Question

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 degrees refuse to do what they think to be "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 profess-or, 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 is very bad to be ashamed of one's work. Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.

1.From the passage we can conclude that______.

A. education can settle all of the world's problems

B. free education for all probably leads to a perfect world

C. free education won't help to solve social problems

D. all the social problems can't be solved by education

2.The writer wants to prove that _____.

A. our society needs all kinds of jobs

B. our society needs free education for all

C. a farmer is more important than a professor

D. people with university degrees refuse to do what they think to be "low" work

3.According to the passage _____.

A. work with hands is dirty and shameful

B. work with hands is low work

C. work with hands is the most important

D. we can't regard work with hands as low work

4.The purpose of education is _____.

A. to choose a system of education

B. to prepare children mainly for their future work

C. to let everyone receive education fit for him

D. to build a perfect world

5.The passage tells us about _____.

system of education

B. means of education

C. value of education

D. type of education

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

【解析】

本文描述了教育的目的在于教導(dǎo)學(xué)生更好的適應(yīng)生活，走向社會(huì)。教育學(xué)生更好的適應(yīng)生活需要意識(shí)到我們個(gè)人的工作應(yīng)與智力和能力相符，需要意識(shí)到所有工作都是對(duì)社會(huì)有益處的，不應(yīng)該為某一種工作感到羞恥。

1.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; 在一些國(guó)家有一段時(shí)間曾經(jīng)認(rèn)為，提供不分貴賤不分聰慧或遲鈍的全民免費(fèi)教育可以解決所有的社會(huì)問(wèn)題并且建立一個(gè)完美的國(guó)家。但是我們已經(jīng)看到只有免費(fèi)全民教育是不夠的。故選D。

2..……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. 我們可以活著不受教育，但是沒(méi)有食物我們卻會(huì)死。如果沒(méi)有人清理街道并帶走我們家里的垃圾，我們會(huì)患上可怕的疾病。由此可知我們的社會(huì)需要各種各樣的工作，故選B。

3. …a far larger number of people with university degrees refuse to do what they think to be "low" work,…. 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 profess-or, 大量獲得大學(xué)學(xué)位的人們拒絕去做那些他們認(rèn)為低等的工作……但我們只需要一小會(huì)兒去想想一個(gè)完全沒(méi)有受過(guò)教育的弄明的工作比教授的工作重要的多�？芍�我們不應(yīng)認(rèn)為用手的勞動(dòng)是低等勞動(dòng)，故選D

4.In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life.換句話(huà)說(shuō)，我們教育孩子不僅僅是為了教育孩子，我們的目的是為了讓他們適應(yīng)生活。故選B

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