Section 5
Certain words have been omitted from the passage below. Write down the missing words corresponding to each number in the passage. Write only one word in each space.
Scientists in America think they have
……..…….…… (1) the body of Ramses I (the First), who is believed to have been the pharaoh at the time …………...…… (2) the Jewish Exodus described in the Old Testament of the Bible. The pharaoh's mummy …..……….…… (3) discovered in July 2000 lying ………….…..… (4) a cardboard box in the private Niagara Falls Daredevil Museum …..……….…… (5) it had lain unrecognised for 140 years. The Egyptologists think it was stolen ……..…….…… (6) a tomb in Egypt more than 3000 years ago. Science has ……..…….…… (7) great progress in DNA testing and the scientists hope that they will be …………...…… (8) to prove that it is Ramses I ………..….…… (9) comparing DNA samples of the mummy ..……….…… (10) samples from Ramses I's son, Sethi I.
The word in capital letters at
the end of the line can be used to form a word fitting the blank space. Write down the appropriate word.1. If you wait ……………….……, you'll get served. (PATIENT)
2. He always wanted to be a famous ……………….…… (INVENT)
3. The goalkeeper kicked the ball the ……………….…… of the field. (LONG)
4. The doctor asked me to get ……………….…… so that he couId examine me. (DRESS)
5. Don't be angry . I'm sure we can sort out this silly little …………….….…… . (UNDERSTAND)