Question

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

Education is well-rounded 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 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 main reason.

1.People with little education usually .

A. spend a long time in school

B .have a good chance to get a job

C. spend the best years to choose jobs

D. have fewer chances to get a good job

2.The earliest education was probably to .

make a man lead a better life

teach a man to write and think

make people get a way of living

teach people to read good books

3.The underlined word “well-rounded” in the passage means “ “ in Chinese.

A.圆满的 B.崭新的 C.公平的 D.全面的

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

accepted education as a way of living

take an interest in the world

develop their abilities to make plays

learn subjects like language and math

5.The passage mainly tells us that .

education is mainly for improving a man

people can get education in a short time

people should be able to get better paying jobs

all subjects are so important for a way of living

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

【解析】

1.小题1】细节理解题。题干意为：几乎没有教育的人通常怎样？根据文章的提示“they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t”可知，没有教育的人得到好的工作的机会也甚少，故选D。

2.小题2】细节理解题。题干意为：最早的教育可能是什么？根据文章的描述“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.”，可知选C。

3.小题3】细节理解题。题干意为：画线单词“ well-rounded”是什么意思？联系上文，教育不仅仅是为了帮助人们找到好工作，可知教育是全面的，故选D。

4.小题4】细节理解题。题干意为：预计受到教育的人将会怎么样？根据文章的描述“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.”可知，选B。

5.小题5】推理判断题。题干意为：这篇文章主要告诉我们什么？A. education is mainly for improving a man教育主要是为了提高一个人，是正确的；B. people can get education in a short time人们在很短的时间内可以得到教育，是错误的；C. people should be able to get better paying jobs人们应该能够找到更好的工作，是错误的；D. all subjects are so important for a way of living所有的科目都是很重要的，对于生活来说。是错误的。