Silent reading, especially in public places, flourished mainly because of A. the decreasing need to read aloud      B. the development of libraries C. the increase in literacy         D. th

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Đáp án: C

4. Thông tin: 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.