Question

【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 can solve all of the world’s problems

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

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

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

【2】According to the passage, ________.

A.work with hands is dirty and shameful

B.work with hands is low work

C.work with hands is the most important

D.we can’t regard work with hands as low work

【3】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】D

【3】C

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。文章主要讲述了教育的意义—教育不是结果，而是通往结果的一种手段。我们教育孩子的目的不仅仅是为了教育的目的，我们的目的是让他们安心的生活。

【1】细节理解题。根据文章第二段中“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”一段时间以来，在一些现代国家，认为通过对所有人——无论贫富、聪明与否——的免费教育，一种做法就可以解决所有的社会问题，建立一个完美的国家，这已经成为一种时尚。但我们已经看到，仅为所有人提供免费教育是不够的。由此可知，作者认为免费教育并不能够解决所有的社会问题。结合选项，故选D。

【2】推理判断题。根据文章第二段中“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.”事实上，用手工作被认为是肮脏和可耻的。但是，我们只要想一想就会明白，一个完全没有受过教育的农民的工作要比一个教授的工作重要得多；没有教育我们可以生存，但是没有食物我们就会死亡。如果没有人打扫我们的街道，没有人把垃圾从我们的房子里拿走，我们的城镇就会有可怕的疾病。由此可以推断出，我们不能把手工劳动看作是低级的劳动。结合选项，故选D。

【3】推理判断题。根据文章第一段中“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.”教育不是目的，而是达到目的的手段。换句话说，我们教育孩子不仅仅是为了教育他们。我们的目的是使他们适应生活。由此可以推断，教育的目的是使孩子能够更好的适应未来生活。结合选项，故选C。