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（學(xué)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.
小題1:In the writer’s opinion,_________
A．free education for all probably leads to a perfect world
B．a(chǎn)ll 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
小題2:The writer wants to prove that _______
A．a(chǎn) 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
小題3:The purpose of education is to ________
A．build a perfect worldB．let everyone receive education
C．choose officials for the countryD．prepare children mainly for their future work
小題4:What is mainly discussed in the text?
A．The type of educationB．The value of education
C．The means of educationD．The system of education
小題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.

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:A

試題分析：文章告訴我們各種工作都很重要，教育是讓每個人都能找打適合自己的工作，讓自己為以后的工作做好準備。
小題1:推理題。根據(jù)第2 段內(nèi)容可知文章是為了反駁免費教育能解決一切這個觀點的。尤其是第3行we can already see that free education for all is not enough。選B。
小題2:推理題。根據(jù)第2段最后三行可知在我們的社會中很多工作都是很重要的。我們的社會需要這樣的工作。選C。
小題3:推理題。文章告訴我們各種工作都很重要，教育是讓每個人都能找打適合自己的工作，讓自己為以后的工作做好準備。故D正確。
小題4:主旨大意題。文章主要就是討論了教育的價值，選B。
小題5:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries.可知手工勞動被認為是可恥的。選A。
點評：文章告訴我們各種工作都很重要，教育是讓每個人都能找打適合自己的工作，讓自己為以后的工作做好準備。集中考查了推理題和細節(jié)題，要求考生有較強的細節(jié)理解能力。做題時也可以結(jié)合自己的生活常識和經(jīng)驗，再通過邏輯推理和判斷。主旨題關(guān)鍵是弄清每段的大意，再結(jié)合重點的句子判斷。
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