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 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 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.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 |
The earliest education was probably to .
| A．make a man lead a better life |
| B．teach a man to write and read |
| C．make people get a way of living |
| D．teach people to read good books |
The underlined word “well-rounded” in the passage means “ “in Chinese.
| A．圆满的 | B．崭新的 | C．公平的 | D．全面的 |
It is expected that educated people will be able to .
| A．accept 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 |
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 good paying jobs |
| D．all subjects are so important for a way of living |
Lisa is a successful movie star. She plays in a lot of good movies. Many people are her fans (迷) and like her very much. Most people think a star’s life is different (不同的). But Lisa doesn’t think so. She says, “I am only an ordinary (普通的) girl. I like T-shirts and jeans like many girls. I like Chinese action movies best. I am a fan of many Chinese action stars. I like to go to the market (市场). People can not often recognize (认出) me in the market. It is interesting.”Lisa is a successful star, because _______.
| A．she is beautiful | B．she has many friends |
| C．she plays in many good films | D．she likes seeing movies very much |
According to(根据) the passage, most people think ___________.
| A．it is interesting to play in a film | B．a movie star’s life is boring |
| C．Lisa’s life is different | D．Lisa is not a happy girl |
According to Lisa, most girls like _______.
| A．sweaters and jeans | B．long dresses |
| C．T-shirts and skirts | D．T-shirts and jeans |
Of these stars, which (哪一个) may Lisa like?
| A． | B． | C． | D． |
In the market, ________________.
| A．Lisa isn’t happy, because people cannot recognize her |
| B．all people know she is a movie star |
| C．people don’t know she is a star sometimes |
| D．Lisa sees her movies there |
Rose usually wakes up early in the morning. She always has her breakfast at half past six. She leaves home at about seven o’clock.. She is never late for school.
She has many classes in the morning. At about twelve fifteen, she comes back for lunch. In the afternoon, she isn’t so busy. After school she does her homework and plays with other children.
In the evening, her parents come back from the factory. The family has supper together. After that, they usually read newspaper or listen to the radio for a little time. Sometimes, they watch TV. Rose goes to bed at half past nine. But her father often works late at night.Rose gets up ________ every morning.
| A．late | B．early | C．at 6:30 | D．at 7:00 |
Rose often goes to school at _______.
| A．seven o’clock | B．half past seven | C．seven fifteen | D．about six thirty |
Rose likes doing her homework____________.
| A．after supper | B．in the evening | C．after school | D．after nine thirty at night |
Rose’s father often ______late.
| A．comes back | B．has supper | C．works | D．goes to bed |
What do they usually do after supper? They usually_______
| A．watch TV | B．read newspaper |
| C．do their homework | D．play with other children |
Jack is an eleven-year-old boy. He has a father, a mother, a grandfather and two brothers in his family. Jack is the youngest (年龄最小的). One of his brothers, Tim, is fourteen years old. The other brother, Mike, is fifteen years old. What’s eleven and fourteen and fifteen? That is Jack’s father John’s age. Jack’s mother is very young. She gives birth to (生下) Jack when she is twenty-five years old. Jack doesn’t know his grandfather’s age. He is very old but very healthy.There are seven people in Jack’s family.
Jack doesn’t have a sister.
John is thirty years old.
Jack’s mother is twenty-five years old.
Jack’s grandfather isn’t old and he is healthy.
| 1. Mrs. Li wants to send her daughter to take some piano lessons during the coming summer holiday. 2. Betty and her boyfriend want to spend the weekend to watch something new. They both like dancing. 3. Darning wants to buy some newspaper to read so that he can improve his English. 4. Mr. Black wants to come to Beijing for the first time in August. He wants to enjoy the real Beijing Opera very much. 5. Tony and his colleagues will have a trip in Guangzhou next week. They need to rent a car and a driver who understands English. |
A. Watch Your Neck: This modern ballet is telling the story of “Dracula” which is the classic novel by Irish playwright Bram Stoker. Time: 8:30 pm, February 2-9 Tel:98558588 B. Children’s Activity Center Tel: 66589982 Add: No. 2 Zhongshan Road (Singing lessons, piano lessons and dancing lessons.) C. Art Show: A total of 10 artists living close to each other are jointly giving an art exhibition. D. Peking Opera: Mei Lanfang’s brave fighting against the Japanese during the war of Resistance against Japanese will open your mind. E. Foreign Book Center: More and more increasing learning English books and newspapers, CDs. ect. F. The Changcheng hotel: Five star hotel. Looking for much experienced receptionists. Tel: (010)55883326 G. Car-Hire Service: 12 seat Forit transit van for hire in Zhujing Business and Private Hire. We have English-speaking drivers. |
If you go to Finland, you’ll be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.
Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high class Benz with a fare (票价) of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then get off without paying your fare. And the driver would not show the least sign of worry.
The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends and dine free of charge.
With so many loopholes (漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take “pretty advantages”. But the strange things is, all the taxi-passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. As the Finns always act on good faith and always show an attitude of “which is which” and “what is what” in everything they do, so to live in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”. In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to take precautions (预防措施) against others?The word “foolish” probably means _____________.
| A．friendly | B．careful | C．strange | D．funny |
Why wouldn’t the driver show the least sign of worry? Because _________.
| A．he is sure that the passengers always act on good faith |
| B．he is afraid to make the passengers angry and unhappy |
| C．he thinks the passengers may be too poor to pay him |
| D．he is sure that the passengers are really in trouble |
The dining rooms in all big hotels ___________.
| A．check the guests’ registration card carefully |
| B．give people meals without paying |
| C．serve their guests free of charge |
| D．only serve their guests free breakfast |
What’s FALSE according to the passage?
| A．No one takes advantages although there are many loopholes. |
| B．All the taxi-passengers come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business. |
| C．Not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. |
| D．Finland is heaven for immoral people because they can always take advantages freely. |
The sentences “which is which” and “what is what” show that __________.
| A．the Finns are foolish |
| B．the Finns take things seriously |
| C．the Finns are busy making money for the family |
| D．the Finns never take precaution against others |