TOEFLReading
Complete the Words
Fill in the missing letters in the paragraph. Each underscore (_) stands for one missing letter. Type the complete word for each item.
Topic: How the Phoenician alphabet spread around the Mediterranean0 / 10 gaps filled
The alphabet used for English today can be traced back more than three thousand years to the Phoenicians, a trading people of the eastern Mediterranean. Their (1)alph____ contained (2)on__ twenty-two (3)let____, and (4)ea__ one (5)repre______ a (6)cons_____, which (7)ma__ the (8)sys___ far (9)eas___ to (10)le___ than older scripts with hundreds of signs. Greek traders later borrowed it and added letters for vowels, and that Greek version eventually developed into the Latin alphabet we use now.
Words to complete:
#1
alph____
#2
on__
#3
let____
#4
ea__
#5
repre______
#6
cons_____
#7
ma__
#8
sys___
#9
eas___
#10
le___