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 mathematics need not be taught in detail(詳細地), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded 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 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.
小題1:People with little education usually ____.
A．spend a long time in schoolB．have a good chance to get a job
C．spend the best years to choose jobsD．have fewer chances to get a good job
小題2:The earliest education was probably to ______.
A．make a man lead a better lifeB．teach a man to write and think
C．make people get a way of livingD．teach people to read good books
小題3:The underlined word “well-rounded” in the passage means “_______” in Chinese.
A．圓滿的B．嶄新的C．公平的D．全面的
小題4:It is expected that educated people will be able to _____.
A．a(chǎn)ccept education as a way of living
B．take an interest in the whole world
C．develop their abilities to make plays
D．learn subjects like language and math
小題5: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．a(chǎn)ll subjects are so important for a way of living

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:A
短文大意：這篇短文中作者主要論述了教育的由來，人們要接受教育的原因以及接受教育對于人們工作生活的意義。
小題1:根據(jù)第一段In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t.描述，可知接受教育很少的人，獲得好工作的機會很少。故選D。
小題2:根據(jù)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. 描述，可知選C。
小題3:聯(lián)系后一句It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. 描述，可知此處指的是教育是全面的。故選D。
小題4:根據(jù)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.描述，可知選B。
小題5:根據(jù)短文第三段描述，可知教育有助于一個人提高自身水平。故選A。
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