THE HISTORY OF PAPER

THE HISTORY OF PAPER

For questions 1- 8, 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.

 

The history of paper is also the history of human culture and (1) ... . The Egyptians, Greeks and Romans wrote on "papyrus", a paper-like material. Today's kind of paper was first developed and used in China. Paper was the most important (2) ... of information in the past. It was only with increasing paper production that the transfer of (3) ..., education and information to a larger portion of (4) ... became possible. 
With paper emperors were able to administrate large empires more easily . In former times paper was a (5) ... product, and paper making an art - an art that was often kept secret because of the outstanding (6) ... of the product. Today paper has changed from a rare artisan material to a commodity product, with a high practical value in communication, in (7) ..., artistic, hygienic, sanitary, and technical applications. Nobody can imagine a word without paper. A large variety of paper grades are produced to suit the special (8) ... of each application.