Question

Заполнить пробелы. выбрать один из трех вариантов ниже. the history of writing the development of writing 2. a huge difference to the world and we might see it as the beginning of the media. pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers 2. in china that date from around 4000 bc. hieroglyphics and other forms of ‘picture writing’ developed in the area around mesopotamia (modern-day iraq), where the ancient sumerian civilisation 2. from around 3300 bc onwards. 2. the first true 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 2. ‘aleph’ and ‘beth’, which in greek became ‘alpha’ and ‘beta’, which gave us the modern word ‘alphabet’. 2.1 a) makes b) had made c) made 2.2 a) are discovered b) have been discovered c) were discovering 2.3 a) was based b) were based c) is basing 2.4 a) besides b) nevertheless c) however 2.5 a) are called b) is being called c) were called

Answer 1

2.1 c) made
2.2 b) have been discovered
2.3 a) was based
2.4 c) however (но b) nevertheless тоже подходит по смыслу)
2.5 c) were called