CEducation is not an end but a means to an endIn other words, we do not educate children

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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 one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation．But we have already seen that free education for all is not enough; we find in some countries a far larger number of people with university degrees．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 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 fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated in certain ways．Firstly each of us can do whatever work suited to our brains and ability．Secondly, we should realize that all jobs are necessary to society．It is very bad to be shamed of one’s work．Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society．
【小题1】What would be the best title for the text?A．The Means of Education．B．The System of Education．C．The Value of Education．D．The Type of Education．【小题2】From the second paragraph of the passage we know that ．A．work with hands is low work because it is dirty and shameful．B．the work of the completely uneducated is the most important．C．education is no more important than food in order to live．D．we shouldn’t think of work with hands as low work．【小题3】What kind of educational system is valuable to society?A．A large number of people can go to university．B．Everyone can solve all the problems of society．C．All the people can get free education．D．Everyone must be educated differently to fit them for society．【小题4】What can be inferred from the passage?A．Our society needs all kinds of jobs．B．Free education for all is enough．C．A farmer is more important than a professor．D．People with university degrees shouldn’t do low work．C

(答案→)C 解析：本文叙述了教育孩子的目的并非为了教育他们，现在的社会有人认为用手的工作是低等的工作，工作没有贵贱之分，只有分工不同，每个人的工作都是很重要的，我们要把自己培养成适应社会的人。【小题1】标题归纳题。根据Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society，故选C。【小题2】细节理解题。根据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 professor．我们不应该把用手的工作认为是低等的工作，故选D。【小题3】细节理解题。根据when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life每个人都必须接受教育以适合不同的社会，故选D。【小题4】推理判断题。根据it means that we must be educated in certain ways．可以推出我们的社会需要各种各样的工作。故选A。

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