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Chinese and Japanese pictograms and ancient Egyptian hierogl5^hics are
sometimes cited as examples of such a System, yet (15) ______ dapanese
script and Egyptian hieroglyphics include sound-base elements and Chinese
is often transliterated into romanised sound based “pin 3ãn” script. In a word,
words are inescapable.

36. ANCIENT ADORNMENTS

To some, the wearing of jewellery for adornment may appear self-
indulgent. If (1) ______ , it is a self-indulgence common to all ages and all
places. (2) ______ prehistoric times crude necklaces and bracelets were (3)
______ fashioned from leather or reeds and strung with berries, pebbles,
íeathers, shells or animal bones, and decorative thorns or Sharp bones were
used (4) ______ clasps. They may have complemented the caveman’s fur
outíĩt (5) _____ been worn as part of a religious ceremony, to indicate
superior rank and even as amulets to ward off bad luck. Gradually, ivory,
wood and metal took over from (6 )______durable materials, and ears, noses
and lips (7) ______ pierced for the insertion of ornaments. (8) ______ 3500
BC, the discovery (9 )__ gold heated with fire could be pounded into thin
sheets and shaped (10) __ objects had revolutionised jewellery-m6Lking.
Similarly, silver, copper and bronze were now being used. In the late 2000s
BC the Egyptians began inla5dng jewellery with glass, enamel and precious
gemstones, some of (1 1 )______ were believed to possess magical properties
or bring the wearer good fortune, (12) now and in the afterlife, as
mummies were adorned with them. Slightly later, the Greeks (1 3 )___ in
for fine íĩligree metalwork, tvvisting gold into intricate patterns and rarely
using precious stones. (1 4 )______later were reinstated by the Romans, who
(15)______ have been the íírst to use jewelled rings as engagement tokens.

37. DISAPPEARING WORLD

The destruction of the rainlorests is a pressing problem of our times (1)
______not one that is regarded equally seriously by everyone. The (2 )_______
affluent nations regard the issue as (3 )______of preservation; deforestation
must stop. When it comes to the poorer countries, the issue is not so cut and
dried. (4 )______ these people, the rainforests represent a source of economic
prosperity, a point that obviously takes precedence (5) ______ ecological
concerns. A solution must be found (6) the damage caused by the
deforestation that is destroying the rainlorests becomes irrevocable.
Deforestation is carried out by (7) ______involved in the timber industry
and also by migrant íarmers. The latter occupy an area of l£md, strip it, farm it
(8 )______its natural mineral supply is used up and then move on. The land is
left useless 2md exposed and a process of erosion (9 )______into eíĩect, washing
soil into rivers thereby killing fish and blocking the water’s natural course.

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