IT'S ALL IN THE CHEMISTRY!

Although the beginnings of metal and chemical industries are very ancient, it was not until the first few centuries A.D. that chemistry became a more ... study.

• chemical

• alchemy

• systematic

• practical

Alchemy, ... the early study was called, originated in Alexandria.

• since

• because

• for

• as

Alexandria is a city in ...

• Spain

• Western Europe

• Egypt

• Alchemy

Alchemy aimed at turning ... metals into gold.

• element

• base

• all

• liquid

By the sixteenth century, however, the study ... more dedicated to medicines.

• would become

• become

• had become

• had been

Those involved were more interested in ... medicines.

• taking

• making

• make

• transforming

... they were trying to find a medicine which could prevent all illness.

• Truly

• In particular

• Nevertheless

• However

They hoped to discover 'the ... of life'.

• start

• elixir

• alchemy

• gold

This single medicine, they believed, ... all types of sickness.

• will cure

• had cured

• was curing

• would cure

Many of the later European alchemists were ... who preyed on trusting people, using all sorts of tricks.

• frauds

• chemists

• scientists

• gold merchants