Passage 3
Unlike written language, speech itself was not a technology devised to overcome human limitations in the face of social and environmental changes. In this sense, spoken language isn't a technology at all. Though humans created or devised particular spoken languages, we did not create or devise spoken language itself any more than we created our circulatory systems.
Our ability to speak language is an inborn characteristic of our species. We carry in our genes and our brains the capacity for spoken language. If the day ever arrives when we abandon spoken language and the sign languages used by people with hearing and speaking disabilities, we will be waving good-bye to the species of human beings that we are.
In contrast to written language, spoken and sign languages are using friendly. As very young children, we just start speaking or signing; we don't have to spend years in school learning to speak. Nor does spoken language divide the world's population the way written language does— dividing humanity into those who can read and write and those who are nonliterate. Everyone who is mentally and physically able can speak a language.
Historically, spoken language came to human before written language. Biologically, speech or sign language has to come to each child before literacy. This is because written languages are symbolic representations of spoken languages. Had we no spoken language, we could not have created written language. Written language may have emerged as the primary method used to store and retrieve information in certain areas of the world, but it is based on and derived from spoken language.
In the twenty-first century, people with access to voice-in/voice-out computer technology will once again be able to use spoken language to access all stored information. Talking computer are going to make writing, reading, spelling, punctuation, written numerals and all other notational systems out of date.
The obituary(讣告)for written language will not be written. It will be spoken by someone talking to VIVO computer in 2050.
It can be inferred from the last sentence of Paragraph 2 that ________.
由第二段最后一句可知，如果我们放弃使用“spoken language and the sign languages”，我们将不再是人类这个物种。由此可见人类将永远不会放弃使用口语和手语。
The expression “user friendly” in paragraph 3 probably means ________.
后文对“user friendly”的解释是，小孩不必在学校里学习说话，每个人都可以说话，由此可见口语很容易使用。
The word “nonliterate” (Par.3) probably means “________”.
由句意可知，“who can read and write”与“those who are nonliterate”是完全相反的两类人。
According to the author, which of the following statements is NOT true?
由倒数第二段“Talking computer are going to make writing, …and all other notational systems out of date”可知，C项表述错误。
The best title of this passage is: ________.
本文主要阐述了口语是人类一种与生俱来的能力，人们不需要特意学习便能说话，而且口语对于使用者来说更加友好。由此可见C项更好地概括了全文。