Napoleon Bonapartes ambition to control all the area around the Mediterranean Sea led him and his

French soldiers to Egypt. After losing a naval battle, they were forced to remain there for three years. In 1799, while constructing a fort, a soldier discovered a piece of stele (a stone pillar bearing an inscription) known as the Rosetta stone, in commemoration of the town near the fort. This famous stone, which would eventually lead to the deciphering of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics dating to 3100 B.C., was written in three languages : hieroglyphics (picture writing), demotic (a shorthand version of Egyptian hieroglyphics), and Greek. Scientists discovered that the characters, unlike those in English, could be written from right to left and in other directions as well. The directions in which they were read depended on how the characters were arranged. Living elements (animals, people, and body parts) were often the first symbols, and the direction that they faced indicted the direction for reading them. Twenty-three years after the discovery of the Rosetta stone, Jean Francois Champollion, a French philologist fluent in several languages, was able to decipher the first word-Ptolemy-the name of an Egyptian ruler. This name was written inside an oval called a cartouche. Further investigation revealed that cartouches contained names of important people of that period. Champollion painstakingly continued his search and was able to increase his growing list of known phonetic signs. He and an Englishman, Thomas Young worked independently of each other to unravel the deeply hidden mysteries of this strange language. Young believed that sound values could be assigned to the symbols, while Champollion insisted that the pictures represented words. 1. All of the following statements are true, EXCEPT A. Cartouches contained names of prominent people of the period B. Champollion and Young worked together in an attempt to decipher the hieroglyphics C. One of Napoleons soldiers discovered Rosetta stone D. Thomas Young believed that sound values could be assigned to the symbols 2. The word deciphering is closest in meaning to A. Decoding B. Downfall C. Discovery D. Probing 3. The person responsible for deciphering the first word was A. Champollion B. Young C. Ptolemy D. Napoleon 4. What the best title for the passage A. Napoleons Great Discovery B. Deciphering the Hieroglypics of the Rosetta Stone C. Thomas Youngs Great Contribution D. The Importance of Cartouches 5. In the line 1, ambition is nearest meaning to A. Aspiration B. Indolence C. Indifference D. Apathy

Choose the one word or prhase that best completes the sentence. 1. Tommy was one ________________________ A. of the happy childs of his class B. of the hapiest child in the class C. child who was the happiest of all the class D. of the happiest children in the class 2. Mr. Roberts is a noted chemist _______________________ A. as well as an effective teacher B. and too a very efficient teacher C. but the teaches very good in addition D. however he teaches very good also 3. John said that no other car could go ___________________ A. so fast like his car B. as fast like his car C. as fast like the car D. as fast as his car 4. Her grades have improved, but only ___________________ A. in a small amount B. very slighty C. minimum D. some 5. The changes in this city have occurred __________________ A. with swiftness B. rapidly C. fastly D. in rapid ways Identify the one underline word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. 1. He knows to repair the carburetor without taking the whole car apart . 2. She must retyping the report before she hands it in to the director of financing. 3. Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their own research paper this semester. 4. Dresses, skirts, shoes, and childrens clothing are advertised at great reduced prices this weekend. 5. The pilot and the crew distributed the life preservers between the twenty frantic passengers .

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