Passage Six
It's interesting to try to imagine what the world would have been like if writing had never been invented. It is only through writing that men have been able to spread ideas further 1 among a very limited circle.
Without writing there would be no books and without books there would have been no scientific 2 . It is true that a 3 of literature would still be possible but without writing the author would remain nameless and his work might be changed 4 recognition, as indeed is the 5 even today in societies where there is no writing and the oral tradition is still strong. On the other hand, if writing had not been invented, people's 6 would be much better than they are in modern society. A man would have to remember so many things which he now writes down or can find in a book. In some parts of the world, 7 by modern civilization, we still find 8 men who can recite very long poems faultlessly.
Without writing, there would be no 9 to friends abroad. We would be living in a very narrow world. Education as we know it would be impossible. And modern life, which depends very largely on writing for its very existence, would never have come 10 .
1.［A］ when ［B］ if ［C］ unlike ［D］ than 2.［A］ improvement［B］ advancement ［C］ development［D］ progression 3.［A］ something ［B］ sort ［C］ bit ［D］ book 4.［A］ across ［B］ from ［C］ without ［D］ beyond 5.［A］ thing ［B］ event ［C］ truth ［D］ case 6.［A］ memories ［B］ brains ［C］ minds ［D］ eyes 7.［A］ unchecked ［B］ uncontrolled［C］ unaffected ［D］ unchanged 8.［A］ intelligent［B］ illiterate ［C］ diligent ［D］ foolish 9.［A］ letters ［B］ postcards ［C］ parcles ［D］ mails 10.［A］ round ［B］ about ［C］ forward ［D］ through
