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 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

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

【解析】这是一篇关于教育的话题。 教育不是目的，而是达到目的的手段。教育的目的是使孩子们适应生活。要认识到，所有的工作都是社会的需要，不能以不好的工作感到羞愧，只有这样的教育才能被视为有价值的社会。

1.D．

细节理解。根据文章第一段最后一句“Our purpose is to fit them for life.”可知：教育的目的是使他们适应生活。即选D项。

2.C．

此题属于细节理解中的是非辨别型。A项文中没有提及：第二段中的“work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries”可知，用手劳动被认为是肮脏和可耻的，而不是没有人愿意做。可排除B项。D项不是以他们的工作为耻而是以用手劳动是可耻的。可排除D项。第二段第一句可知有一段时间以来流行的说法是认为接受教育，解决社会所有问题，建立一个完美的国家。第二句用转折连词but否定了这一说法即对所有人的免费教育是不够的。故选 C项。

3.A．

细节理解题。理解作者的意图、观点和态度。根据第二段可分析归纳出教育并不能解决社会所有问题，故A项是正确的。

【名师点睛】：细节理解题主要的答题策略有：

（1）细心审题，直接就题找答案。解答此类试题时，不必通篇细看原文，而应采取“带着问题找答案”的方法，先从问题中抓住关键性词语（题眼），然后以此为线索，运用略读及查读的技巧快速在文章中寻找与此问题相关的：段落、语句，仔细品味，对照比较，确定答案。例如第1小题。

（2）变通理解，间接转述找答案。细节理解题通常采用词语和句型转换的形式来取代原文中的表述，命题者在出这类题时惯用“偷梁换柱、张冠李戴”的手法来迷惑考生，即对原句细微处做改动，截取原文词语或结构进行改造，因果倒置，把A的观点说成B的观点等。所以正确理解题干和信息句的意义是关键。例 如第2小题。

（3）多点归纳，综合事实找答案。细节理解题有时考查的并不是单一的信息，而是多处信息的整合。解答此类“综合”信息细节题时，一定要全面捕捉相关信息，进行综合分析、归纳，切忌根据“一面之词”草率地作出结论。例如第3小题