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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; 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.

【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

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

试题分析: 本文重点讲述的是教育的目的，所有的人都必须接受教育，以适应我们的生活，每个人都可以做任何适合他的大脑和能力的工作，所有的工作都是必要的，不分贵贱。

【1】D推理判断题。从“…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(国家)．But we can already see that free education for all is not enough…”得知，作者认为教育不能解决所有社会问题。

【2】B推理判断题。作者通过第二段的正反举例说明：各种各样的职业都是不可或缺的。

【3】D推理判断题。根据in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful. 可知我们不能把用手去工作的工作定义为低级工作，D项符合。

【4】C主旨要义题。作者通篇讨论的是教育的真正目的，是使受教育者能适当未来的工作。A little learning is dangerous．学识浅薄是一件危险的事情。

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