Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

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 31 to 37.

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.

Question:According to the author, one mark of any civilized society is that it______.

A. keeps written records.

B. affirms the primacy of speech over writing.

C. teaches its children to speak perfectly.

D. affirms the primacy of writing over speech.

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án A

Theo như nhà văn, 1 dấu hiệu của bất kì xã hội văn minh nào đó là nó ______.

A. giữ lại những ghi chép bằng chữ viết.

B. khẳng định tầm quan trọng của lời nói thông qua chữ viết.

C. dạy con cái mình nó chuyện một cách hoàn hảo. 

D. khẳng định tầm quan trọng của chữ viết thông qua lời nói.

Dẫn chứng ở 2 câu cuối cùng: “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”- (Một ưu thế của chữ viết vượt trội hơn lời nói đó là nó vĩnh cửu và làm cho có khả thi đối với những ghi chép mà bất kì nền văn minh nào cũng cần phải có. Do đó, nếu nói tiếng nói làm cho chúng ta thành người, thì chính chữ viết khiến cho chúng ta văn minh, tiến bộ).