Glass

Over 400 years ago Galileo became the first person to observe the night sky in all its ...

• marvel

• glory

• magic

• triumph

This was possible because Europeans were using glass, for example to make windows, and were aware of its

• aspects

• means

• properties

• resources

So when Galileo decided he wanted a telescope, he had a ..... tradition of glassmaking

• fruitful

• deep

• plentiful

• rich

and highly skilled glassmakers he could ..... on to provide a lens

• catch

• hold

• call

• pick

Glass lenses were later ...... to many uses, not least eye glasses.

• put

• taken

• set

• turned

It's hard to ........ the impact of this technology on those who up to that point could only see a blurred world.

• overcome

• overstate

• overtake

• overdo

However, when we go to the top of a skyscraper, we ..... the quality of the light but not the glass itself.

• approve

• compliment

• appreciate

• honour

Perhaps it's because we look through it rather than at it, that glass fails to ..... to our emotions

• demand

• appeal

• claim

• attract