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THE HISTORY OF WRITING

The development of writing (56) ___ a huge difference to the world and might see it as the beginning of the (57) ____. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China that date from around 4000 BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of "picture writing" developed in the (58)_____ around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), where the ancient Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first (59) _____ alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1050 BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. The first two signs were called "aleph" and "beth", which in Greek became "alpha" and "beta", which gave us the (60)____ word "alphabet"

The modern European alphabet is based on the Greek and (61) ____ to other European countries under the Romans. A number of changes took place as time passed. The Romans added the letter G, and the letter J and V were (62) ____ to people in Shakespeare's time.

If we (63)____ the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. The Romans used to write quaesto at the end of a sentence in (64) _____ to show that it was a question. they started to write Qo in (65) ____ of the whole word, and then put the Q above the o. In the end, that became the question mark "?" Question 56. A. did B. had C. made D. took Question 57. A. media B. bulletin C. programme D. journalism Question 58. A. distance B. area C. length D. earth Question 59. A. true B. accurate C. exact D. precise Question 60. A. new B. trendy C. modern D. fashionable Question 61. A. spread B. appeared C. was D. occurred Question 62. A. infamous B. unpopular C. unknown D. hidden Question 63. A. look into B. bring on C. make off D. hold up Question 64. A. turn B. fact C. order D. intention Question 65. A. position B. space C. spot D. place Read the passage and choose the best option to fill in each gap

If you're an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or a snarl. It has become a symbol of our wasteful, throw- away society. But there seems little doubt it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought enormous ( 41)_____even environmental evil- it's the way society chooses to uses and ( 42)______them.

Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal- non-renewable natural (43)_____. We (44)_____well over three million tones of the stuff in Britain each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high ( 45)_____ of our annual consumption is in the form of packaging, and this (46)____about seven per cent by weight of our domestic refuse. Almost all of it could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (47)____is growing fast.

The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich- they have a higher calorific (48)_____than coal and one (49)___of "recovery" strongly favoured by the plastic manufacturers is the ( 50)___ of waste plastic into a fuel. Question 41. A. savings B. pleasures C. benefits D. profits Question 42. A. abuse B. endanger C. store D. dispose Question 43. A. processes B. resources C. products D. fuels Question 44. A. import B. consign C. remove D. consume Question 45. A. amount B. proportion C. portion D. rate Question 46. A. makes B. carries C. takes D. constitutes Question 47. A. industry B. manufacture C. plant D. factory Question 48. A. demand B. effect C. value D. degree Question 49. A. medium B. method C. measure D. mechanism Question 50. A. melting B. conversion C. change D. replacement TRAFFIC LIGHTS

The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signaling engineer. It was installed (41) ___ the Houses of Parliament in 1868. It (42)_____ like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas. (43) ____, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident discouraged further development until cars became common.

(44) ____ traffic lights are an American …