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F Careful reading Read the article carefully Match the summaries with the correct paragraphs then plete a chart and fill in some blanks. the summaries with the correct paragraphs: a. There is a scientific reason why people died after entering the tomb. b. Howard Carter did not go to school and later became an explorer. c. Lord Carnarvon died after Carter had opened the tomb. d. Howard Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. e. A short introduction of Howard Carter’s life story. f. The mystery of Tutankhamun’s tomb has never been fully explained. g. More people died after Carter’s discovery. h. People keep wondering why so many people died and have suggested all kinds of explanations. Para 1 Para 5 Para 6 Para 3 Para 4 Para 2 Para 7 Para 8 2. Complete the chart below Characters Who was he? What did he do? How did he die? Gee Gould Visited the tomb Lord Carnarvon Offered Carter money to explorer the mysterious。 Be present at the opened tomb Howard Carter A famous explorer especially for the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb In 1891 By the 1920s In 1922 Richard Bethell entered the tomb a friend of Carnarvon A high fever A British man interested in Egypt A fever set sail for Alexandria, Egypt. searched For tombs of the Egyptian Kings found the tomb of King Tuntankhamun Seemed nothing to do with the tomb Carter’s secretary Heart trouble Fill in the blanks according to the article: Howard carter is one of the most famous the world has ever known. He was and about the world outside his hometown when he was very young. By the 1920s, he had bee an explorer, for the tombs of the Egyptian kings. In 1922,Howard Carter made his most discovery of all, in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt, where he found the tomb of King . However, not long after the tomb had been opened, people in Carter’s team began to and die strangely. Within seven years, 21 people who had