Imagine a boy from a small village in East Africa. He, since a very early age, has been looking after cattle. At twelve years old he knows more about cattle than most of you. However, he has never been to school. Has this boy had any education?

Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us. All the people who care about us — our parents, brothers, sisters, friends — are our teachers. In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. We start learning on the day we were born, not on the first day we go to school. Every day we have new experiences, like finding a bird’s nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didn’t like before. New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people.

Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as many as possible. As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are capable of doing. You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this out by doing these things. Just thinking about cooking doesn’t tell you whether you are good at it.

We learn so much just living from day to day. So why is school important? Of course you can learn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people who can’t do everything for themselves. At school, teachers help us to read and write. With their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways.

The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that _______.

A. African children are very poor.                   B. some children are unlucky.

C. there are many kinds of education.                 D. schools are of great importance.

In the opinion of the writer,       .

A. we have to learn from the people around us.         B. the school is not important at all.

C. only people who care for us can teach us.             D. education takes place everywhere.

One can find out what he / she is good at by     _.

A. what people encourage him/ her to do.       B. the teachings of those he / she meets.

C. thinking about it when growing up.                D. trying and practising things.

The passage tells us that _     .

A. everyone gets education from the day he or she was born.

B. different classes of people receive different kinds of education.

C. the school is absolutely necessary if one wants to understand the world.

D. everyone will find out what he or she is good at.

According to the last paragraph, we know that       .

A. the school is not so important as our living places.

B. the school enables us to understand the world in other ways.

C. the school teaches us things which are useless at home.

D. the school cannot prepare us for our daily lives.

Imagine a boy from a small village in East Africa. He, since a very early age, has been looking after cattle. At twelve years old he knows more about cattle than most of you. However, he has never been to school. Has this boy had any education?
Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us. All the people who care about us — our parents, brothers, sisters, friends — are our teachers. In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. We start learning on the day we were born, not on the first day we go to school. Every day we have new experiences, like finding a bird’s nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didn’t like before. New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people.
Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as many as possible. As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are capable of doing. You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this out by doing these things. Just thinking about cooking doesn’t tell you whether you are good at it.
We learn so much just living from day to day. So why is school important? Of course you can learn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people who can’t do everything for themselves. At school, teachers help us to read and write. With their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways.
【小题1】 The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that _______.

A．the school is not so important as our living places.

B．the school enables us to understand the world in other ways.

C．the school teaches us things which are useless at home.

D．the school cannot prepare us for our daily lives.

Briana, a student at John Fenwick School in Salem County, US, has a lot of free time. The 13-year-old girl used to hang out on the streets after school. “I know it wasn’t good, but I really had nothing else to do,” Briana said.

Briana was not alone. Many kids in her city had too much free time and nothing to do. To solve this problem, four school districts in Salem began a program called Big Brothers/Big Sisters. The program helps students make good use of their after-school time. Big Brothers/Big Sisters invites mentors to help students in grades 6 to 8 build healthy relationships and take part in productive activities.

The “Littles” and the “Bigs” are nicknames (昵称) for students and mentors. Most mentors are teachers. The “Bigs” and “Littles” usually meet once a week. They play games, share stories and go on trips.

The program has already helped many Salem students.

Briana’s mentor is the school principal (校长), Syeda Woods. Woods took Briana ice-skating, to pizza parties and for a visit to Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania. “When I got out, I saw that Salem is a very small place,” Briana said. “The program helps me experience the outside world and see many new things.”

Kathy Jennings, 13, said she was very shy before, but now is much more open.

“In the program, I see my mentor as a big sister, not a teacher. I can tell her anything,” Jennings said. “And she has taught me a lot about making good decisions. I think it will make a big difference in my life.”

1.The program of Big Brothers/Big Sisters is designed for          .

2.The underline word “mentors” in the second paragraph most probably means “          ”.

3.The purpose of the program is to help students         .

4.The writer uses the examples of Briana and Kathy to show          .

Imagine a boy from a small village in East Africa, He from a very early age has been looking after cattle. At twelve years old he knows more about cattle than most of you. However, he has never been to school. Has this boy ever had any education?

Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us. All the people who care about us — our parents, brothers, sisters, friends — are our teachers. In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. We start learning on the day we are born, not on the first day" we go to school. Every day we have new experiences, like finding a bird's nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didn't like before. New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people.

Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as much as possible. As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are capable of doing. You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this out by doing these things. Just thinking about cooking doesn't tell you if you are good at it.

We learn so much just living from day to day. So why is school important? Of course you can learn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people who can' t do everything for themselves. At school, teachers help us to read and write. With their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways.

1. The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that _______.

A. African children are very poor          

B. some children are unlucky

C. education takes many ways               

D. schools are of great importance

2.In the eyes of the writer       .

A. we have to learn from the people around us  

B. school is not important at all

C. only the people caring for us can teach us      

D. education takes place everywhere

3.One can find out what he is good at by     _.

A. the encouragement of people around       B. the teachings of those he or she meets

C. thinking of it when growing up           D. trying practicing it

4. How the writer looks at the role of school is that       .

A. school is not so important as our living places

B. school enables us to understand the world in other ways

C. school teaches us something useless at home

D. school cannot prepare us for our daily lives

5. The passage tells us that _     .

A. everyone gets education from the day he or she is born

B. different education trains different classes of people

C. school is absolutely necessary if one wants to understand the world

D. everyone will find out what he or she is good at

Imagine a boy from a small village in East Africa. He, since a very early age, has been looking after cattle. At twelve years old he knows more about cattle than most of you. However, he has never been to school. Has this boy had any education?

Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us. All the people who care about us — our parents, brothers, sisters, friends — are our teachers. In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. We start learning on the day we were born, not on the first day we go to school. Every day we have new experiences, like finding a bird’s nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didn’t like before. New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people.

Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as many as possible. As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are capable of doing. You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this out by doing these things. Just thinking about cooking doesn’t tell you whether you are good at it.

We learn so much just living from day to day. So why is school important? Of course you can learn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people who can’t do everything for themselves. At school, teachers help us to read and write. With their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways.

1. The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that _______.

A. African children are very poor.             B. some children are unlucky.

C. there are many kinds of education.                   D. schools are of great importance.

2.In the opinion of the writer,       .

A. we have to learn from the people around us.  B. the school is not important at all.

C. only people who care for us can teach us.        D. education takes place everywhere.

3. One can find out what he / she is good at by     _.

A. what people encourage him/ her to do.         B. the teachings of those he / she meets.

C. thinking about it when growing up.           D. trying and practising things.

4. The passage tells us that _     .

A. everyone gets education from the day he or she was born.

B. different classes of people receive different kinds of education.

C. the school is absolutely necessary if one wants to understand the world.

D. everyone will find out what he or she is good at.

5.According to the last paragraph, we know that       .

A. the school is not so important as our living places.

B. the school enables us to understand the world in other ways.

C. the school teaches us things which are useless at home.

D. the school cannot prepare us for our daily lives.