reet
B. Not my fault
C. Your mistake
D. That's all right
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer that be
fits each of the numbered blanks from 21 to 25.
ancie
nobody kne
For almost two thousand years, the symbols and inscriptions carved onto the great monuments of a
Egypt were a complete mystery. They were obviously a kind of writing. (21)
what they meant. Then, in 1799, a strange stone was discovered in the small Egyptian town of Rosetta
three types of writing cut into its surface. One of the languages was Greek, but the othe
(22)
two were unknown. A year (23)
London.
the stone was captured and moved to the British Museum
32.
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A
B
C
D
3
th
A
F
Then in 1822 a French scientist named Jean Francois Champollion was asked to (24)
stone. He immediately recognized that some of the symbols matched those he saw on monuments in Egyp
By (25)
the Greek words with the Egyptian symbols he was able to work out their meaning
Thus the mysteries of Egypt's fabulous history and culture were finally unlocked.
21. A. therefore
22. A. had
23. A. before
B. but
B. made
B. ahead
C. nevertheless
C. finished
C. later
D. or
24. A. pass down
B. carry out
25. A. joining
B. observing
C. get around
C. comparing
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, BR. C or D to indi
D. held
D. after
D. look at
D. replacing