Tham khảo tài liệu 'đề thi tuyển sinh sau đại học anh văn năm 2008 - mã đề 105', tài liệu phổ thông, ôn thi đh-cđ phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH ĐẠI HỌC CAO ĐẲNG NĂM 2008 Môn thi TIẾNG ANH khối D ĐÊCHNHT C Thỏi gOnlàm bài 90 phút. Đề thi có 05 trang Mã đề thi 105 Họ tên thí sinh . Số báo danh . ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU TỪ CÂU 1 ĐẾN CÂU 80 DÀNH CHO TẤT CẢ THÍ SINH. Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng A hoặc B C D cho mỗi câu từ 1 đến 10. Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval worlds while during the fifteenth century the term reading undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace. One should be wary however of assuming that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud was a distraction to others. Examinations of factors related to the historical development of silent reading have revealed that it became the usual mode of reading for most adults mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character. The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy and thus in the number of readers. As the number of readers increased the number of potential listeners declined and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common so came the flourishing of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries railway carriages and offices where reading aloud would cause distraction to other readers. Towards the end of the century there was still considerable argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully and over whether the reading of materials such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed this argument remains with us still in education. However whatever its virtues the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and periodicals for a specialised readership on the other. By the end of the twentieth century students were being recommended to adopt
