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 specch, 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 23:

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

A. it has become very important in our culture.

B. human beings have been writing for at least 5000 years.

C. writing is secondary to language.

D. people have been writing since there have been human beings.

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Câu 24:

The author of the passage argues that _________.

A. all languages should have a written form.

B. writing has become too important in today’s society.

C. everyone who learns to speak must learn to write.

D. speech is more basic to language than writing.

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Câu 25:

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.

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Câu 26:

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

A. severely handicapped children.

B. people who learn the rudiments of speech.

C. intelligent people who couldn't write.

D. people who speak many languages.

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Câu 27:

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

A. skill

B. rudiments

C. domination

D. benefit

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Câu 28:

Which of the following is NOT true?

A. It is easy to acquire the writing skill.

B. Writing has become so important in our culture

C. Writing represents speech, but not perfectly.

D. Speech is essential but writing has important benefits.

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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

It may take you up to _________ hour to make this dish. .

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

Shall we eat out this evening?” - “_________”

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following question.

Fallout trom a nuclear power station damaged in the tsunami may endanger vegetation.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicalé the words OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following question.

Mr. Brown is a very generous old man. He has given most of his wealth to a charity organization.