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阅读下列文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The difference between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.
Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows not limits. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agent (doer) of education can vary from respected grandparent to the people arguing about politics on the radio, from a child to a famous scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability(可预料性), education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions(宗教). People receive education from infancy(婴儿时期)on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a life-long process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one's entire life.
Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at about the same time, take the assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The pieces of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of government, have been limited by the subjects being taught. For example, high school students know that they are not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their society or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are clear and undoubtful conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.
1．The passage is organized by ________.
A. giving examples of different schools
B. telling stories about excellent teachers
C. listing and discussing several educational problems
D. telling the difference between the meanings of two related words
2．The passage supports which of the following statements?
A. Education systems need to be changed as soon as possible.
B. Without formal education, people won't be able to read and write.
C. Going to school is only part of how people become educated.
D. Schooling is of no use because students do similar things every day.
3．What does the writer mean by using the expression “children interrupt their education to go to school” in Paragraph one?
A. All of life is education.
B. Learning takes place everywhere.
C. Education is totally ruined by schooling.
D. Schooling prevents people from discovering new things.
4．What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The best schools teach a variety of subjects.
B. Education and schooling are quite different experiences.
C. The more years the students go to school, the better their education is.
D. Students benefit from schools, which require long hours and homework.
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