問題詳情

     In 1922, when a search team led by Howard Carter opened the tomb of Tutankhamun, they were ecstatic. Little did they know then that this act would   (36)     the fates of many. Immediately after the opening of the tomb, the canary Carter kept in his home was swallowed by a cobra, the   (37)     of Egyptian monarchy. A few weeks later, Lord Carnarvon, who had financed the digging, died of infection due to a mosquito bite. What was even more hair-raising was that the mosquito bite on Carnarvon’s cheek was in the same   (38)     where the mummified face of the pharaoh had a distinguishable mark. Then, moments before Carnarvon died, the city of Cairo was plunged into   (39)     as all the lights went out. Other unnatural deaths followed. An archeologist on the team suddenly went into a coma and died. Carnarvon’s friend died of fever after visiting the tomb. The researcher studying the mummified   (40)     of Tutankhamun also died under mysterious circumstances soon afterwards.
36.
(A) position
(B) seal
(C) darkness
(D) figure
(E) symbol

參考答案

答案：B
難度：計算中-1
書單：沒有書單，新增

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