For the soul to travel smoothly, the body had to 18 unharmed.
答案：(A) remain
【句型】remain + adj 固定句型「保持……狀態」，表示「身體必須保持未受損」；remind（提醒）、repair（修理）、replace（取代）都不合。
remain 和 remind 只差一個字母，考試時很容易看錯，而且 remind 在課本裡出現得比較頻繁。另一個落差是 remain 在你腦中通常是「留下、剩下」，很少想到它後面可以直接接形容詞，表示「保持某種狀態」。
盯住空格後面那個字：unharmed（未受損的），是形容詞。動詞後面直接接形容詞，代表它是連綴動詞——用來把主詞和它的狀態接起來，常見的有 be、become、stay、remain、keep、seem。remain unharmed 就是「保持完好無損」。這一組你國中就用過最短的版本：stay healthy（保持健康）、keep quiet（保持安靜），remain 是同一組，只是語氣比較書面。另外三個選項都是及物動詞，後面一定要接名詞受詞，接形容詞就壞了：remind somebody of something、repair the car、replace A with B。所以只要看出 unharmed 是形容詞，一刀就切開了。語意也對得上：上一句說靈魂要順利上路，所以身體必須維持完好，這正是下一句 preserve the body（保存屍體）的理由。這一題的鑑別度高達 73，是這一年最高的一題，代表它把「有沒有注意到後面接的是形容詞」這件事分得非常乾淨。
remind：提醒，用法是 remind somebody of something 或 remind somebody to do something，一定要有受詞。repair：修理，受詞是壞掉的東西。replace：取代，用法是 replace A with B。三個都不能直接接形容詞。
remain unharmed（保持完好無損）、stay healthy（保持健康）、keep quiet（保持安靜）、remind somebody of something（使某人想起某事）、replace A with B（用 B 取代 A）、preserve the body（保存屍體）。
When it comes to Egypt, people think of pyramids and mummies, both of which are closely related to Egyptian religious beliefs. The ancient Egyptians believed firmly in life 16 death. When a person died, his or her soul was thought to travel to an underworld, where it 17 a series of judgments before it could progress to a better life in the next world.
For the soul to travel smoothly, the body had to 18 unharmed. Thus, they learned how to preserve the body by drying it out, oiling and then 19 the body in linen, before placing it in the coffin.
Egyptians also built pyramids as 20 for their kings, or pharaohs. The pyramid housed the pharaoh's body together with priceless treasure, which would accompany him into the next world.