Question

It is true that people with better education* are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose* of education is to make people get jobs. But not all the people agree with this idea.

Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education in order to make more money in the future. This was probably one of the earliest purposes of education. In fact, if education is just a way to make a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. They can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. And people don’t have to learn maths and languages so carefully. So it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.

So what is education for? Education is well-rounded and it should improve a man in many ways. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative* thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all, take an interest in the world.

I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the only reason.

1.People with better education usually __________.

A. have fewer chance to choose a good job B. have more chances to get a good job

C. make less money than others D. spend the best years making money

2.The earliest education was probably to __________.

A. teach a man to think creatively B. teach people to read good books C. improve a man in many ways D. help people make more money

3.What does the underlined word “well-rounded” in Paragraph 3 mean in Chinese?

A. 圓滿的 B. 嶄新的 C. 全面的 D. 公平的

4.It is expected that educated people will be able to ___________.

A. write good books by themselves B. learn all the subjects very well

C. take an interest in the world D. lead a richer life than others

5.The passage mainly tells us that ____________.

A. making a living is not the only purpose of education. B. people can get education in a short time.

C. people should study hard to get better paying jobs. D. all subjects are very important for a way of living.

Answer 1