“NEVER SAY THAT AGAIN, ...”A. DON’T YOU B. WON’T YOU C. DO...

Câu 65: “Never say that again, ...”

A. don’t you B. won’t you C. do you D. will you

Đọc kỹ đoạn văn và chọn phương án đúng (A, B, C hoặc D)cho mỗi chỗ trống:

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 is 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 can not 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 civilizes.