Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life.
In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all whether rich or poor, clever or stupid - one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degree；they refuse to do what they think "low" work; and, in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries. But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor; we can live without education, but we die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our towns…
In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability and, secondly, that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that it is very bad to be ashamed of one's work. Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.
1.The writer of the passage thinks that _______.
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A．education can settle most of the world's problems |
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B．free education for all probably leads to a perfect world |
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C．free education won't help to solve problems |
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D．all the social problems can't be solved by education |
2.The writer wants to prove that _______.
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A．our society needs all kinds of jobs |
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B．our society needs free education for all |
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C．a farmer is more important than a professor |
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D．work with hands is the most important |
3.The purpose of education is _______.
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A．to choose officials for the country |
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B．to prepare children mainly for their future work |
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C．to let everyone receive education fit for him |
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D．to build a perfect world |
4.The passage tells us about _______ of the education.
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A．the means |
B．the system |
C．the value |
D．the type |
In a national spelling contest in America，an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her 36 voice the judges were not sure whether she spelled the word with the letter A or E. They talked it over and 37 decided to simply ask her what she had said. By now, the girl knew she had 38 the word. But instead of lying，she told the truth that she had said the 39 letter—so she lost the contest.
As the girl walked off the 40 ，the entire audience stood to their feet clapping to applaud her 41 . Later，dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s honesty，even when it 42 her the contest. But the fact is that she 43 the biggest contest that day: the contest of her 44 .
Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is that we would do if we knew we would never get 45 . This young girl could easily have 46 and nobody would have known it but herself. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong. It’s been said, “If you 47 , you make yourself cheap.” This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own 48 and character more than the prize from a spelling 49 . Her respect for herself was more important than any 50 others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the 51 she made in that moment will have long-lasting influence.
It’s so true that the choices you make today 52 what you are tomorrow. Our children will 53 our behavior much more than our advice. So if we want them to 54 to be honest，we must show them the way by being honest ourselves. Remember，our kids are 55 what we do and how we live even when we don’t think they see or know.
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—Have you heard that Tom, along with his parents, _____ to Japan?
—Really? No wonder I haven’t seen him these days.
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A．has been |
B．has gone |
C．have been |
D．have gone |
—Why are you looking at me in _____ surprised expression?
─ Don’t you think _____ question you asked is surprising?
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A．the; / |
B．a; the |
C．a; a |
D．the; a |
The good thing about children is that they _____ very easily to new environments.
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A．adapt |
B．appeal |
C．attach |
D．apply |
_____ in thought, he sat at the edge of the bed, with his eyes _____ on the letter in his hand.
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A．Lost; fixing |
B．Losing; fixed |
C．Lost; fixed |
D．Losing; fixing |
