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【题目】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 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 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 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】According to the passage, the purpose of education is _____.

A. to build a perfect world

B. to choose a system of education

C. to let everyone receive education fit for him

D. to prepare children mainly for their future work

【2】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. It's hard for university graduates to find jobs.

B. No one would like to do work with hands.

C. Education is not enough to build a perfect nation.

D. University graduates are ashamed of their work.

【3】In the writer's opinion, _____.

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

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

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

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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【解析】这是一篇关于教育的话题。 教育不是目的，而是达到目的的手段。教育的目的是使孩子们适应生活。要认识到，所有的工作都是社会的需要，不能以不好的工作感到羞愧，只有这样的教育才能被视为有价值的社会。

【1】D．

细节理解。根据文章第一段最后一句“Our purpose is to fit them for life.”可知：教育的目的是使他们适应生活。即选D项。

【2】C．

此题属于细节理解中的是非辨别型。A项文中没有提及：第二段中的“work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries”可知，用手劳动被认为是肮脏和可耻的，而不是没有人愿意做。可排除B项。D项不是以他们的工作为耻而是以用手劳动是可耻的。可排除D项。第二段第一句可知有一段时间以来流行的说法是认为接受教育，解决社会所有问题，建立一个完美的国家。第二句用转折连词but否定了这一说法即对所有人的免费教育是不够的。故选 C项。

【3】A．

细节理解题。理解作者的意图、观点和态度。根据第二段可分析归纳出教育并不能解决社会所有问题，故A项是正确的。