Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Early writing and Alphabets

When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (31) _______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for any word.

The Ancient Egyptians had a system of picture writing that was described hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (32) _______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for (33) _______ a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.

An alphabet is quite different from picture writing. It (34) _______ of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about 3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman’s and this alphabet is now used (35) _______ throughout the world.

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions

While I strongly disapproved of your behavior, I will help you this time.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

_______ the weather forecast, it will rain heavily later this morning.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

There should be an international law against _______.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The bread has become stale and I cannot swallow it

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in the each of following questions

When the chemicals inside a cell no longer produce ions, the cell stops to function

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

“_______” - “Oh, it’s great!”

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions

She came for Christmas laden with gifts for everyone.