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 math need not be taught in detail(详细), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.

Education is well?rounded(全面的) 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. 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 good plays and most of them 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 or no education have chances to choose a good job.

A. more B. fewer C. many D. much

2.One of the earliest reasons of education was probably .

A. making a man lead a better life

B. teaching a man to write and think

C. making people get a way of living

D. teaching people to read good books

3.From the passage, we know that the writer thinks making a good living is for education.

A. an important reason

B. the main reason

C. the most important reason

D. the least important reason

4.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. All people think the purpose of education is to make people get jobs.

B. People don't need to learn language or math at all.

C. Education is to make a man lead a better life.

D. Only education can make all people take an interest in the world.

I was in the park with my elder sister, Cathy, on Friday. My sister left her jacket on a chair while we talked to some friends. When we went back to the chair, a girl in a red T-shirt was sitting there. She had some money in her hand. When she saw us, she stood up and walked away.

I asked my sister, "Did you have any money in your jacket?"

She said, "Yes, Anna, I did."

I said, "Look in your jacket quickly."

Cathy looked in her jacket, but her money was not there.

"That girl stole it!" I said, and we both ran after her. We caught her quickly.

My sister was very angry and she said, "Give me the money." The girl gave the money to Cathy and ran away. We both ran after her, but we lost her.

Then we went home. But before we could tell our parents, my mother said to Cathy, "You left your money at home. It's on the table in the sitting room. You must be more careful with money."

So the girl in the red T-shirt was not a thief! She probably thought we were thieves! We felt terrible.

Please telephone us if you know this girl! We are very sorry for our mistake. We would like to say sorry to her and give the money back to her.

Our number is 512667. My name is Anna.

1.Cathy thought the money in the girl's hand was .

A. from her jacket B. the girl's own money

C. from their home D. from the chair

2.The girl gave the money to Cathy because.

A. she was afraid

B. Cathy asked her nicely

C. it was Cathy's money

D. she wanted to help them

3.According to the reading, Cathy’s money was really.

A. in her jacket

B. in the girl’s hand

C. at home

D. on the chair

4.The two sisters found that the money wasn’t Cathy’s.

A. when the girl ran away from them

B. after they heard their mother’s words

C. when the girl came to ask for it

D. when they caught her

5.The writer writes the passage to .

A. telephone the girl

B. say thanks to the girl

C. say good-bye to the girl

D. return the money to the girl

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