Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical. In (1) world during the fifteenth century the term " reading" (2) meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace. One should be wary, however, of (3) that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud is a(n) (4) to others. Examination of factors related to the (5) development of silent reading reveals that it became the usual mode of reading for most adult reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in (6) .
The last century saw a steady gradual increase in (7) and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased, the number of potential listeners (8) , and thus there was some (9) in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the flourishing of reading as a (10) activity in suc
A. However
B. Whatever
C. Whichever
D. Wherever
Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical. In (1) world during the fifteenth century the term " reading" (2) meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace. One should be wary, however, of (3) that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud is a(n) (4) to others. Examination of factors related to the (5) development of silent reading reveals that it became the usual mode of reading for most adult reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in (6) .
The last century saw a steady gradual increase in (7) and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased, the number of potential listeners (8) , and thus there was some (9) in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the flourishing of reading as a (10) activity in suc
A. contemporary
B. modem
C. medieval
D. western
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