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 not all the people agree with this idea.

Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education in order to make more money in the future. This was probably one of the earliest purposes of education. In fact, if education is just a way to make a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. They can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. And people don’t have to learn maths and languages so carefully. So it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.

So what is education for? Education is well-rounded and it should improve a man in many ways. 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 only reason.

1.People with better education usually __________.

A. have fewer chance to choose a good job B. have more chances to get a good job

C. make less money than others D. spend the best years making money

2.The earliest education was probably to __________.

A. teach a man to think creatively B. teach people to read good books C. improve a man in many ways D. help people make more money

3.What does the underlined word “well-rounded” in Paragraph 3 mean in Chinese?

A. 圆满的 B. 崭新的 C. 全面的 D. 公平的

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

A. write good books by themselves B. learn all the subjects very well

C. take an interest in the world D. lead a richer life than others

5.The passage mainly tells us that ____________.

A. making a living is not the only purpose of education. B. people can get education in a short time.

C. people should study hard to get better paying jobs. D. all subjects are very important for a way of living.

五、词汇运用

A. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使句子通顺、正确。每个单词限用一次。

million west enjoyable pass book

1.The manager asked Liu Feng to ___________ a hotel for him on Sunday.

2.We were tired after the trip, but it was really ______________.

3.He lives in the __________ of Shanghai and has a house with a beautiful garden.

4.In Africa, ___________ of people are dying because they don’t have enough food.

5.The students ____________ the ball from one to another happily at the party.

B. 根据中文提示，写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。

When I was in the middle school, I was good at many subjects 1. (除了) English. It was a little difficult for me and I often made 2. (错误) in the test. I felt very sad.

Luckily, my English teacher Miss Li was 3.（相当地）kind. She advised me to buy a dictionary and 4.(提议，提出) to help me solve 5. (主要的，基础的) problems. Miss Li said that I 6.(应该) speak English aloud and read 7.(大量，众多) of English books. With her help, my English improved 8.(迅速地,快地). It was much 9. (更简单) for me to remember the words than before. And I became one of the actresses in the school English show at 10.(终于，最后).

I was thankful to my dear English teacher, Miss Li.

Ⅰ栏是5个人的爱好描述，Ⅱ栏是5本受欢迎的书籍，请从A-E中为每个人选择最适合的阅读书籍，并将答案的字母编号填写在题前括号内。

假设你是Li Ping，你的笔友David和他家人将要来温州旅游，希望你帮忙做个旅游攻略。请根据下列内容提示，给他写一封信，介绍一下温州的特点，并推荐合适的景点，要求80词左右。开头已给出，可适当发挥。

（1）温州是一个…的城市。 （2）温州比…更…

（3）推荐旅游景点 （4）…

参考词汇：famous for, go sightseeing, popular, enjoy oneself, …

Dear David,

________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Ping

---We have red and yellow T-shirts. Which color do you like?---I’m afraid _______. I think blue will be OK.

A. both B. either C. neither D. none

My parents showed some old pictures that brought back sweet memories.

A. I B. me C. my D. mine

This is bedroom. They like it very much.

A. Lucy and Lily’s B. Lucy and Lily

C. Lucy’s and Lily D. Lucy’s and Lily’s

The accident happened a cold winter early morning.

A. in B. at C. on D. for

—Granny, you look so weak, what’s wrong with you? —Terrible. The factory made noise. It was _noisy. I couldn’t sleep well last night.

A. too much; too much B. too much; much too

C. too many; much too D. much too; much too