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Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
Because writing has become so important in our (1) _______, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A little thought, (2) _______, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing for (3) _______ 5000 years; but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human (4) _______.
When writing (5) _______ develop, it was derived (6) _______ and represented speech, albeit imperfectly. Even today there are spoken languages that have no written form. (7) _______, 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. (8) _______, it takes a special (9) _______ to learn to write; in the past many intelligent and useful members of society didn’t acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing (10) _______ never learn to read or write, while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so only imperfectly.
1. A. culture B. education C. training D. competition
2. A. though B. nevertheless C. however D. furthermore
3. A. at least B. at last C. totally D. finally
4. A. people B. personality C. beings D. being
5. A. rather B. quite C. has D. did
6. A. with B. of C. about D. from
7. A. However B. Otherwise C. Furthermore D. But
8. A. On behalf of B. On the other hand C. Another way D. By the way
9. A. affect B. affair C. effort D. effect
10. A. sign B. signal C. systems D. net
Because writing has become so important in our (1) _______, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A little thought, (2) _______, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing for (3) _______ 5000 years; but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human (4) _______.
When writing (5) _______ develop, it was derived (6) _______ and represented speech, albeit imperfectly. Even today there are spoken languages that have no written form. (7) _______, 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. (8) _______, it takes a special (9) _______ to learn to write; in the past many intelligent and useful members of society didn’t acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing (10) _______ never learn to read or write, while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so only imperfectly.
1. A. culture B. education C. training D. competition
2. A. though B. nevertheless C. however D. furthermore
3. A. at least B. at last C. totally D. finally
4. A. people B. personality C. beings D. being
5. A. rather B. quite C. has D. did
6. A. with B. of C. about D. from
7. A. However B. Otherwise C. Furthermore D. But
8. A. On behalf of B. On the other hand C. Another way D. By the way
9. A. affect B. affair C. effort D. effect
10. A. sign B. signal C. systems D. net