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【題目】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; they refuse to do what they think “l(fā)ow” work; and in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful. 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 would 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 are educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability, and secondly, that we 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 this passage thinks that________.

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

B. free education can solve all of the world’s problems

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

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

【2】The writer wants to prove that ___________.

A. a farmer is more important than a professor

B. our society needs all kinds of jobs

C. our society needs free education for all

D. people with university degrees earn more money

【3】According to the passage, ____________.

A. work with hands is low work

B. work with hands is dirty and shameful

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 let everyone receive education

C. to prepare children for their future life

D. to prepare children for well-paid jobs

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析: 本文重點講述的是教育的目的，所有的人都必須接受教育，以適應我們的生活，每個人都可以做任何適合他的大腦和能力的工作，所有的工作都是必要的，不分貴賤。

【1】D推理判斷題。從“…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(國家)．But we can already see that free education for all is not enough…”得知，作者認為教育不能解決所有社會問題。

【2】B推理判斷題。作者通過第二段的正反舉例說明：各種各樣的職業(yè)都是不可或缺的。

【3】D推理判斷題。 根據(jù)in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful. 可知我們不能把用手去工作的工作定義為低級工作，D項符合。

【4】C主旨要義題。作者通篇討論的是教育的真正目的，是使受教育者能適當未來的工作。A little learning is dangerous．學識淺薄是一件危險的事情。