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: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.
Đáp án A
Câu nào sau đây KHÔNG ĐÚNG?
A. Rất dễ dàng để có được kỹ năng viết.
B. Chữ viết đã trở nên rất quan trọng trong văn hoá của chúng ta.
C. Chữ viết là đại diện cho lời nói, nhưng không hoàn toàn.
D. Lời nói là cần thiết nhưng chữ viết lại có những lợi ích quan trọng.
Mâu thuẫn với câu 34 nên ta có thể chọn ngay được đáp án C.
Dẫn chứng ở đoạn 2: “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” – (Hơn nữa, tất cả chúng ta đều học nói cho tốt trước khi học viết; kể cả bất kì đứa trẻ nào có những thương tật về mặt thể chất hay tinh thần sẽ đều học nói trước và 1 người bình thường không thể bị ngăn cản khỏi việc học nói. Nhưng mặt khác, phải tốn 1 nỗ lực đặc biệt cho việc học viết).