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For questions 17 – 24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning 0.
Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS.
Example: 0.CONVENTIONAL
Europe’s Tower of Babel?
0. CONVENTIONAL wisdom has it that most of the common languages spoken in Europe, | CONVENTION |
as well as some from Asia, are 17. of an ancient language that is sometimes referred to as Proto-Indo-European. | SHOOT |
Some 18. in historical linguistics believe that this common ancestor originated 5,500 to 6,500 years ago. | SPECIAL |
19. in animal husbandry allowed people | DEVELOP |
to migrate and the language to 20. in an area stretching from north of the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. | CIRCLE |
An alternative theory proposes that the 21. of speakers of the language occurred two or three thousand years earlier and started in what is now Turkey. | DISPERSE |
Obviously, there is no written record of the Proto-Indo-European language, so studying it 22. carrying out a careful examination of words from living and dead Indo-European languages. | NECESSARY |
By using (23) modelling, researchers can study the rate at which words change over time, | STATISTIC |
giving them more accurate information about when the (24) of various languages took place. It is hoped that further study will reveal more about what was the source of so many of our modern languages. | DIVERGE |
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