We sometimes think of writing as more real than speech because ______.

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 below.

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.

We sometimes think of writing as more real than speech because ______.

• A. writing is secondary to language
• B. human beings have been writing for at least 5000 years
• C. it has become very important in our culture
• D. people have been writing since there have been human beings

• Câu 2: Mã câu hỏi: 41688

  The author of the passage argues that ______.

  • A. speech is more basic to language than writing
  • B. writing has become too important in today’s society
  • C. everyone who learns to speak must learn to write
  • D. all languages should have a written form

• Câu 3: Mã câu hỏi: 41689

  According to the passage, writing ______.

  • A. is represented perfectly by speech
  • B. represents speech, but not perfectly
  • C. developed from imperfect speech
  • D. is imperfect, but less so than speech

• Câu 4: Mã câu hỏi: 41690

  Normal human beings ______.

  • A. learn to talk after learning to write
  • B. learn to write before learning to talk
  • C. learn to write and to talk at the same time
  • D. learn to talk before learning to write

• Câu 5: Mã câu hỏi: 41691

  Learning to write is ______.

  • A. easy
  • B. too difficult
  • C. not easy
  • D. very easy

• Câu 6: Mã câu hỏi: 41692

  In order to show that learning to write requires effort, the author gives the example of ______.

  • A. people who learn the rudiments of speech
  • B. severely handicapped children
  • C. intelligent people who couldn’t write
  • D. people who speak many languages

• Câu 7: Mã câu hỏi: 41693

  In the author’s judgment, ______.

  • A. writing has more advantages than speech
  • B. writing is more real than speech
  • C. speech conveys ideas less accurately than writing does
  • D. speech is essential but writing has important benefits

• Câu 8: Mã câu hỏi: 41694

  The word “advantage” in the last paragraph most closely means ______.

  • A. rudiments
  • B. skill
  • C. domination
  • D. benefit