It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.
Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and mathematics need not be taught in detail(详细地), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all take an interest in the world.
I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.
【小题1】People with little education usually ____.

It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.

Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and mathematics need not be taught in detail(详细地), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.

Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all take an interest in the world.

I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.

1.People with little education usually ____.

A．spend a long time in school                B．have a good chance to get a job

C．spend the best years to choose jobs         D．have fewer chances to get a good job

2.The earliest education was probably to ______.

A．make a man lead a better life              B．teach a man to write and think

C．make people get a way of living             D．teach people to read good books

3.The underlined word “well-rounded” in the passage means “_______” in Chinese.

A．圆满的           B．崭新的           C．公平的           D．全面的

4.It is expected that educated people will be able to _____.

A．accept education as a way of living

B．take an interest in the whole world

C．develop their abilities to make plays

D．learn subjects like language and math

5.The passage mainly tells us that _______.

A．education should make a man improve

B．people can get education in a short time

C．people should be able to get better paying jobs

D．all subjects are so important for a way of living

根据汉语完成下面句子。　（共10小题，每小题1分，共15分）。

1.你越努力，你明天就会越好。The _______ you work, The _______you will be tomorrow.

2.我们应该采取措施来解决这个问题。We should ________ ________to solve the problem.

3. 化学制品对环境有害。Chemicals are ________ ________ the environment.

4.他已详细地叙述了昨天他所做的事.  He has________what he did yesterday _____  ________.

5.你昨天应该打电话给我．You ______ ________ ________ call me yesterday.

Keep Your Dream

   When Robert was a student in high school, his teacher asked him to write a composition about what he wanted to do when he grew up.That night he wrote a seven­page composition about his __1__ of owning a horse ranch (养马场).He __2__ about it in detail (详细地), and he even drew a picture of a 200­acre (亩) ranch.The next day he handed it in to his __3__.

   Two days later he got his composition back.On the first page was a larger F with a note (批注) that __4__, “See me after class.”

   Robert went to see his teacher after class and asked, “__5__  did I get an F？”

   The teacher said, “You have no money.Your parents have no money.Owning a horse ranch __6__ a lot of money.You have to buy the land.You have to buy the __7__.There's no way you could ever do it.__8__ you write a composition again, I will change your __9__.”

   Robert went back home and thought about it long and hard.The next day he handed in the same composition, making no changes __10__.He said to his teacher, “You can keep the F and I'll keep my dream.”

   Now, Robert owns a 200­acre horse ranch.

(　　)1.A.plan         B.project            C.reason          D.dream

(　　)2.A.worried      B.wrote              C.cared           D.talked

(　　)3.A.mother       B.father             C.teacher         D.partner

(　　)4.A.read         B.told               C.replied         D.printed

(　　)5.A.How        B.Why               C.When            D.Where

(　　)6.A.makes        B.saves              C.needs           D.raises

(　　)7.A.horses       B.houses             C.farms           D.stores

(　　)8.A.Because      B.Although           C.While           D.If

(　　)9.A.idea         B.grade              C.goal            D.decision

(　　)10.A.at once   B.at least         C.as usual        D.at all