单选题
No matter how many times you have seen images of the golden mask of Tutankhamen, come face to face with it in Egypt"s Cairo museum, and you will suck in your breath.
It was on Nov 4, 1923, that British archaeologist Howard Carter accidentally found a stone at the base of a tomb in Luxor that eventually led to a sealed doorway.
Then, on Nov 23, Carter found a second door and when he stuck his head through it, what he saw was to shock the world. Inside lay a great stone coffin enclosing three chests of gilded wood.
A few months later, when the coffins were removed one after another, Carter found a solid block of gold weighing 110 kg. In it was the mummy of the 19-year-old Tutankhamen, covered in gold with that splendid funeral mask. And all this lay buried for more than 3,000 years.
Cairo, a dusty city of 20 million people, is a place where time seems to both stand still and rush into utter chaos. It is a place where the ancient and contemporary happily go along on parallel tracks.
Take the Great Pyramids of Giza, sitting on the western edge of the city. Even as the setting sun silhouettes these gigantic structures against the great desert expanse, a call for prayer floats over semi-finished apartment blocks filled with the activity of city life.
While careful planning for the afterlife may lie buffed underground in Cairo, it is noise and confusion on the streets. Donkey carts battle for space with passers-by and the only operative road rule is "might is right". But it is a city that is full of life—from the small roadside restaurants to the coffee shops.
Donkey carts piled high with flat-breads magically find their way in and out the maddening traffic; young women in long skirts and headscarves hold hands with young men in open collar shirts, while conversations revolve around Kuwait"s chances at the soccer World Cup.
单选题
According to the context, "suck in your breath" (Para. 1) means "feel a sense of ______".
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 语义推断题。根据题干括号中的提示定位到原文第一段。suck in your breath直译为“倒吸一口气”，联系上下文语境，当看到古埃及法老的黄金面具之时，A选项“尊敬与畏惧”更为合理。其他几项提及的“怀疑”、“失望”、“高兴”不能从该词组中推断出来，且用来形容面对面地看到埃及法老黄金面具的心情不合适，可排除B、C、D三项，故选A。