2017年6月大学英语六级阅读理解精炼50篇33古埃及陵墓之谜(含答案).docxVIP

2017年6月大学英语六级阅读理解精炼50篇33古埃及陵墓之谜(含答案)　　英语六级阅读理解精炼第33篇，练习古埃及陵墓之谜，含有六级阅读练习题，参考译文，答案等内容。供正在准备英语六级考试的学习者参考学习。033. a rich king of old egypt1the kings of old egypt were very rich and powerful, and their tombs tell much about their lives. archeologists2 have looked for these tombs for many years. one man — lord carnarvon of england — was not an archeologist. but he was very much interested in the way people lived in egypt long ago. he was given permission to dig for some of the old tombs in a place called the valley of the kings. 3 he hired4 an archeologist named howard carter to take charge . 5for more than five years, the two men worked there with a group of diggers, but they found very little . lord carnarvon went back to england. carter had almost lost hope of making an important discovery. but he kept on with the work.then one day in the fall of 1922 , one of his workers uncovered something that looked like a step cut into a rocky hill. he brushed away6 some loose stones and saw a second step below. it took four days to clear sixteen steps leading down into the hill. at the bottom of the steps, there was a wall of stone blocks. on the wall, they found the seal of a king called tutankhamen.when lord carnarvon heard the news, he sailed on the first ship to egypt. they began the work of clearing out7 the tomb. it had to be done so carefully that it took six years to finish the job!there were four rooms in the tomb. three of them were piled high with boxes, vases, jewels, and many other beautiful things. there was a golden throne, several golden chariots, the king’s hunting bows, and even his gold-trimmed sandals. all these things were put near the king in case he should need them in his own special afterworld.the fourth room held a huge , carved coffin. in it, there were three more coffins, one inside the other. the last one was made of gold, and in it was the body of tutankhamen. the body had been prepared with chemicals and was tightly wrapped in cloth. a body that is p