16.Education is not an end,but a means to an end.In other words,we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them.Our purpose is to fit them for life.
In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all whether rich or poor,clever or stupid,one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation.But we can already see that free education for all is not enough:we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees; they refuse to do what they think"low"work; and in fact,work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful.But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor; we can live without education,but we die if we have no food.If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses,we would get terrible diseases in our towns.
In fact,when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life,it means that we are educated in such a way that,firstly,each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability,and secondly,that we realize that all jobs are necessary to society,and that it is very bad to be ashamed of one's work.Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.
28.The writer of this passage thinks thatD.
A.free education can solve all of the world's problems
B.free education for all probably leads to a perfect world
C.free education won't help to solve social problems
D.a(chǎn)ll the social problems can't be solved by free education
29.The writer wants to prove thatA.
A.our society needs all kinds of jobs
B.our society needs free education for all
C.a(chǎn) farmer is more important than a professor
D.people with university degrees earn more money
30.According to the passage,D.
A.work with hands is dirty and shameful
B.work with hands is low work
C.work with hands is the most important
D.we can't regard work with hands as low work
31.The purpose of education isC.
A.to choose a system of education
B.to let everyone receive education
C.to prepare children for their future life
D.to prepare children for well-paid jobs.
分析 本文論述了我們的教育目的就是要使孩子適應(yīng)社會生活.
解答 28.D:判斷題.根據(jù)文章第2段第2句free education for all is not enough,對所有人免費教育是不夠的,可推知此題答案為D.
29.A:觀點判斷題.根據(jù)文章最后一段第2點that all jobs are necessary to society,我們的社會需要每一種工作,可推知此題答案為A.
30.D 推理判斷題:由文章第二段所舉的農(nóng)民工作的例子可知,我們不能認為體力勞動很低下,他們也很重要,故選D.
31.C:細節(jié)題.根據(jù)第1段最后一句Our purpose is to fit them for life我們的目的是讓孩子適應(yīng)社會生活,可推知此題答案為C.
點評 在對科技說明文進行閱讀理解是,考生可以尤其注意中心句,中心段(首尾)、轉(zhuǎn)折句和問題中出現(xiàn)的詞,尤其是一些很有特點的詞如專有名詞.在文段中快速找到相應(yīng)詞語所在位置,問題的答案往往就在附近.