Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 33 to 37. Tattooing is an old art. Tattooing is an old art. In ancient Greece, people who had tattoos were (33) ____________as members of the upper classes. On the other hand, tattooing was banned in Europe by the early Christians, (34)______ thought that it was a sinful thing to do. It was not (35) ____________the late 18th century, when Captain Cook saw ...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 33 to 37.

Tattooing is an old art. Tattooing is an old art. In ancient Greece, people who had tattoos were (33) ____________as members of the upper classes. On the other hand, tattooing was banned in Europe by the early Christians, (34)______ thought that it was a sinful thing to do. It was not (35) ____________the late 18th century, when Captain Cook saw South Sea Islander decorating their bodies with tattoos that attitudes began to change. Sailors came back from these islands with pictures of Christ on their backs and from then on, tattooing gained (36) ____________popularity. A survey by the French army in 1881 showed that among the 387 men questioned there were 1,333 designs.

Nowadays, not everybody finds tattoos acceptable. Some people thing that getting one is silly because tattoos are more or less permanent. There is also some (37) ____________about catching a blood disease from unsterilized needles. Even for those who do want a tattoo, the process of getting one is not painless, but the final result, in their eyes, is worth the pain.