Reading test Semester II

Choose the best word to fill in the gaps.
All of (1) used to think about Egypt as the country of pharaohs and pyramids. However, to (2) Egypt in a real way, these facts are not (3) . Bedouin tourism was organized a long time ago. In an oasis, I was greeted as an honoured guest by native Bedouins dressed in (4) clothes.

Choose the best word to fill in the gaps.

I rode on camels and donkeys throughout the night. A black-eyed Arab (5) singing, so it seemed, especially for me. I fell asleep in a traditional Bedouin marquee… When the morning (6) , during the camel walk, the Bedouin took out a modern mobile phone from (7) clothes which were actually jeans and, in pure English, started retelling how his business was (8) . Such is the country, this is the way they live…

Read the text again and choose the correct variant according to the sentence.

All of us used to think about Egypt as the country of pharaohs and pyramids. However, to understand Egypt in a real way, these facts are not enough. Bedouin tourism was organized a long time ago. In an oasis, I was greeted as an honoured guest by native Bedouins dressed in national clothes.

I rode on camels and donkeys throughout the night. A black-eyed Arab was singing, so it seemed, especially for me. I fell asleep in a traditional Bedouin marquee… When the morning came, during the camel walk, the Bedouin took out a modern mobile phone from his clothes which were actually jeans and, in pure English, started retelling how his business was going. Such is the country, this is the way they live…

Nowadays Egypt isn’t associated only with pyramids and pharaohs.