Exercise 2 - Part 1
For questions 1-8, think of the best word to complete each sentence.
The Indus Valley Civilization flourished around 2500 BC, leaving behind vast, planned cities. Yet, despite decades of study, their unique writing system remains a complete riddle that has (1) botheredinterruptedconfoundedshaken linguists. Unlike the Egyptian hieroglyphs, no bilingual monument has ever been found to help crack the code. This lack of a translation key (2) preventsevadesblocksforbids experts from fully understanding their political structure. (3) OppositeInvertedContraryRegardless of the obstacles, computational analysis has recently (4) shedcastthrownpoured new light on the symbols, revealing structural patterns common to spoken languages. This digital approach provides researchers with valuable (5) perceptionawarenessinsightvision into how the signs are grouped. However, historians are under no (6) illusiondoubterrorimpression about the difficulty of a total decipherment without more data. Unless archeologists manage to (7) catchunearthachievewin new inscriptions, the true meaning of these symbols will continue to (8) extendwidenspreadelude us.
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