Question 48: Read the text below and decide which answer (A,B,C, or D) best fits each space. Tattooing is an old art. In ancient Greece, people who had tattoos were regarded asmembers of the (16)____classes. On the other hand, tattooing was (17)_____in Europe by the early Christians, who thought that it was a sinful thing to(18) .It was not until the late 18th century, when Captain Cook saw South Sea Islander decorating their bodies with tattoos that began to change. Sailors came back from these islands with pictures of Christ on their backs and from then on, tattooing (19)_____in popularity. A survey by the French army in 1881 (20)_____that among the 387 men (21)_______ there were 1,333 designs. Nowadays, not everyone finds tattoos acceptable. Some people thing that getting one is silly because tattoos are more or less permanent. There is also some (22)_____about (23)_____ a blood disease from unsterilized needles. Even for those who do want a tattoo, the (24)_____of getting one is not painless, but the final result, in their eyes, is (25)______the pain. 17………..