Over 400 years ago, the Italian inventor, Galileo, became the first person in history to use a telescope to ........ the night sky and see the solar system in all it's glory.
notice
recognise
watch
regard
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The road to the west reveals the forest in all its______.
glory
marvel
magic
triumph
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Europeans were already using glass, for example to make windows and elaborate chandeliers, and were well aware of its ________.
properties
means
aspects
resources
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So when Galileo decided he wanted a telescope, he had a ________ tradition of glassmaking and highly skilled glassmakers who he could call on to provide him with a lens.
fruitful
plentiful
rich
deep
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We are able to _______ on academic staff with a wide variety of expertise
hold
catch
pick
call
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Glass lenses were later ______ to many other uses, not least the invention of eye glasses
taken
turned
set
put
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It's hard to ______ the impact of this technology on those who up to that point could only see a blurred world.
overcome
overdo
overtake
overstate
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When we go to the top of a skyscraper we ______ the quality of the lipht but rarely the glass itself.
appreciate
approve
compliment
honour
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Perhaps it's because we look through it, rather than at it, that glass fails to _______ to our emotions.
demand
attract
appeal
claim
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Handwriting has been _____ for about 6,000 years, just a small fraction of the time that humans have been on this earth, but its effects have been enormous.
around
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Writing doesn't come naturally to us; _____ seeing and hearing, it must be taught.
unlike
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However, _____ that computers have taken over our world, the need to write anything by hand is becoming redundant.
given
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Some educationalists are therefore questioning why schools should teach joined-up writing at _____
all
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It takes up a lot of teaching time that could otherwise be devoted _____ keyboard skills
to
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But these experts admit that handwriting _____ indeed have a presence that is absent in typed prose.
does
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Many of us rebel _____ the radical idea of abandoning writing by hand because we think that our personal identity shines through in our handwriting.
