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 than there are jobs for them to fill. Because of their degree, they refuse to do what they think “l(fā)ow” work; and in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries. 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.
【小題1】The writer of this passage thinks that ________.

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 at all
D.not all the social problems can be solved by free education
【小題2】The writer wants to tell us that ___________.
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
【小題3】According to the passage, ____________.
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
【小題4】The purpose of education is ___________.
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


【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】C

解析試題分析: 文章告訴我們各種工作都很重要,教育是讓每個(gè)人都能找打適合自己的工作,讓自己為以后的工作做好準(zhǔn)備
【小題1】D推理題。根據(jù)第2 段內(nèi)容可知文章是為了反駁免費(fèi)教育能解決一切這個(gè)觀點(diǎn)的。尤其是第3行we can already see that free education for all is not enough。我們已經(jīng)看到免費(fèi)教育是不夠的。所以選B
【小題2】 A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段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 教育要適合我們的生活,意味著每個(gè)人做適合自己的能力的工作,每個(gè)工作對(duì)社會(huì)來(lái)說(shuō)都是必需的,所以選A項(xiàng)。
【小題3】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段Because of their degree, they refuse to do what they think “l(fā)ow” work; and in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries因?yàn)閷W(xué)位,他們拒絕做體力工作,認(rèn)為是臟的和令人羞愧的,這是錯(cuò)誤的,所以選D項(xiàng)。
【小題4】C推理題。文章告訴我們各種工作都很重要,教育是讓每個(gè)人都能找打適合自己的工作,讓自己為以后的工作做好準(zhǔn)備。故D正確
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