Educationisnotanendbutameanstoanend.Inotherwordswedonoteducatechildrenonlyforthepurposeofeducatingthem.Ourpurposeistofitthemforlife.Inmanymoderncountriesithasforsometimebeenfashionable（流行的）t

Question

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 many modern countries it has for some time been fashionable（流行的）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（学位）they refuse to do what they think "low" 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 should 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 must be educated in such a way that firstly each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability and secondly that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society and that it is very bad to be unwilling to do one's work. Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.

1.In the writer’s opinion _________

A．free education for all probably leads to a perfect world

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

C．education can solve most of the world’s problems

D．free education will help to solve all the problems of society

2.The writer wants to prove that _______

A．a farmer is more important than a professor

B．our society needs free education for all

C．our society needs all kinds of jobs

D．work with hands is the most important

3.The purpose of education is to ________

A．build a perfect world                    B．let everyone receive education

C．choose officials for the country             D．prepare children mainly for their future work

4.What is mainly discussed in the text?

A．The type of education                    B．The value of education

C．The means of education                  D．The system of education

5.What can we learn from the text?

A．Work with hands is thought to be shameful in some modern countries.

B．In all modern countries free education has been fashionable.

C．A perfect nation can solve all the problems of society.

D．A professor is far more important than a farmer.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章告诉我们各种工作都很重要，教育是让每个人都能找打适合自己的工作，让自己为以后的工作做好准备。

1.推理题。根据第2 段内容可知文章是为了反驳免费教育能解决一切这个观点的。尤其是第3行we can already see that free education for all is not enough。选B。

2.推理题。根据第2段最后三行可知在我们的社会中很多工作都是很重要的。我们的社会需要这样的工作。选C。

3.推理题。文章告诉我们各种工作都很重要，教育是让每个人都能找打适合自己的工作，让自己为以后的工作做好准备。故D正确。

4.主旨大意题。文章主要就是讨论了教育的价值，选B。

5.细节题。根据第二段work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries.可知手工劳动被认为是可耻的。选A。

考点：考查教育类短文

点评：文章告诉我们各种工作都很重要，教育是让每个人都能找打适合自己的工作，让自己为以后的工作做好准备。 集中考查了 推理题和 细节题，要求考生有较强的细节理解能力。 做题时也可以结合自己的生活常识和经验，再通过逻辑推理和判断。主旨题关键是弄清每段的大意，再结合重点的句子判断。