Question

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 getting 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. accepted education as a way of living

B. take an interest in the world

C. develop their abilities to make plays

D. learn subjects like language and math

5.The passage mainly tells us that .

A.education is mainly for improving a man

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

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要讲述了接受教育的意义。受过更好教育的人比那些没受过教育的人更容易得到较好的工作。要是仅仅为了找工作，是没必要在接受教育时花费很多的时间，一些学科可以忽略。教育不仅仅是为了将来谋生，还是提高一个人的综合素质的一种途径。

1. is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs . 接受过更好教育的人通常能够获得报酬更好的工作。可知接受过很少教育或根本没有接受过教育的人们就没有这样的机会。故选D。

2. people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life getting education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education.描述有些人可能觉得一个人应该用一生中最好的时候去接受教育，而这只是为了谋生。这个可能是教育最早的原因。可知最早的教育是为了让人们得到一种谋生的方式。故选C。

3. is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. 它不仅仅是教他说话，阅读和写字，它还开发一个人的创造性思维和别的能力。可知此处指的是，教育是全面的故选D。

4.最重要的是始终对这个世界抱有兴趣。故选B。

5. is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man。教育是全面的而且它主要为了提高一个人的素质。故选A.

考点：教育类短文阅读。