8. A. many　　　　　　 B. much　　　　 C. more　　　　　 D. most

7. A. best　　　　　　　 B. only　　　　　 C. just　　　　　　 D. first

6. A. at　　　　　　　　　 B. in　　　　　　　　　　 C. on　　　　　　 D. with

5. A. stop　　　　　　　　　　 B. ask　　　　　　 C. ready　　　　 D. prepare

4. A. how　　　　　　　　　　 B. where　　　　 C. why　　　　　 D. what

3. A. true　　　　　　　 B. real　　　　　　 C. fact　　　　　　 D. wrong

2. A. the 　　　　　　　　　　 B. other　　　　　 C. the other　 D. other the

1. A. speak　　　　　　 B. say　　　　　　 C. talk　　　　　　 D. tell

15. B。母亲在听到Joe要自己打电话后，非常满意，“开心地”笑了，故选happily。

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Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably __1__ they go to learn languages, geography, history, science and all __2__ subjects. That is quite __3__, but __4__ do they learn these things?

We send our children to school to __5__ them for their future work and life. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use __6__ their life, but is that the __7__ reason they go to school?

There is __8__ in educatuon than just learning facts. We go to school above all __9__ how to learn, so that when we have left school we can go on learning. If a man really knows __10__, he will always be successful, because whenever he has to do __11__ he will quickly teach himself how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person, on the other __12__, is __13__ unable to do it, or does it badly, so the purpse of school is not just __14__ languages, geography, science, etc, but to teach pupils the __15__ to learn.

14. C。母亲肯定了这是一个好主意，说明这是一个great idea。