Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 39 to 46. Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing (as far as we can tell from surviving evidence) for at least 5000 years; but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings. When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech, although imperfectly. Even today there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any human child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal human being cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a special effort to learn to write. In the past many intelligent and useful members of society did not acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read or write, while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so only imperfectly. To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not, however, to disparage the latter. One advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized.
Câu 1: We sometimes think of writing as more real than speech because ______.
A. it has become very important in our culture
B. people have been writing since there have been human beings
C. writing is secondary to language
D. human beings have been writing for at least 5000 years
Câu 2: The author of the passage argues that ______.
A. writing has become too important in today’s society
B. all languages should have a written form
C. speech is more basic to language than writing
D. everyone who learns to speak must learn to write
Câu 3: According to the passage, writing ______.
A. represents speech, but not perfectly
B. developed from imperfect speech
C. is imperfect, but less so than speech
D. is represented perfectly by speech
Câu 4: Learning to write is _______.
A. not easy
B. easy
C. quick
D. very easy
Câu 5: Normal human beings ______.
A. learn to talk after learning to write
B. learn to talk before learning to write
C. learn to write and to talk at the same time
D. learn to write before learning to talk
Câu 6: In order to show that learning to write requires effort, the author gives the example of ______.
A. severely handicapped children
B. intelligent people who couldn’t write
C. people who learn the rudiments of speech
D. people who speak many languages
Câu 7: In the author’s judgment, ______.
A. writing is more real than speech
B. writing has more advantages than speech
C. speech conveys ideas less accurately than writing does
D. speech is essential but writing has important benefits
Câu 8: The word “advantage” in the last paragraph most closely means ______.
A. rudime
B. benefit
C. skill
D. domination
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Câu 1: We sometimes think of writing as more real than speech because ______.
A. it has become very important in our culture
B. people have been writing since there have been human beings
C. writing is secondary to language
D. human beings have been writing for at least 5000 years
Câu 2: The author of the passage argues that ______.
A. writing has become too important in today’s society
B. all languages should have a written form
C. speech is more basic to language than writing
D. everyone who learns to speak must learn to write
Câu 3: According to the passage, writing ______.
A. represents speech, but not perfectly
B. developed from imperfect speech
C. is imperfect, but less so than speech
D. is represented perfectly by speech
Câu 4: Learning to write is _______.
A. not easy
B. easy
C. quick
D. very easy
Câu 5: Normal human beings ______.
A. learn to talk after learning to write
B. learn to talk before learning to write
C. learn to write and to talk at the same time
D. learn to write before learning to talk
Câu 6: In order to show that learning to write requires effort, the author gives the example of ______.
A. severely handicapped children
B. intelligent people who couldn’t write
C. people who learn the rudiments of speech
D. people who speak many languages
Câu 7: In the author’s judgment, ______.
A. writing is more real than speech
B. writing has more advantages than speech
C. speech conveys ideas less accurately than writing does
D. speech is essential but writing has important benefits
Câu 8: The word “advantage” in the last paragraph most closely means ______.
A. rudime
B. benefit
C. skill
D. domination
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