Question

Nowadays______children go to school ______few of them have ever asked themselves _______they go there. Some children think that they go to school just to learn their mother tongue, English and other foreign languages, history, science, ______and a few other ______. But why do they learn these things? Are these the only things they should learn at school?

Actually children go to school to  _______ themselves for the time when they will be grown up and will have to _______themselves.They learn their own langge _____they will be able to _______with people in foreign countries, make friends with them and learn______about their culture and history. They learn mathematics in order to be able to measure the things around them and calculate sums. _______helps them understand something about the world around them and history teaches them about the past and people. Nearly everything they study at school has some use _____in their ________, but there is one more_____reason why children go to school.

It is more important to receive education that just learning ________.We go to school  ____to learn how to learn. Learning is not just for school but for life. So even after we have left school, we have to continue to learn. A man who _______knows how to learn will always be ______because whenever he is faced with a completely new task or problem, he will teach himself how to deal with it in the best way. ________,children do not go to school just to learn languages, mathematics, geography, etc. They go to school to ______how to learn.

1.A. some          B. most          C. few         D. all

2.A. but           B. so                C. and         D.because

3.A. how          B. when             C. why        D. that

4.A. cooking       B. sowing        C.playing      D.geography

5.A. subjects        B. skills             C. languages   D. games

6.A. make         B. prepare           C. teach       D. study

7.A. teach          B. support        C. live        D. work

8.A. and           B. in order to         C. so as to    D. so that

9.A. communicate     B. work          C. talk        D.study

10.A. everything     B. anything          C. something  D. nothing

11.A. Foreign languages B. Mathematics      C. History     D. Geography

12.A. practical       B. special          C. different    D. importance

13.A. work          B. lives             C. study       D. communication

14.A. difficult        B. unusual          C. important   D. kind

15.A. foreign languages B. science           C.mathematics  D. facts

16.A. above all       B. at all              C.in all        D. for all

17.A. doesn't         B. never            C. really       D. may

18.A. unsuccessful    B. calm              C.successful    D.useful

19.A. Although     B. But               C. However     D.Therefore

20.A. begin         B. work               C. live         D. learn

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.C

19.D

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了孩子们为什么要上学，有比接受教育更重要的那就是学会怎样学习。

1.Nowdays_____children go to school 现在大多数孩子都去上学，所以选B。

2.______few of them have ever asked themselves _______they go there.但是很少有人问他们为什么去上学，转折关系，所以选A。

3.

4.ages, history, science, _____and a few other _____. 他们认为他们是去学习母语，英语历史科学地理，只有地理是学科，所以选F。

5.and a few other ______. 和一些其他的科目，所以选A。

6.children go to school to _______ themselves for the time 事实上，孩子们去学校那时是为了为自己做准备，所以选B。

7. grown up and will have to _______themselves.当他们长大时，他们需要养活自己，所以选support，故B正确。

8.y learn their own language ______they will be able to _______with people in foreign countries, 他们学习语言，这样他们可以与其他国家的人交流，因果关系，所以选D。

9.they will be able to _______with people in foreign countries他们可以与人交流，学习语言是为了交流，所以选A。

10. learn______about their culture and history学一些关于他们的文化和历史，不能学所有的或者不学，所以只能学一些，所以选C。

11. _______helps them understand something about the world地理让他们知道关于世界的东西，由后文可知描述的是地理，所以选D。

12.ome use _______in their ________, 几乎在学校学到的东西实际上都能应用到他们的生活中，所以选A。

13.

14.

15.ucation that just learning ________.学习事实比受教育更重要，所以选D。

16.

17.learn will always be ________because whenever he is faced with a completely new task or problem一个真正会学习的人通常是成功的，所以选C。

18.be ________because whenever he is faced with a completely new task or problem真正懂得学习的人是成功的，因为无论何时他们都能处理新的任务和问题，所以选C。

19.

20.earn所以选D。

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