies ‫ مومياوات‬in the first room. In the
second room they found gold and treasures ‫كنوز‬.
c) What did the speaker plan ‫ خطط‬to do?
- He planned to find more rooms that had not been found by the
archaeologists.
2- “There are probably more rooms here. If they contain gold too, we’ll
be rich.”
a)Who said these words to whom?
- The old robber said these words to the other robbers.
b)Why did the speaker expect ‫ يتوقع‬to find gold in this place?
- Because the archaeologists had found gold in that site ‫موقع‬.
c)What did they use to find more rooms?
- They used GPR and a computer.
3- “The archaeologists haven’t found them yet. We are going to find
them first.”
- The old robber said these words to the other robbers.
b)What was the old man talking about?
- He was talking about the other underground rooms in the archaeological
site.
c)What did the archaeologists find? And what did the robbers find?
- The archaeologists found two rooms full of ‫ مملوءة بـ‬gold and treasures.
- The robbers found a big room, which was full of gold and treasures.
4- “If there are more rooms here, this machine will find them in
minutes.”
- The small robber said these words to the old robber.
b)What machine was he talking about?
- He was talking about GPR. ‫جهاز رادار يخترق الرض‬
c) What were they looking for?
- They were looking for the gold and other treasures.
5- “That’s your job?”
- The old robber said these words to the small robber.
b)Where were they?
- They were in the archaeological site in the Western Desert.
c) Which job was the speaker referring to ‫?يشير إلى‬
- He was referring to finding more rooms by using GPR. ‫رادار يخترق الرض‬
6- “They do, but not very often because it’s expensive.”
- The small robber said these words to the tall robber.
b)Who were they talking about?
- They were talking about the archaeologists.
c) What were they talking about?
- They were talking about GPR.
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7- “We must find what we want and get out before morning.”
a)Who said these words? To whom?
- The oldest man (robber) said these words to the other three robbers.
b)What was the thing they wanted?
- They wanted the treasure.
c) Why did they want to get out before morning?
- Because they didn’t want anybody to see them.
8- “Get them off me!” he shouted.
- The big robber said these words to the other robbers.
b)What was he talking about?
- He was talking about the spiders ‫ العناكب‬that bit him ‫لدغته‬.
c) What did the other men do to help him?
-The tall man took off his jacket and hit the spiders.
d)What were they doing at the archaeological site?
- They were trying to steal the gold and treasures.
9- “Let’s get out of here!” he shouted.
-The small robber said these words to the other robbers.
b)Why did the speaker shout, “Let’s get out of here!”?
- Because a spider bit him three times before he could kill it.
c) What did they carry with them?
- They carried the gold and other treasures with them.
10- “Get the gold and let’s go!”
- The oldest robber said these words to the other robbers.
b)Why did he want to go quickly?
- Because the spiders bit them.
c) Where did they carry the gold and other treasures?
- They carried them to their cars.
11- “Don’t worry. There aren’t any deadly ‫ قاتلة‬spiders in Egypt. We
might get sick, but we won’t die.”
- The old robber said these words to the small robber.
b)Where were they?
- They were in the car in the desert.
c) Was the speaker right? Why?
- He was not right because they died of the spiders’ bites.
12- “I hope you’re right, because I’m feeling very sick.”
- The small robber said these words to the oldest robber.
b)Why was the speaker feeling sick?
- Because the spiders bit him.
c) What hope ‫ أمل‬did the other person give the speaker?
- He gave him the hope that the spiders are a known species.
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13- “Their water’s all gone. They probably got lost and died of thirst.”
- The pilot said these words to the engineer and the technician.
b)Who was he talking about?
- He was talking about the four robbers.
c) Did the men really die of thirst ‫?العطش‬
- No, they didn’t really die of thirst but they died of the spiders’ bites.
14- “We’d better get on the radio.’
a) Who did the engineer think they should get on the radio to?
- He thought they should get on the radio to the police.
b)What did the helicopter pilot do when the engineer said these
words?
- He left the car and went back to the helicopter and the radio.
c) How did these words save the pilot’s life?
- His hands had been near the spiders before he moved away. They could
have bitten and killed him.
15- “Spiders use webs to catch flies, but I’m going to use the web to
find a spider!”
a)Who said these words and to whom?
- Ayman said these words to himself.
b)What are the two kinds ‫ نوعى‬of webs according to ‫ حسب‬the
speaker’s point of view ‫?وجهة نظر‬
- The first web is the spider’s web, but the other web is the web site ‫ موقع‬on
the internet.
c) How did the internet help in the fight ‫ المقاومة‬against the
spiders?
-It helped Ayman to communicate with ‫ يتصل بـ‬Dr Shereen who helped him
to identify ‫ يحدد نوع‬the female ‫ النثى‬spider.
-It also helped him get information about the medical plant ‫نبات طبى‬
“echinacea negra” ‫ نبات حبة البركة‬that saved Ayman’s life.
16- “Many hundreds of people were killed by black and yellow spiders
in this town.”
a)Where did Ayman read these words?
- He read them in a translation ‫ ترجمة‬of a very old Egyptian text ‫ نص‬on the
internet.
b)Which town was the speaker talking about?
- He was talking about an ancient Egyptian town.
c) How did the townspeople fight these spiders?
-They burned ‫ حرقوا‬the town down hoping ‫ على أمل‬to kill all the spiders and
then rebuild ‫ يعيدوا بناء‬the town.
17- “These spiders were so dangerous that the people decided to

burn the town down.”
a)Where did Ayman read these words?
- He read them in a translation of a very old Egyptian text ‫ نص‬on the
internet.
b)Why were the spiders dangerous?
- They were deadly and killed many hundreds of people.
c) What happened when the townspeople burned the town down?
- The fire burned for six days and nights until nothing remained ‫يبقى‬. But
many spiders found their way into underground tombs and passages.
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18- “They hoped to kill all the spiders and then rebuild the town.”
a) Where did Ayman read these words?
- He read them in a translation of a very old Egyptian text on the internet.
c) What did they do to kill the spiders?
- They burned the town down hoping to kill all the spiders and then rebuild
‫ يعيد بناء‬the town.
d) To what extent ‫ إلى أى مدى‬were they successful?
- They were not successful because many spiders found their way into
underground tombs and passages.
19- “The fire burned for six days and nights until nothing remained.”
b) Who made this fire? Why?
- The people of the ancient Egyptian town made this fire to kill all the
spiders and rebuild the town.
c) Did they achieve ‫ يحقق‬what they wanted? Why?
- No, because many spiders found their way into underground tombs and
passages.
20- “The spiders were safe, where nobody could find them.”
b) Which spiders were safe?
- The spiders that survived after burning the town down.
c) Why were these spiders safe?
- Because they were in unknown places, where nobody could find them.
21- “The townspeople gave up hope and left the town.”
b) What hope did the townspeople give up?
- They gave up the hope of killing all the spiders.
c) What did they do before giving up hope?
- They burned the town down hoping to kill all the spiders and then rebuild
the town.
22- "The story may or may not be true."
b)Which story is the speaker talking about?
- The speaker is talking about the story of some spiders that killed hundreds
of people in ancient times.
c)Does the speaker think the story is just a story or does she think it is
true?
- She thinks it is just a story.
23-“I have read your translation ‫ ترجمة‬of the story about the black and
yellow spiders from ancient Egypt. Do you think the story is true?”
a) Who said this to whom?
- Ayman said these words to Dr Shereen in an e-mail.
b) What did the spiders do in the ancient Egyptian town?
- They killed many hundreds of people.
c) Why did the townspeople leave their town?
- Because they failed ‫ فشلوا‬to kill all the spiders.
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24- “I have just seen a large black and yellow spider which I can't
identify.”
a) Who wrote that statement ‫ عبارة‬and to whom was it written?
- Ayman wrote that statement to Dr Fakhry.
b) What did the writer do to get information about the spider?
- He phoned a friend who was a student of zoology ‫علم الحيوان‬, and used the
internet to get information about the spider.
c) Did the writer succeed in finding out that information?
- No he didn’t. He hardly found any useful information.
25- “Is there a picture of the spider with the text?”
- Ayman said this to Dr Shereen in his e-mail.
b) Which text was the speaker referring to? What was this text
about?
- He was referring to the ancient Egyptian text translated by Dr Shereen. It
was about a town in ancient Egypt in which many hundreds of people
were killed by black and yellow spiders.
c) Was there a picture of the spider?
- No, there wasn’t.
26- “I think the town was a real town, but nobody knows exactly
where it was."
- Dr Shereen said this to Ayman in her e-mail.
b) According to the speaker, how did the town disappear?
- The climate became drier, so the town perhaps disappeared under desert
sand.
c) What did the townspeople do to kill all the spiders?
- They burnt the town down. ‫حرقوا المدينة‬
27- “The story of the spider may be just a story.”

a) Did Dr Fakhry think the story was just a story or does she think it
was true?
- She thought it was just a story.
b) Do you think that Ayman was pleased or disappointed ‫ محبط‬when
Dr Fakhry told him this?
- He was disappointed.
c) If the story wasn’t just a story, what might Ayman think?
- If it wasn’t just a story, then perhaps the spiders in the story were the
same species of spider he had seen.
28- “Good Luck with identifying ‫ يحدد نوع‬your spider.”

a) Who said these words to whom?
- Dr Shereen said these words in her e-mail to Ayman.
b) Which spider was the speaker referring to ‫?يشير إلى‬
- The black and yellow spider that Ayman saw in the garden of his house.
c) Was it a known species?
- No, it was an unknown species.
29- “I'm sending you a very old picture that was found in a
tomb near Bawiti last year.”
a)Who said this to whom?
- An archaeologist ‫ عالم آثار‬from Egypt said this to Dr Shereen Fakhry in an
email.
b) What did this very old picture show?
- It showed a black and yellow spider like the spider in Dr Fakhry’s text ‫نص‬.
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c) How did the addressed person feel when he/she saw it?
- She felt a cold shiver ‫ رعشة‬down the back of her neck. ‫فى مؤخرة الرقبة‬
30- “What did you think of the picture?”

- Dr Shereen Fakhry said these words to Ayman.
b) Which picture was the speaker referring to ‫?يشير الى‬
- The picture of the black and yellow spider.
c)What did the other person think of the picture?
- He thought that it was the same as the spider he had seen.
31- “It's the same as the spider that I saw.”

- Ayman said this to Dr Fakhry.
b)Where did the speaker see the spider?
- He saw it in the garden of his house.
c)According to the speaker, where did this spider come from?
-It came with the boxes brought by the police from the archaeological site.
32- “Maybe the spider came from Bawiti to your town.”
- Dr Shereen Fakhry said these words to Ayman.
b) Which spider was the speaker referring to?
- The spider Ayman had seen.
c)What other possibility did the other speaker refer to?
- He said that the spider came to Hamdayya with the boxes brought from the
archaeological site.
33- “Maybe they were in the boxes.”

- Ayman said these words to Dr Shereen Fakhry.
b) What was the speaker talking about?
- He was talking about the spiders that were in the boxes brought from the
archaeological site ‫ موقع أثرى‬to the police station.
c) What did the other person advise ‫ تنصح‬him / her to do? Why?
- She advised him to tell the police about the spider as she thought that the
spider might be dangerous ‫خطير‬.
34- "Don't worry. We'll find it on the database."
-Susan Bennett said this to Dr Fakhry.
b)What did they try to find on the database?
-They tried to find the black and yellow spider on the database.
c)Did they find what they searched for? Why?
-No, they didn’t because the spider was an unknown species.
35- "I think we should talk to Professor Jones”

-Susan Bennett said this to Dr Fakhry.
b)What was Professor Jones?
-He was the head of the zoology department at Oxford University. He was a
famous arachnologist who wrote books on spiders and other arachnids.
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c)Why should they talk to him?
- They should talk to him because he is a famous arachnologist.
36- “What a nuisance! I’ve had to cancel my next trip.”
- Professor Jones said this to Dr Fakhry to and Susan Bennett.
b)Where was the speaker ready to go?
-He was ready to go to South America.
c)Why was the speaker angry?
-He was angry because his trip had been cancelled.
37- "I was ready to go to South America tomorrow and now I can’t go!
It's too bad!"
-Professor Jones said this to Dr Fakhry and Susan Bennett.
b)Why was the speaker ready to go to South America?
-To find unknown species of spider
c)Why couldn’t he go?
-Because his trip had been cancelled.
38-I’m sorry. I was looking forward to that trip. I've been studying
arachnids for 25 years, but I'm still excited about finding unknown
species. "
a)Who was the speaker?
- The speaker was Professor Jones.
b)Why was he angry?
- Because his trip had been cancelled.
c)Will he find any unknown species of spider?
-Yes, he will find the black and yellow spiders.
39- “But spiders are very useful animals. Spiders are our friends.”
-Professor Jones said this to Dr Fakhry.
b)How are spiders useful animals?
-They eat flies and mosquitoes as well as other insects.
c)What would happen if there weren’t any spiders?
-There would be more flies and mosquitoes as well as other insects.
40-"I haven't seen anything like this before. And it’s not on the
database?”
a)Who said these words?
- Professor Jones said these words.
b)What was the person looking at when he/she said these words?
- He was looking at a very old picture of as spider from a tomb near Bawiti.
c)If he/she hadn’t seen anything like this before, what did this
probably mean?
- This probably meant that it was an unknown species.
41-“This young man in Egypt – Ayman – did he see the picture first or
did he describe the spider before he saw the picture?”
a)Who said these words, to whom and where?
- Professor Jones said these words to Dr Shereen Fakhry in his office.
b)Which picture was the speaker referring to?
- The picture of the black and yellow spider.
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c) When did Ayman describe the spider?
- Before he saw the picture.
42- "He described it before he saw this picture."
- Dr Shereen said these words to Professor Jones.
- They were talking about Ayman.
c)What did he describe before seeing the picture?
- He described the black and yellow spider.
43- "Do you think he really saw this spider?"

-Dr Fakhry said this to Professor.
b) Did Ayman describe the spider before or after he saw the picture?
-He described it before he saw the picture from Bawiti.
c)Why had nobody seen any of these spiders?
-Because they lived in a remote part of the desert. They had never left that
place because the desert around them was too hot and too dry.
44- “But, if he saw it, why has nobody seen any of these spiders
before?”
- Dr Shereen Fakhry said these words to Professor Jones.
b) Why has nobody seen any of these spiders before?
- Because they live in a remote ‫ يعيد‬part of the desert. They have never left
that place because the desert around them is too hot and too dry ‫جافة‬.
c) When did the spiders come into our world?
- When people disturbed them ‫أزعجوهم‬.
45-"Not just him and his family. Everyone in Hamdayya might be in

danger."
b) Whose family was in danger?
-Ayman’s family was in danger.
c) What was that danger?
-The dangerous spider might spread ‫ تنتشر‬in the town.
46- "Let's hope that Ayman was mistaken.'
b)How was the speaker when he / she said this?
- She was shocked. ‫مصدومة‬
c)Why did the speaker hope that Ayman was mistaken?
- Because there was no antivenom ‫ مضاد للسموم‬for the spider Ayman had
seen.
47- “If he really saw that spider, it's not just Hamdayya that's in
danger."
b)Who saw that spider?
-Ayman saw it.
c)Why wasn’t it just Hamdayya that was in danger?
-The spider was female ‫ أنثى‬and it would lay a lot of eggs and spread to other
towns.
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48- "I think it is. And I've just decided where I'm going for this holiday.”
b)What did the speaker think it was?
-He thought that it was a female spider.
c)Where did he decide to go? Why?
-He decided to go to Egypt to identify the unknown spider that Ayman saw.
49- “If there's an unknown species of spider in that town I want to
find it!"
b)Which town does the speaker refer to?
-He refers to Hamdayya.
c)What did the speaker do to find the spider?
-He travelled to Egypt.
50- “I don’t think you should tell the police. You don’t want to worry
people unnecessarily, do you?”
- Uncle Walid said these words to Ayman.
b)When did the speaker say these words?
- When Ayman told him that Dr Shereen thought that he should tell
the police about the spider.
c) Why didn't the speaker want Ayman to tell the police?
- Because this would worry people and this was not good for business.
51-"If you are sure there is a danger, you must tell the police. But are
you really sure? I mean 100% sure?"
- Uncle Walid said these words to Ayman.
b)What danger was the speaker talking about?
- He was talking about the danger of the spiders to the people in
Hamdayya.
c)When did he become sure that there was danger?
- He became sure when he read Dr. Shereen’s e-mail to Ayman.
52- "They're going to guard an archaeological site in the desert. They
say the site's dangerous.”
- Mohammed, Ayman’s brother, said this to his father.
b)Who were going to the site?
- The police were going to the site.
c)Why was the site dangerous?
- Because all the archaeologists there died from spiders’ bites.
53-"Spiders! Men don't die from spider bites! How ... ?"
a)Is it true that men do not normally die from spider bites?
- Yes it is.
b)Why had men died from these spider bites?
- Because they were unknown deadly spiders.
c) What question do you think the speaker started but didn’t finish?
- How did these spiders kill them? Or How is that possible?
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54-"We got it from the Fire Department. They use it when they're
fighting chemical fires.”
- A police officer said this to Ayman and Professor Jones.
b)What was the speaker talking about?
- He was talking about protective clothing.
c)Why did the police go to the archaeological site?
- They went there to guard it and stop anyone going near it.
55- "My men are going to be in danger from these spiders until we get
the correct antivenom.
- Colonel Mikhail said this to Professor Jones.
b)Why were the speaker’s men in danger from these spiders?
- Because the spiders were unknown species and there was no antivenom
for them.
c)What did the speaker ask the addressed person to do?
- He asked him to find a spider and identify it.
56- "That's why I came to Egypt. If it's a known species, I can identify
it."
- Professor Jones said this to Colonel Mikhail.
b)Where did this conversation take place?
- It took place at the police station.
c)Why did the speaker come to Egypt?
- To identify the unknown species of spider that Ayman had seen.
57-"If the spiders are unknown, there is no antivenom for them.
a)Who said this? To whom?
- Professor Jones said this to Colonel Mikhail.
b)Why is it not easy to find antivenom for the unknown spiders?
- Because other antivenoms will not contain the correct antibodies. So
they will not work.
c) What do you know about Echinacea Negra?
- It is medicine made from the root of the plant for the bite of the
black and yellow spider that kills.
58- "Let's hope it is a known species."
- Colonel Mikhail said this to Professor Jones.
b)Why did the speaker hope so?
- because it would be easy to find the right antivenom for the spiders' bites
c)What sort of species did it turn out to be?
- it turned out to be an unknown species.
59-"We have one hour before we reach the site. Tell me everything
about spiders."
- Captain Ahmed El-Sherif said this to Professor Jones.
b)Why did the police go to that site?
- To guard it.
c) Why did the speaker want to know everything about the spiders?
- To be able to fight them.
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60- "Then we will have no protection against them for years."
- Captain Ahmed said these words to Professor Jones.
b)What are they talking about?
- They are talking about the spiders and making a new antivenom.
c) Why will they have no protection against them for years?
-Because making a new safe antivenom can take years.
61- "I don't know much about plants. This botanist is the person to
ask."
- Professor Malcolm Jones said these words to Captain Ahmed.
b)What plants is the speaker referring to?
- Echinacea Negra.
c)Who is the botanist?
- Wafaa Sultan.
62-"This is fantastic!" he said, excitedly
b)When did the speaker say this?
- He said this when he saw all the big spiders' webs.
c)Why is it fantastic?
- It is fantastic to set up his equipment to catch the spiders.
63-“OK. Let’s see what we’ve got.” said the professor excitedly.
a) Where did the professor say these words?
- In the underground tomb.
b) Who were with him?
- Ayman, Captain Ahmed and three young officers.
c) Why was the professor excited?
- Because they sprayed insecticides on the spiders and were able to kill 20
small insects and spiders as they found them on the white sheet.
64-"We must leave here immediately."
- Captain Ahmed said this to Professor Jones, Ayman and the young
officers.
b)Where were they?
- They were in the archaeological site.
c)Why did they have to leave early?
- Because the female spider attacked an officer and broke through his face
mask.
65-"I think he just breathed in some insecticide."
b)Who was the speaker talking about?
- He was talking about the young officer who was coughing badly.
c)How did he breathe in some insecticide?
- The spider broke through his face mask.
66-"You can’t destroy these spiders!"
- Professor Jones said these words to Captain Ahmed.
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b)Why didn’t the speaker want to destroy the spiders?
- Because it was a great scientific discovery
c)Why would it be impossible to kill all the spiders?
- Because the spiders lived under the ground and they didn’t know all the
underground rooms and passages were. In addition, the archaeological
site would be damaged.
67-"I will pass your opinion the colonel. This matter must be decided at
a higher level."
a)Who was speaking to whom?
- Captain Ahmed was speaking to Professor Jones.
b)What exactly does ‘your opinion’ refer to in this quotation?
- not to kill the spiders.
c)What did the speaker want to do? Why?
- He wanted to kill the spiders to prevent more deaths.
68-“The botanist from Cairo University is leaving by helicopter for
Sinai.”
“The police there will take her into the mountains to get the
plants.”
- Captain Ahmed said this to Ayman.
b)Who was the botanist?
- Wafaa Sultan.
c)Why did they need these plants?
-To make a medicine for curing the bites of deadly black and yellow
spiders.
69-“We must find the spider that you saw in Hamdayya."
- Captain Ahmed said these words to Ayman.
- It took place outside the archaeological site.
c)Why did they have to find that spider?
- Because it was a deadly female spider.
70-"Let's hope it hasn't produced any young yet."
- Professor Jones said these words to Captain Ahmed and Ayman.
b)What is the speaker talking about?
- He is talking about the large female spider in Hamdayya.
c)Did it produce any young?
- Yes, it produced 2,000 young spiders.
71- “Ayman, I'd like you to show us where you saw the spider.”
- Colonel Mikhail said these words?
- It took place at the police station.
c)Where did Ayman see the spider go?
- He saw it go to the empty house next to his house.
72- “I want to thank you for your work today. You are welcome to
join us tomorrow.”
- Colonel Mikhail said these words to Professor Jones.
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b) Why did the speaker thank him / her?
- Because he identified the spiders and got their venom sacks.
c) What would they do the next day?
- They would search for ‫ يبحثون عن‬the female spider Ayman had seen.
“You mean its bite is stronger?”
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- Colonel Mikhail said these words to Professor Jones.
b)Whose bite is stronger?
- The female spider’s bite.
c)What did the other person say?
- He said that it has a nest and it may produce 2,000 eggs.
74-“Not only that. If there are any male spiders here, they will be dead
soon.”
- Professor Jones said these words to Colonel Mikhail.
b)Why will the male spiders die soon?
- Because male spiders don’t live more than a few weeks. ‫بضعة أسابيع‬
c)What does the speaker mean by “Not only that”?
- He means that not only does the female spider have a strong bite but also
has a nest and may produce 2,000 eggs.
75-“Perhaps it has already produced them. They may be spreading
through the town now as we speak.”
b)How many young spiders did the female spider produce?
- It produced 2,000 young spiders.
c)What would happen if these spiders spread?
- Many people would be bitten and killed.
76-“In an empty building, or in a room below ground level.”
- Captain Ahmed said these words .
b)When did the speaker say these words?
- When Professor Jones said that spiders like to build their nests in dark,
quiet and cool places.
c)What did Ayman say when he heard these words?
- He said he saw the spider go to the empty house next to his house.
77-"An empty house! That's where I saw the spider go!”
- Ayman said these words to Colonel Mikhail and Captain Ahmed.
b)Where did the speaker see the spider go?
- He saw the spider go to the empty house next to his house.
c)Why did the spider go to that place?
- Because it was dark, quiet and cool.
It was in my house, then the garden, and then it ran towards the
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empty house next to mine!”
- Ayman said these words to Colonel Mikhail and Captain Ahmed.
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b)What was he talking about?
- He was talking about the female spider.
c)Why did it go to the empty house?
- Because it was dark, quiet and cool.
79-“Don’t move! We’re coming to help you!”
- Captain Ahmed said these words to the young officer.
b)Why did the speaker ask him not to move?
- Because he couldn’t see as the spiders covered his face mask.
c)What happened to Ayman he went for help?
- The female spider jumped and landed on his face. The surprise knocked
him off balance. His suit was torn and the spiders bit him.
80-"Your suit's torn! Get out! Get out!"
- Captain Ahmed said these words.
b)What happened to Ayman when his suit was torn?
- The spiders bit him.
c)What was the only hope for Ayman to recover?
- It was to get the echinacea negra plant in time.
“Is the female spider definitely dead?”
81-
- Colonel Mikhail said these words to Captain Ahmed.
b)Did the female spider die? Say why?
- No, it didn’t die because it was stronger than the others.
c)What was the other person’s answer?
- He said that his men were looking for the body, and the professor was
helping them
82- "My men are looking for the body now, and the professor is helping
them."
- Captain Ahmed said these words to Colonel Mikhail.
b)What were they looking for? Why?
- They were looking for the body of the female spider to make sure it was
dead.
c)How did the colonel ask for information?
- He radioed Captain Ahmed at the hospital.
83-"He has only hours to live unless the echinacea negra can get to
him in time, and work. What's the situation in Sinai?"
b)Who was the speaker talking about?
- He was talking about Ayman.
c)Why did he have only hours to live?
- Because he was bitten by the deadly spiders.
d)What was the situation in Sinai?
- They found some echinacea negra plants, and the cars were on their way
back. A helicopter would pick up Wafaa Sultan and the plants.
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84- "She says it might work for these spiders, but only for the bites of
males and young spiders. It might save Ayman”
b)What plant was the speaker referring to?
- Echinacea negra.
c)Why would the echinacea negra medicine be no good against a
bite from the female spider?
- Because its venom is too strong.
85- “She says that echinacea negra won’t work for the bite of the
female.”
b) Which spiders might echinacea negra work for?
- It might work for the bites of males ‫ الذكور‬and young spiders.
c) Why won’t the echinacea negra work for the bite of female
spider?
- Because its venom ‫ سم‬is too strong.
86- “A message from Sinai, sir.”
- The officer who took the call from Sinai to Colonel Mikhail.
b)What was that message?
- there was a bad storm ‫ عاصفة‬in the area ‫ المنطقة‬and the helicopter couldn’t
get to the cars. So Wafaa Sultan and the men had to drive through ‫أثناء‬
the storm and this would take more time.
c)What did this mean?
- This meant that Ayman didn’t have much more time to live.
87-"Ayman Hassan doesn't have much more time.”
b)What did this mean?
- He didn’t have much more time to live.
c)Why didn’t he have much time to live?
- Because he had been bitten by the spiders.
88- "This is bad. In this weather, the road can just
disappear."
- Captain Osama said these words to Wafaa and Farouk.
b)Why could the road disappear?
- Because it might become a river due to ‫ بسبب‬heavy rain.
c)What would happen if the road disappeared?
- It would be impossible ‫ مستحيل‬for them to drive down the mountain.
89- "We have to get through. We have a young man's life in our
hands."
- Wafaa said these words to Captain Osama and Farouk.
b)Whose life was in danger ‫ ?فى خطر‬Why?
- Ayman’s life was in danger because the spiders bit him.
c)Why were they worried?
- It was raining heavily. The wadis were flooded with water. The road was
narrow and steep.
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90- "The road is not our only problem,"
b)Why was the road a problem?
- Because it was narrow ‫ ضيق‬and steep. ‫منحدر‬
c) What other problems did they face ‫?يواجه‬
- It was raining heavily. The wadis were flooded with water.
91- "The rain will pour ‫ تنهمر‬down the mountains and flood the wadis
below.”
- Captain Osama said these words to Wafaa.
b)What were they talking about?
- They were talking about the problems they would face.
c)What would happen if they couldn’t get to the wadis before they
flooded?
- It would be impossible ‫ مستحيل‬to cross the three wadis.
92- "We're running out of time."
b)What were they running out of time to do?
- They were running out of time to reach the third Wadi before it was
impossible to cross.
c) Was there another reason why it was important not to run out of
time?
- Ayman needed the echinacea negea or he would die.
93- "The next Wadi is twenty minutes away. I'm afraid it'll be too deep
by that time.”
b)Which Wadi were they talking about?
-They were talking about the third Wadi.
c)Why did the speaker’s face get dark and tense?
- Because they were running out of time to reach the third Wadi before it
was impossible to cross.
94-"Get the rope! I'll have to swim out to them."
- Captain Osama said these words to Farouk.
b)Why did the speaker want to swim in the water?
- To save the two officers whose car got stuck between two big
rocks.
c)What does the word “them” refer to?
- It refers to the two officers in the second car.
95-“You have the plants. You must come across.”
- Captain Osama said these words to the two officers in the third car.
b)What plants did they have?
- Echinacea Negra.
c)Why did they have to come across?
- To rescue ‫ ينقذ‬the plants to save Ayman’s life.
d)Did they come across? Give reason.
- No, they didn’t because the car got stuck in the water.
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96-“It’s too dangerous. Look! What happened to the jeep.”
- Wafaa said this to Captain Osama and Farouk.
b)What happened to the jeep?
- The water was carrying it fast. It crashed into some rocks and rolled over.
Then it got stuck between two big rocks.
c)What happened to the men in the jeep?
- They climbed out of the water onto a rocky island.
97- “They have to choose the right route, the right time and the right
gear. They will only get one chance, so give them time.”
- Captain Osama said this to Farouk and Wafaa.
- They were talking about the two officers in the third car.
c)Why did they have to choose the right route, the right time and
the right gear?
- Because it was raining heavily and the water around them was deep
and fast.
98-“And the plants are in there. We mustn’t lose them.”
- Wafaa Sultan said these words.
b)What plants is the speaker referring to?
- Echinacea Negra.
c)Why was it necessary not to lose them?
- To save Ayman’s life.
99-"Watch out for us. Press the horn if you see a tree coming."
- Captain Osama said these words to Wafaa.
b)What was the speaker going to do?
- He was going to attach the towrope to the car in the water.
c)Why did he ask that person to warn him of the tree?
- So that it wouldn’t hit the car.
100-"Stay in the car. We must keep it heavy."
- Captain Osama said these words to the two officers.
b)Where was the car?
- It was in the third Wadi in Sinai.
c)Why did the speaker want to keep the car heavy?
- So that the water wouldn’t carry it away.
101- “It’s no good! You’ll have to get out and help!”
- Captain Osama said these words to the two officers in the third car.
- It took place in the third Wadi.
c)Why did the speaker ask for help?
- Because he failed to attach the towrope to the car as the water was
pushing so hard against the rope that they could not pull it straight
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102-"It's up to you now, Wafaa! "Good luck! - Captain Osama said these
words.
a)What was Wafaa Sultan expected to do?
- Wafaa was expected to rescue the echinacea negra plants to save
Ayman’s life (to make a medicine for Ayman).
c) Why was it difficult for her to do so?
- Because the car with the plants got stuck in the water.
d) Whose life depended on the courage of Wafaa Sultan?
- Ayman’s life.
103- "Ayman Hassan is breathing normally again. He's going to be
fine!"
a) Who said these words, to whom and where?
- A nurse said these words to Nurse Huda and Nurse Mona in hospital.
b) What happened to Ayman at midnight?
- His breathing stopped at midnight.
c) When did Ayman begin to breathe normally?
- When he took the medicine made from the plant.
104-"Have they found the female spider?"
- Ayman said these words to his family.
b)Who were looking for the female spider?
- The police were looking for the spiders.
c) Why were they looking for it?
- Because they thought it might be still alive.
105- "There was a picture of you in the newspaper, too! And on
television.”
- Mohamed said these words to Ayman.
b)Whose picture was in the newspaper and on television?
- Ayman’s picture.
c)What did the newspaper say about Ayman?
- It said that he saved hundreds of lives and that there would be thousands
of killer spiders in Hamdayya if he hadn't warned the police.
106-"Ifeel like a new person with a new future!"
- Ayman said this to his family.
b) Where did the speaker say this?
- He said that at the hospital.
c) Why did the speaker feel like that?
- Because all the best employers would wan a man like him. Professor
Malcolm Jones offered him the chance to study at Oxford University.
107- "Let's take a family photograph with your new camera."
a) Who said these words?
- Lamia said these words.
b) How did Ayman get his new camera?
- He got it from Professor Jones as a ‘Thank you’ present.
c) What happened to Ayman after taking the photo?
- He fainted because the female spider had bitten him.
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108-"Keep very still. Lamia. I want to take a photo,"
-Ayman said these words.
b)Why did the speaker ask Lamia not to move?
- To keep the spider quiet.
- To be able to blind and catch the spider.
c)What happened to the speaker after taking the photo?
- He fainted because the female spider had bitten him.
109-The minister described Ayman Hassan as 'a brave young man who
was ready to give his life to save others.'
- The TV reporter said these words.
b)What did Ayman do to save others?
- He warned the police about the deadly spider he had seen. He used his
intelligence and bravery to catch the female spider.
c)How was Ayman rewarded in the end?
- Professor Jones offered him a good camera and told him he could
study at Oxford University if he wanted. The best employers
would want a man like him.
110- "We can only guess how many thousands of people might have
died without the intelligence and bravery of this young man."
- The minister said this to a reporter on television.
b)At which point in the story do you think Ayman showed
intelligence and bravery?
- He used the camera flash to blind the spider. Then he knocked it into the
aluminum box, which he quickly shut.
c)Why might thousands of people have died?
- They might have died if the two thousand young spiders and the
big female spider had not been found.
111- "But tonight, people throughout Egypt are not only praising
Ayman; they are also celebrating.”
a) Who said these words?
- The TV reporter said these words.
b) Why were people throughout Egypt celebrating?
- Because Ayman was still alive.
c) How did Ayman escape death?
- When he was bitten the first time, his body produced a lot of antivenom,
which protected him the second time.
112- “Yes, we did. The female’s bite is very, very dangerous, and we
have no medicine for it.”
- Dr Salah said this to the reporter.
b)What does the speaker mean by “Yes, we did.”?
- They expected Ayman to die from the bite of the female spider.
c)Why didn’t the bites of the female spider kill Ayman?
-Because when Ayman was bitten the first time, his body produced a lot of
antivenom which protected him the second time.
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113- “It shows me what’s behind the wall.”
- The small robber said these words to the tall robber.
114-"It transmits radio waves through the wall. When the waves hit
something on the other side, they came back to it. The computer
changes the radio waves into a picture.” - The small robber said
this to the tall robber.
115- “So why don’t archaeologists use GPR?”
- The tall robber said this to the small robber.
116- “But many spiders found their way into underground tombs and
passages. The townspeople had buried their dead in these tombs
for a thousand years, so many of the tombs were in unknown
places.”
117-“Many ancient towns and villages died about 2,000 years ago …..”
- Dr Shereen said this to Ayman in her e-mail.
118- “But this spider can’t be the same as the killer spiders in the
ancient text.”
- Ayman said this to Dr Shereen.
119- “I hope you're right. But I think you should tell the police
about all this.”
- Dr Fakhry said this to Ayman.
120- “But if you see the spider again, please try to photograph it.”
- Dr Fakhry said this to Ayman.
121- “On this CD there’s a list of all the known species of spiders
in the world.” - Susan Bennett said these words to Dr Shereen Fakhry.
122- “How many known species are there?”
- Dr Shereen Fakhry said these words to Susan Bennett.
123- “About 30,000. The number goes up all the time.”
- Susan Bennett said these words to Dr Shereen Fakhry.
124- "So this could be the spider that Ayman saw."
125- “He was interested in the picture of the black and yellow spider
and the ancient texts about it.” - Dr. Shereen said this to Ayman in an
e-mail.
126- “He thinks the spider may be an unknown species and he is now
on his way to Egypt.” - Dr. Shereen said this to Ayman in an e-
mail.
127-“He will be in Hamdayya tomorrow morning. Professor Malcolm
thinks the spider may be very dangerous.” - Dr. Shereen said this to
Ayman in her e-mail.
128- “Dr Shereen thinks I should tell the police about it,"
- Ayman said this to his uncle.
129- "If you're not sure, I don't think you should frighten people. I think
you should keep quiet. Don't tell anyone outside the family."
- Uncle Walid said this to Ayman.
130- "We have protective clothing. Do you need any other special
equipment?"
- Colonel Mikhail said this to Professor Jones at the police station.
131-“Could you find one of these spiders and identify it?”
- Colonel Mikhail said this to Professor Jones at the police station.
132-"If the spiders are an unknown species, is there an antivenom that
we can use?" - Colonel Mikhail said this to Professor Jones at the
police station.
133-“If these spiders are unknown species, scientists will have to
develop a new antivenom.” - Professor Jones said this to
Captain Ahmed.
134- “A researcher in the Department of Botanical Science at Cairo
University has studied the plant.” - Dr Shereen said this to Ayman in
an email.
135- “If the spiders are an unknown species, we'll send her to Sinai to
get some of this echinacea negra!” - Colonel Mikhail said this to
Captain Ahmed.
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136-"Yes. They're the same as the spider I saw in town. Only that one
was larger." - Ayman said these words to Captain Ahmed.
137-"Professor, what is the best way to destroy these spiders?"
- Captain Ahmed said these words.
138- “I understand your scientific interest, but ten people have died
already. My job is to prevent more deaths."
- Captain Ahmed said these words to Professor Jones.
139-“You must do what is necessary. But, in my opinion, it’s
impossible."
140-“You can kill some of the spiders, but some of them will live”
141- "The colonel wants me to return to the town. You too. We must
bring the dead spiders with us."- Captain Ahmed said this to Professor
Jones and Ayman.
142- "No cars can enter or leave the town. There’s another car
waiting for you on the other side." - An officer said this to Captain
Ahmed, Ayman, Professor Jones and three young officers.
143-"Everybody has left this part of town. Tomorrow we will search this
area. Extra officers have arrived.”
- Colonel Mikhail said these words to Captain Ahmed, Ayman and Professor
Jones.
144-Captain, you’ll lead the search.” - Colonel Mikhail said these words.
145- “I've ordered stronger protective suits. They'll be here in the
morning."
- Colonel Mikhail said these words to Professor Jones, Captain Ahmed and
Ayman.
146-"Professor, in your opinion, are we looking for just one spider or
many spiders?" - Colonel Mikhail said these words to Professor Jones.
147- "There is probably only one female spider in the town. There
might be some smaller male spiders, but I think this is unlikely.”
148-"In any case, the female spider is a thousand times more dangerous
than the male." - Professor Jones said these words to Colonel
Mikhail.
149-“But the female spider probably had a nest.”
150-"So the most urgent task is to find the female spider's nest. Where
does a spider like to build its nest?” - Colonel Mikhail said this to
Professor Jones.
151-“They’ve found some echinacea negra plants, and the cars are on
their way back.” - Colonel Mikhail said these words to Captain Ahmed.
152-"A helicopter will pick up Wafaa Sultan and the plants."
153- "Are these plants likely to help Ayman?"
154-“So we must be sure that the female is dead.”
155- “If we can't get to the wadis before they flood, we may not be able
to cross them." - Captain Osama said these words to Wafaa and Farouk.
156-"We have to cross three wadis. They are usually dry, but they are
probably filling up fast now.” Captain Osama said these words to
wafaa and Farouk.
157- “He's still in intensive care. His breathing stopped around 1
a.m. and we’re keeping him alive on a ventilator.” - Nurse Huda said
these words to Nurse Mona.
158- “Yes, there was a storm. Two cars were damaged and six men were
washed down a wadi, but wafaa got through with the plants, and
the men are OK.” - Nurse Huda said these words to Nurse Mona in
the hospital.
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159-“The doctors made some medicine from the plants and gave it to
Ayman at about midnight.” - Nurse Huda said this to Nurse Mona.
160-"Not yet. They're looking for it now. They think it's probably dead,
but it might be still alive" - Mr Hassan said these words to Ayman.
161- “Everyone’s talking about you.” - Lamia said these words to
Ayman.
162- “The newspaper said that you saved hundreds of lives. It said there
would be thousands of killer spiders in Hamadayya now if you
hadn’t warned the police.” - Mohamed said these words to
Ayman.
163- “Professor Malcolm says that you saved the world from the
spiders.”
- Najat said these words.
164-“Professor Malcolm says that you can go and study at Oxford
University if you want to.” - Ayman’s mother said these words.
165- "You won't have to worry about getting a good job any more."
- Mr Hassan said these words.
166- “Uncle Walid says all the best employers will want a man like
you.”
- Ayman’s mother said these words.
167-“They only hurt people because people disturb them. If nobody
goes there. They won’t hurt anybody.? - Lamia said these words
to Ayman
168-“But it’s an important archaeological site. Archaeologists will want
to go there. So will tourists? - Mohamed said these words to Lamia.
169- “You expected Ayman to die from the bite of the female spider,
didn’t you?"
- The TV reporter said these words to Dr. Salah.
170-“So why didn’t he die?” - The reporter said these words to Dr Dalah.
171- “This is what happened when Ayman was bitten the first time.”
-Dr Salah said this to the reporter.
C) Completion
1- The four robbers switched the car lights off because they didn't want to be
seen by anybody.
2- The men brought radar equipment ‫ أجهــزة رادار‬with them, which could
identify ‫ يكتشفوا‬rooms under the ground. ‫تحت الرض‬
3- GPR equipment uses a machine like a large camera, which transmits ‫ترسل‬
radio waves through the ground.
4- GPR equipment ‫ معــدات رادار تخــترق الرض‬includes ‫ تشــمل‬a computer, which
changes radio waves into a picture of what is in the ground.
5- With the help of GPR, the robbers could find the room that contained the
treasures.
6- Archaeologists do not use GPR very often because it’s expensive.
7- The robbers killed some of the spiders, but some escaped into their cars.
8- It was an unknown species ‫نوع‬ of spider because nobody had seen it
before.
9- The small spiders all died, but the biggest spider remained ‫ ظل‬alive.
10- The robbers all died from the spiders' bites.
11- The cars and the dead men were found by a helicopter pilot.
12- When the engineer said ‘we’d better ‫ يجب أن‬get on the radio'‫نتصل باللسلكي‬,
the pilot left the car and returned to the helicopter.
13- But for ‫ لول‬the engineer’s words, the pilot could have been bitten and
killed by the spiders.
14- The pilot’s life was saved when he left the car and returned to the
helicopter.
15-Nobody knew that the cars contained ‫ تحتوى على‬treasures and a deadly
spider.
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16- A
spider can travel easily ‫ بسهولة‬from house to house, looking for ‫ يبحث عن‬a
place that is dark, quiet and safe.
17-Spiders usually live in tombs ‫ررررر‬, under the ground, in safe ‫رررر‬,
quiet ‫رررر‬, dark, wet ‫ رررر‬places.
18- Ay
man used the internet for his university studies ‫ دراسات‬and for making
friends in other countries.
19- Th
e computer enabled ‫ مكــن‬Ayman to do his university studies, make
friends
and find out about the deadly spiders.
20- Th
e spider didn’t attack ‫ يهاجم‬Najat because she moved away when her
mother called her.
21- If
Najat hadn’t moved her foot away, the spider would have bitten her.
22- The spider was crossing ‫ يعبر‬the garden when Ayman saw it.
23- Ayman was crossing the garden when he saw the black and yellow
spider.
24- When the spider opened its mouth, Ayman saw two long fangs.‫نابان‬
25- Ayman phoned a friend who had a book about spiders.
26- To
get information about the spider, Ayman phoned a friend who had a
book called ‘Spiders of North Africa’ and used the internet.
27- Th
e World Wide Web ‫ شبكة النترنت العالية‬is like a great library. The information in
this library moves between thousands of computers around the
world.
28- Spi
ders use webs to catch flies ‫ الذباب‬but Ayman used the web to find a spider.
29-On the World Wide Web ‫ شبكة النترنت العالمية‬Ayman found three pictures of
black and yellow spiders.
30-Ayman read a story of some spiders that killed hundreds of people in
ancient times. ‫فى العصور القديمة‬
31- Alt
hough people in ancient Egypt burned ‫ حرقوا‬their town down to kill all the
spiders, many spiders escaped ‫ تتت ت‬to underground tombs and
passages ‫ممرات‬.
32-The female ‫ أنثى‬spider needed a secret ‫ سرى‬place where nobody came to
disturb it. ‫يزعجه‬
33- The spider was looking for a quiet and dark home to lay its eggs
34-The spider enclosed ‫ غلف‬its eggs in four sacs ‫ أكياس‬of whit silk ‫ حرير‬.
35- Dr
Fakhry was shocked ‫ صــدمت‬and frightened ‫ خائفــة‬while looking at the
computer screen when she saw the picture of the same spider Ayman
had described.
36- Th
e day before Ayman saw the spider, the police brought ‫ أحضر‬some boxes
from the archaeological site to the police station in Hamdayya.
37- Dr Shereen advised Ayman to tell the police about the spider.
38- Th
e German Egyptologist ‫ أستاذ علم المصريات‬translated a 2,000-year-old text
‫ نص‬about an ancient Egyptian medicine, called Echinacea Negra. ‫الحبة‬
‫السوداء‬
39- A
German Egyptologist told Dr Fakhry about an ancient medicine for the
bite of the black and yellow spider.
40- Th
e ancient Egyptians were so clever that they made a medicine from the
root ‫ جذر‬of the echinacea negra plant for the bite of the black and
yellow spider.
41-None of the six black and yellow spiders on the database ‫ قاعدة البيانات‬were
like the spider in the old picture.
42-Professor Jones was so angry when his trip to South America was
cancelled. ‫ألغيت‬
43-If there weren’t ‫ لول‬any spiders, there would be more flies ‫ ذباب‬and
mosquitoes ‫ بعوض‬as well as ‫ بالضافة الى‬other insects ‫حشرات‬.
44-Professor Jones was interested in ‫ مهتم بـ‬the spider that Ayman had seen
because it was unknown ‫ غير معروف‬and very dangerous.
45-Ayman described ‫ وصف‬the spider he saw before he knew anything about
the spider at Bawiti.
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46-Perhaps ‫ ربما‬all the other spiders died when the climate changed 2,000
years ago.
47- According to ‫ حسب رأى‬Professor Jones, the deadly spiders came to our world
when people disturbed ‫ أزعجوهم‬them.
48- The antivenom ‫ مضاد السموم‬works against the venom. ‫السم‬
49- Every venomous animal ‫ حيوان سام‬has a different venom. ‫سم‬
The antivenom for one spider won’t work against the venom of a different
50-
spider.
51- If a spider is unknown, there is no antivenom ‫ مضاد للسموم‬for it.
52- There was no antivenom for the black and yellow spider because it was a
new species ‫ نوع‬and no antivenom was made for it.
53-It took years to develop a new antivenom because the black and yellow
spider was a new species.
54-The people in Hamdayya were in danger because the dangerous spider
might spread ‫ ينتشر‬in the town.
55-Because of ‫ بسبب‬the spiders the whole world was in danger as Egypt is
the meeting point ‫ نقطة تلقى‬of three continents ‫قارات‬.
56- Professor Jones wrote an e-mail to Ayman, but he forgot to send it.
57- Th
e female spider guarded its 2,000 eggs in a dark and secret place.
58- Professor Jones is one of the world’s top arachnologists.
59-When Uncle Walid had sat with a cup of coffee, Ayman told him all about
the spider.
60- Ayman's family did not know about the professor's visit until just before the
professor's arrival.
61- Ayman’s uncle told him not to tell anyone outside the family about the
spider.
62- Ayman's uncle phoned the police chief, Colonel Mikhail in order to make
sure that the information about the archaeologists' death from the
spiders' bites was true.
63- The police officers needed special clothing to protect themselves against
spiders.
64-Colonel Mikhail hoped the spiders were a known species because there were
medicine for it.
65- If the spiders were an unknown species, there would be no antivenom for
them.
66- At the police station, Colonel Mikhail asked Professor Jones to find out the
spider and identify it.
67- Professor Jones came to Egypt in order to find out the deadly spider and
identify it to get the correct antivenom.
68- If Professor Jones found one of the spiders, Ayman must tell the police
whether it was the same as the spider he had seen.
69- Colonel Mikhail and his men are going to be in danger from the spiders until
they get the correct antivenom. They can’t do that until they
identify the spider).
70- Ayman didn't have enough time to read Dr Shereen's second e-mail, so he
printed it out and took it with him to read it later.
71- Making antivenom is like making antibodies to fight a virus.
72-When scientists put small quantities of venom into animals, these animals
make antivenom to fight the venom.
73- It could take many years to produce a safe antivenom in large quantities.
74-If the spiders are unknown species, scientists will have to develop a new
antivenom.
75-There was no antivenom for the black and yellow spider because it was a
new species and no antivenom was made for it.
76-People in Hamdayya will have no protection against spiders because they
are an unknown species.
77- Echinacea Negra is a plant, which can cure the bites of spiders.
78- To protect themselves against deadly spiders, the police wore protective
clothing.
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79- While Professor Jones set up his equipment, three young officers guarded
him.
80- Although the large female spider attacked one of the officers, it didn’t bite
him.
81-The young officer was coughing badly and fell to the ground because he
breathed in some insecticide.
82-If the female spider had bitten the young officer’s face, there would have
been blood on his face.
83-The police officers tried to kill the large female spider by using their
insecticide sprays.
84-Captain Ahmed wanted to kill the spiders because they killed ten people
and he wanted to prevent more deaths.
85-Professor Jones said that they couldn’t destroy the spiders as the spiders
lived under the ground and they didn’t know where all the
underground rooms and passages were. In addition, the
archaeological site would be damaged.
86- All spiders couldn’t be destroyed because they were hidden in unknown
places.
87- Th
e streets near Ayman’s house were empty because people left this part of
the town.
88- A female spider is much more dangerous than a male spider because its
bite is stronger and will produce 2000 eggs.
89- Colonel Mikhail asked Ayman to show the officers where he had seen the
female spider.
90- Inside the empty house there were 2000 small black and yellow spiders.
91- As light fell on the floor of the room, the floor moved like waves on the
sea.
92- The spiders attacked the officers as soon as they began to spray
insecticide into the room.
93- The female spider tried to release itself by using its fangs to get rid of its
leg.
94- When its leg was caught, the female spider used its fangs and cut
through its own leg.
95- Ayman fell to the ground because the female spider jumped and landed
on his face and the surprise knocked him off balance.
96- The spiders were able to bite Ayman when his suit was torn.
97- Ayman was carried to hospital after the small spiders had bitten him.
98- Ayman had only hours to live unless the echinacea negra could get to
him in time.
99- Being a botanist, Wafaa Sultan was sent to Sinai to bring the Echinacea
negra plants.
100-The echinacea negra medicine would be no good against a bite from the
female spider because its venom is too strong.
101-A message from Sinai said that there was a bad storm in the area and
the helicopter couldn’t get to the cars.
102-The helicopter couldn’t get to the cars in Sinai because of a very bad storm
in the area.
103-The echinacea negra medicine was delayed because there was a storm
and the helicopter couldn’t get to the cars in Sinai.
104-Ayman was in great danger as the spiders bit him.
105- The cars might fall into the valley below if the drives tried to go more
quickly.
106- The men drove the cars very slowly, as the road down the mountains
was narrow and steep.
107- If the cars can’t get to the Wadis before they flood, they might not be
able to cross them.
108- In the second Wadi in Sinai, the cars couldn’t speed up because the road
was stony and they would slide.
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109- After crossing the second Wadi in Sinai, Osama drove very fast in order to
reach Ayman in time. (get across the third wadi before it would be
too deep in the water).
110-Captain Osama put the car into a low gear and moved forward slowly into
the water.
111-The second car turned over in the water but the men managed to get onto
a rocky island.
112-Captain Osama said that the third car could get across because it was
heavier than the jeep.
113- Captain Osama used a towrope for pulling the third car to land.
114-Captain Osama told Wafaa Sultan to press the horn if she saw a tree
coming down the river.
115-Captain Osama and Farouk tried to attach one end of the towrope to the
car in the water.
116-All four men were carried away from the car, but managed to get onto the
rocky island.
117-Wafaa Sultan pressed the horn of the car when she saw a tree coming
down the third wadi.
118-It was Wafaa’s duty to rescue the echinacea negra plants to save
Ayman’s life (to make a medicine for Ayman).
119-When Ayman’s breathing stopped, he was put on a ventilator.
120-The police had to keep looking for the spider because they hadn’t found it.
121-The newspapers said that Ayman saved hundreds of lives and that
there would be thousands of killer spiders in Hamdayya if he hadn’t
warned the police.
122-Ayman was on television because he had saved other people’s lives and
was still alive after the bite of the deadly female.
123-Everyone was talking about Ayman because he saved the lives of
thousands of people.
124- Professor Jones said that Ayman saved the world from the spiders.
125-Professor Jones had given Ayman a camera to thank him for helping him
to find a new species of spider.
126-Ayman didn’t have to worry about getting a good job because his uncle
said that the best employers would want a man like him.
127-As Ayman got out his camera, he asked if anyone knew what was going
to happen to the spiders in the desert.
128-Lamia thought that if nobody went to the archaeological site, the spiders
wouldn’t hurt any one.
129- Ayman said he thought that science would find an answer.
130- In hospital Ayman saw the female spider near Lamia’s shoulder.
131- Ayman raised his camera and told Lamia that he wanted to take a photo.
132- Ayman used his camera in order to blind the spider temporarily.
133- Ayman blinded the spider with the camera’s flashlight.
134- The spider bit Ayman as he knocked it into the case.
135-The congratulations suddenly stopped, when Ayman’s family saw two
bright red marks on Ayman’s hand where the deadly female spider
had bitten him.
136- When Ayman saw the two bright red marks on his hand, he fell to the floor.
137- The minister described ‫ وصف‬Ayman Hassan as a brave ‫ شجاع‬young man
who was ready to sacrifice ‫ يضحى بـ‬his life to save others.
138- Ayman’s body began to make antivenom after the small spiders bit him.
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A) Questions & answers

30- What was Ayman’s favourite hobby? ‫هواية محببة‬

36- Why was Ayman surprised ‫ اندهش‬when he saw the spider?

42- What do spiders use webs ‫ الشباك‬for?

44-What was the ancient Egyptian text ‫نص‬ translated by Dr Fakhry

51-What did the spider do when it laid its eggs?

52- What was the spider’s ’long wait’, do you think?

93-What’s the part ‫ دور‬played by Dr Shereen Fakhry in fighting ‫مقاومة‬

99-What would happen to local business if people heard and believed

103- Why did Ayman feel that he was a fool ‫?مغفل‬

106- Why did all the archaeologists at the site die?

110- Where did the police get protective clothing?‫ملبس واقية‬

113- Why were the police in danger ‫ خطر‬from the spiders?

181- What difficulties ‫ صعوبات‬did Wafaa and the officers face in

194- How was Wafaa Sultan brave ‫?شجاعة‬

202- Why could Ayman breathe ‫ يتنفس‬normally ‫طبيعيا‬ again?

17- “These spiders were so dangerous that the people decided to

27- “The story of the spider may be just a story.”

28- “Good Luck with identifying ‫ يحدد نوع‬your spider.”

30- “What did you think of the picture?”

31- “It's the same as the spider that I saw.”

33- “Maybe they were in the boxes.”

35- "I think we should talk to Professor Jones”

43- "Do you think he really saw this spider?"

45-"Not just him and his family. Everyone in Hamdayya might be in

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