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Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions
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 hỏi: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
Lời giải tham khảo:
Đáp án đúng: A
Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu – chi tiết
Giải thích:
Đôi khi chúng ta nghĩ rằng viết thật hơn so với nói bởi vì ______.
A. chữ viết là thứ yếu của ngôn ngữ
B. loài người đã viết ít nhất 5000 năm
C. nó đã trở nên rất quan trọng trong nền văn hóa của chúng ta
D. con người đã biết viết từ khi có loài người
Thông tin: 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.
Tạm dịch: Bởi vì chữ viết đã trở nên quá quan trọng trong nền văn hóa của chúng ta, đôi khi chúng ta nghĩ nó thực tế hơn là lời nói. Tuy nhiên, suy nghĩ một chút sẽ cho thấy lý do tại sao nói là chính và viết là phụ đối với ngôn ngữ.
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