Question

【題目】 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 “l(fā)ow” 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.

【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

D.all the social problems can’t be solved by free education

【2】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

【3】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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

這是一篇議論文。文章主要講述了教育的意義—教育不是結(jié)果，而是通往結(jié)果的一種手段。我們教育孩子的目的不僅僅是為了教育的目的，我們的目的是讓他們安心的生活。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段中“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”一段時間以來，在一些現(xiàn)代國家，認(rèn)為通過對所有人——無論貧富、聰明與否——的免費(fèi)教育，一種做法就可以解決所有的社會問題，建立一個完美的國家，這已經(jīng)成為一種時尚。但我們已經(jīng)看到，僅為所有人提供免費(fèi)教育是不夠的。由此可知，作者認(rèn)為免費(fèi)教育并不能夠解決所有的社會問題。結(jié)合選項，故選D。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段中“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.”事實(shí)上，用手工作被認(rèn)為是骯臟和可恥的。但是，我們只要想一想就會明白，一個完全沒有受過教育的農(nóng)民的工作要比一個教授的工作重要得多；沒有教育我們可以生存，但是沒有食物我們就會死亡。如果沒有人打掃我們的街道，沒有人把垃圾從我們的房子里拿走，我們的城鎮(zhèn)就會有可怕的疾病。由此可以推斷出，我們不能把手工勞動看作是低級的勞動。結(jié)合選項，故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段中“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.”教育不是目的，而是達(dá)到目的的手段。換句話說，我們教育孩子不僅僅是為了教育他們。我們的目的是使他們適應(yīng)生活。由此可以推斷，教育的目的是使孩子能夠更好的適應(yīng)未來生活。結(jié)合選項，故選C。