I. Discuss these questions II.

Reading Comprehension
1. What is a pyramid? A. Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer for each question.
2. Where can you see pyramids? 1. The main purpose of this reading is to describe__________
3. Why do you think people built pyramids? a. who the pyramid builders were and what they did
4. What is one of the oldest buildings in your city or country? How b. how Khukr's Great Pyramid was constructed
old is it? Why was it built? c. what life was like for Egyptian kings
d. why Egyptian kings wanted to build pyramids
Who Build Giza’s Pyramid? 2. Which statement about the pyramid builders is true?
a. They lived fairly long lives
For centuries, the pyramids of Giza have been timeless symbols of b. Bath men and women built the pyramids
Egyptian culture. But who actually built them? For years, we did not know c. Most came from other countries,
for sure. But archeologists recently discovered an ancient village near the d. They rarely had enough to eat or drink.
pyramids. Close by, there was also a cemetery where pyramid builders 3. Which statement about building the pyramids is true?
5 were buried. From studying these places, archaeologists can now confirm a. It took over a century to complete.
that the pyramids were not built by slaves or foreigners (or space aliens!). b. Builders all did the same work.
Ordinary Egyptians built them c. More than 30,000 workers were involved.
It took about eighty years to build the pyramids. According to d. Builders worked in teams.
archeologists, about 20.000-30.000 were involved in completing the task. 4. In line 20, what does their refer to?
10 The workers had different roles. Some dug up the rock, some moved it a. archeologists
and some shaped it into blocks. People also worked on different teams, b. male works
each with its own name. On a wall in wall Khufu's Great Pyramid, for c. female workers
example, a group of workers wrote "Friends of Khufu." Teams often d. medical workers
competed to do a job faster. 5. In fine 32, what does the word laborers mean?
15 Life for these workers was hard. "We can see that in their a. Kings
skeletons," says Azza Mohamed Sarry El-Din, a scientist studying bodies b. archeologists
found in the cemetery. The bones show signs of arthritis, which developed c. work
from carrying heavy things for long time. Archeologists have also found d. women
many female skeletons in the village and cemetery. The damage to their B. Matching. What is the main idea of each paragraph in the reading?
20 bones is similar to the men's. Their lives may have been even tougher: Match a heading (a-e) with the correct paragraph (1 -4). One,
male workers lived to age 40-45, but women to only 30-35. However, heading is extra.
workers usually had enough food, and they also had medical care if they
got sick or hurt. Paragraph Heading
The work was challenging, but laborers were proud of their work. 1. ________ a. A Pyramid Builder's Life
25 "It's because they were not just building the tomb of their king" says 2. ________ b. An Important National Project
Egyptian archeologist Zahi Hawass. They were building Egypt. It was a 3. ________ c. Female Pyramid Builders: The Challenges
national project, and everyone was a participant 4. ________ d. Pyramid Builders' Jobs
e. Who Built the Pyramids?