Put in a or the.

ANCIENT SECRETS

Mr Denys Stocks, ... retired policeman, has just been given ... B. Sc. for twelve years' research into ancient Egyptian indus­trial methods. Egyptologists have often wondered how ... Egyp­tians were able to cut such hard stone and how they produced such fine jewellery. Mr Stocks has shown that ... Egyptians used saws and drills. ... saws and drills were made of copper, which is very soft. But ... Egyptian craftsmen made ... cut in ... stone with

...... soft saw. Then ... craftsmen turned them into very powerful

tools. First ... craftsman made ... cut in ... stone with ... soft saw. Then ... craftsman poured sand into ... cut. ... hard sand got into ... teeth of ... saw and did ... cutting. In this way, ... worker could cut basalt, one of the hardest rocks. ... sand he used turned into very fine powder. ... powder was then used by jewellers to cut precious stones and to make delicate jewellery.

13. Supply the or "—".

1. I've always understood ... Dark Ages to refer to ... Medie­val Europe. 2. Ferguson has travelled everywhere from ... Central Asia to ... Arctic. 3. I've been to ... Brazil and ... Argentina, but I've never been to ... USA. 4. I'd love to do a tour of European capitals and visit ... London, ... Paris, and ... Vienna. 5. What's your address? I live in ... Montague Road, number 27. 6. I could never afford to stay at hotels like ... Brown's or ... Hilton. 7. Karl \vas born in ... Bavaria, but he now lives in ... Ohio. 8. You can't visit ... London without seeing ... Buckingham Palace. 9. I've been climbing in ... Alps, but I've never managed to get up ... Mont Blanc. 10. A lot of people have tried to cross ... Sahara without being properly prepared. 11. I'd love to travel down ... Nile as far as ... Luxor. 12. There's a splendid view of ... Lake Geneva from this hotel. 13. We had an early dinner at ... Leoni's and then go to a play at ... Globe Theatre. 14. Go down ... Oxford Street till you come to ... Oxford Circus, then turn right. 15. Do you know the song about ... London Bridge?

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