The development of writing (41) ________ a huge difference to the world

The development of writing (41) ________ a huge difference to the world, and we might see it as the beginning of (42) ________ . Pieces of pottery with marks on are probably numbers that have been discovered in China that date back from around 4000 B
C. Hieroglyphics and other forms of picture writing developed in the (43) ________ around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq). where the ancient Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3,300 BC onwards. However, the first (44) ________ alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1.050 B
C. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1,000 years. The first two signs were called “aleph" and “beta"’, which in Greek became “alpha” and “beta”, which gave us the (45) ________ word “alphabet”.The modern European alphabet is based on the Greek and (46) ________ to other European countries under the Romans. A number of changes took place as time passe
d. The Romans added the letter G, and the letter J and V were (47) ________ to people in Shakespeare’s time.If we (48) ________ the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. The Romans used to write ‘quest’ at the end of a sentence in (49) ________ to show that it was a question. They started to write Qo in (50) ________ of the whole word, and then put the Q above o, in the end, that became the question mark “?”.
câu. 1: _________ (41)
A. did
B. had
C. made
D. took
câu. 2: _________ (42)
A. media
B. bulletin
C. programme
D. journalism
câu. 3: _________ (43)
A. distance
B. area
C. length
D. earth
câu. 4: _________ (44)
A. true
B. accurate
C. exact
D. precise
câu. 5: _________ (45)
A. new
B. trendy
C. modern
D. fashionable
câu. 6: _________ (46)
A. spread
B. appeared
C. was
D. occurred
câu. 7: _________ (47)
A. infamous
B. unpopular
C. unknown
D. hidden
câu. 8: _________ (48)
A. look into
B. bring on
C. make off
D. hold up
câu. 9: _________ (49)
A. turn
B. fact
C. order
D. intention
câu. 10: _________ (50)
A. position
B. space
C. spot
D. place