Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions

A. writing is secondary to language

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

C. it has become very important in our culture

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

A. speech is more basic to language than writing

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

C. everyone who learns to speak must learn to write

D. all languages should have a written form

A. is represented perfectly by speech

B. represents speech, but not perfectly

C. developed from imperfect speech

D. is imperfect, but less so than speech

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

A. easy

B. too difficult

C. not easy

D. very easy

A. people who learn the rudiments of speech

B. severely handicapped children

C. intelligent people who couldn’t write

D. people who speak many languages

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.