【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 refuse to do what they think to be "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 is very bad to be ashamed of one's work. Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.

【1】According to the passage, the purpose of education is _____.

A. to build a perfect world

B. to choose a system of education

C. to let everyone receive education fit for him

D. to prepare children mainly for their future work

【2】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. It's hard for university graduates to find jobs.

B. No one would like to do work with hands.

C. Education is not enough to build a perfect nation.

D. University graduates are ashamed of their work.

【3】In the writer's opinion, _____.

A. all the social problems can't be solved by education

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

C. free education won't help to solve social problems

D. education can settle all of the world's problems

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【解析】這是一篇關(guān)于教育的話題。 教育不是目的，而是達到目的的手段。教育的目的是使孩子們適應(yīng)生活。要認識到，所有的工作都是社會的需要，不能以不好的工作感到羞愧，只有這樣的教育才能被視為有價值的社會。

【1】D．

細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第一段最后一句“Our purpose is to fit them for life.”可知：教育的目的是使他們適應(yīng)生活。即選D項。

【2】C．

此題屬于細節(jié)理解中的是非辨別型。A項文中沒有提及：第二段中的“work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries”可知，用手勞動被認為是骯臟和可恥的，而不是沒有人愿意做。可排除B項。D項不是以他們的工作為恥而是以用手勞動是可恥的�？膳懦�D項。第二段第一句可知有一段時間以來流行的說法是認為接受教育，解決社會所有問題，建立一個完美的國家。第二句用轉(zhuǎn)折連詞but否定了這一說法即對所有人的免費教育是不夠的。故選 C項。

【3】A．

細節(jié)理解題。理解作者的意圖、觀點和態(tài)度。根據(jù)第二段可分析歸納出教育并不能解決社會所有問題，故A項是正確的。

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