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 to get 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 maths 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(全面的) 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(成就) 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 _______.

A. make a man lead a better life

B. teach a man to write and think

C. make people get a way of living

D. teach people to read good books

3. It is expected that educated people will be able to ________.

A. accept education as a way of livin

B. take an interest in the whole world

C. develop their abilities to make plays

D. learn subjects like language and math

4.The passage mainly tells us that ________.

A. education should make a man improve

B. people can get education in a short time

C. people should be able to get better paying jobs

D. all subjects are so important for a way of living

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：该短文中作者主要论述了教育的由来，人们要接受教育的原因以及接受教育对于人们工作生活的意义。

1.D细节理解题。根据第一段In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t的描述可知接受教育很少的人，获得好工作的机会很少。所以选D。

2.C细节理解题。根据第二段Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education.的描述可知有些人可能会认为一个人应该花最佳年华接受教育只是为了一种生活方式。这可能是最早的教育的原因。所以选C。

3.B细节理解题。根据第三段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.的描述可知受过教育的人能够听好音乐，读好书，看戏剧大多数对世界感兴趣。所以选B。

4.细节理解题。据短文第三段描述，可知教育有助于一个人提高自身水平。所以选A。

考点：教育类阅读。