第三节完形填空（2）（共8小题；每小题1分，满分8分）

根据所学课文语段，在41-48题所在的空格处填入适当的词，每空一词，并将答案转写到答题卡上。

We leave London   41  15^th July, and we’ll be flying to Morocco, in northern Africa. We’re going to travel on  42 , through the Sahara Desert. It’s the biggest desert in the world---about  43  size of the US! I  44  it will be very hot, dry and dusty there.

However, not long  45  the tomb had been opened, people in Carter’s team began to fall ill and die  46 . Upon entering the tomb, Carter’s lucky pet bird,  47  had led him to the place, was eaten by a snake. Then, a few months after Carter had opened the tomb, Lord Carnarvon, who was also  48  when the tomb was opened, fell ill with a fever and died in Egypt.