题目内容
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 “low” 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.
63. 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
64. 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
65. 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
66. The purpose of education is ___________.
A. to prepare children for their future life
B. to let everyone receive education
C. to choose a system of education
D. to prepare children for well-paid jobs
DBDA
For many years, doctors have been studying the way the brain __1__. We all know that the brain has two sides, the left and right. That right side controls the __2__ and the left side controls our logical thinking. We call the left side the “education” side of the brain __3__ generally, in western countries, people have __4__ this side of the brain more than the right side.
Scientists __5__ that our brain will work much more efficiently if both the right and the left side are developed __6__. In many schools today, teachers try to educate children in such a way that both sides of the brain are __7__. This can be done with logical subjects __8__ maths and science as well as with creative subjects such as art. Albert Einstein, the great scientist, did some of his best work when he was very old. He was interested not only in his work, but also in creative and imaginative __9__. It was because of his many different interests in life that he was able to __10__ the full development of both sides of his brain.
A. works | B. thinks | C. improves | D. develops |
A. smell | B. taste | C. sight | D. senses |
A. but | B. and | C. until | D. if |
A. studied | B. improved | C. developed | D. liked |
A. believe | B. doubt | C. understand | D. hope |
A. equally | B. specially | C. immediately | D. really |
A. worked | B. used | C. taught | D. thought |
A. including | B. besides | C. except | D. contained |
A. efforts | B. plans | C. activities | D. ideas |
A. follow | B. reach | C. watch | D. prevent |