about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa because they had not learned to write.
Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they may know something of the past. They have heard about it from older people and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and these have been sung and acted and told for many generations, for most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past. This we may call ?remembered history”. Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is, because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing. But if there are no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful.
11. Which of the following is NOT suggested in the passage? .
A. Written history is more reliable.
B. Written records play an important role in learning about history. C. A written account of our daily activities helps to answer many questions. D. Where there are no written records, there is no history.
12. Little is known about the central Africa 200 years ago because ______.
A. there was nothing worth writing down at that time B. people there ignored the importance of keeping a record C. people there did not know how to write
D. the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fire
13. “Remembered history” refers to ______.
A. history based on a person’s imagination
B. stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouth C. songs and dances about the most important events. D. both B and C
14. “Remembered history” is regarded as valuable only when ______.
A. it is written do