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, 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. Educationis 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 |
Tom lived in a town near New York. His father had a shop there and his mother was a doctor. He was seven years old this year and began to go to school this September. It was a little far(远的) from their shop and his father drove a car to take him to school five days a week. So he was never(从不) late for class and his teachers likes him very much.
It was Monday that day. Miss Green was teaching them to count(数数) from one to ten in the morning. Tom was studying hard. Soon he could count them. Green was happy and asked, “How many people are there in your family, Tom?”
Tom stood up and said, “Two, Miss.”
“Who are they?”
“My father and my mother.”
“Oh,” Miss Green was surprised. She then said, “There’re three people in your family.”
“But now I’m not at home. I’m at school, you know!”Where did Tom’s father work? ______________
| A．In a factory. | B．In a school. | C．In a shop. | D．In a hospital. |
Tom was now a student of_______.
| A．Grade One | B．Grade Two | C．Grade Three | D．Grade Four |
Tom was never late for school because________.
| A．all his teachers liked him |
| B．he went to school in a car |
| C．his house was next to the school |
| D．he just began to school a month ago |
Miss Green taught her children to count from one to ten_______.
| A．every day | B．one Monday morning |
| C．in Tom’s house | D．five days a week |
Which is the best title(题目) for this story? ____________
| A．Two or Three? | B．From One to Ten |
| C．Tom and his family | D．Miss Green and Her Students |
SUNNY SCHOOL
We are a bilingual(双语) school for children of 6-15. We want a cook, a library assistant, a sports coach and a language teacher.
| Job |
Age |
Language |
Skill |
Other terms (其它条件) |
| cook |
25~40 |
Chinese |
can cook Chinese and Western(西方) food |
healthy |
| library assistant |
20~35 |
Chinese, English |
has the knowledge(知识) on all kinds of books |
careful (仔细) |
| sports coach |
20~40 |
Chinese, English |
major in(主修) P.E. |
healthy, strong |
| teacher |
30~45 |
Chinese, English |
major in English |
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Who can’t go to Sunny School?
| A．A four-year-old child. | B．An eleven-year-old boy. |
| C．A fifteen-year-old girl | D．An eight-year-old kid. |
Who is not wanted by Sunny School?
| A．A PE teacher. | B．An English teacher. |
| C．A library assistant | D．A math teacher. |
We know ______ may not speak English in Sunny School.
| A．the sports coach | B．the cook |
| C．the library assistant | D．the language teacher |
The coach must major in _______.
| A．Chinese | B．English | C．food | D．P.E. |
The Sunny School wants a teacher ________.
| A．aged between 25 and 40 | B．who can cook Western food |
| C．who is careful and strong | D．who can speak English and Chinese |
I will never forget the year when I was 12.My mother told us that we would not get Christmas gifts because there was not enough money .I felt sad and thought, ”What shall I say when the other kids ask me about my gifts?” I started to hope the Christmas wouldn’t come that year. Just then three women came to our house with gifts for all of us. For me，they brought a doll .I felt so happy.
Years later, my life changed a lot. So one Christmas, I wanted to do something special. I asked forty friends to help me. We visited 125 orphans(孤儿)to come to our Christmas party. For every child, we prepared a beautiful gift.
Finally the moment came. I called out,” One, two, three. Open your gifts!” As the children opened their boxes, the whole room was full of their bright smiles. The feeling I got from that Christmas so long ago came again. ___gave the writer a Christmas gift when she was 12.
| A．Nobody | B．Her mother | C．Three women | D．An old man |
From the sentence “Years later, my life changed a lot.” we can guess that _____.
| A．the writer didn’t get Christmas gifts any more. |
| B．the writer became rich. |
| C．the writer didn’t like Christmas gifts at all. |
| D．the writer hoped to help more orphans. |
The writer was so _____when she got a Christmas gift.
| A．sad | B．bored | C．tired | D．happy |
Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?
| A．The writer’s family was very poor when she was a child. |
| B．The writer wanted to do something special for the old people at Christmas. |
| C．The three women taught the writer how to help others. |
| D．The writer and her friends invited 125 orphans to come to the Christmas party. |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．A special Christmas |
| B．How to choose Christmas gifts. |
| C．Three kind women. |
| D．My first Christmas. |
More than a hundred years ago, an American produced (创造) a game. He called it indoor tennis. The Americans were not interested in it at first so he sent it to his London friends and it became very popular (流行) in Britain. The game was then played across the dining-room table or on the floor with the net hung between two chairs. In the early days ，the balls were made of cork (软木) or rubber. The bats(球拍) were made of wood.
A few years later a hollow (空心) ball like the one we use today was invented. The game then quickly spread all over the world. An Englishman once made a bat covered with rubber. He first played the game in England and called it "ping - pong". "Ping" was the sound of the bat when it hit the ball, and "pong" was the sound of the ball when it hit the table. Who invented the game of ping-pong?
| A．A Chinese. | B．An Englishman. | C．An American. | D．We don't know. |
The game was first called ________ by its producer(创造者).
| A．ping- pong tennis | B．table tennis | C．our-door tennis | D．indoor tennis |
What did the British think of the game?
| A．Moving (感人的). | B．Interesting. | C．Terrible. | D．boring. |
In the early days，the ball was________.
| A．hollow | B．covered with rubber |
| C．made of cork or rubber | D．made of wood |
The name of ping-pong has something to do with __________.
| A．sound | B．size | C．history | D．place |
There are many kinds of cars in this world. My grandfather thinks this is because cars are like their drivers. He says, “Rich people have expensive cars, big people have large cars, and old people drive old cars.” But I don’t agree with him.
My neighbor, Mrs. Hill, is 82 years old. She drives only on Tuesday, and then she drives only to the bank. She never drives more than 30 kilometers an hour. Do you think Mrs. Hill has a very old and small car? No! Her car is new. It’s very large, and it can go 200 kilometers an hour!
My friend Mike is an artist. He paints beautiful pictures with lots of colors. But his car is black. Mrs. Bates has a very, very old car. It often has some trouble. Does she drive that kind of car because she is poor? No, she has four restaurants and two million dollars in the bank. My uncle Joe has a very small car. Every Sunday, he drives to the country with his wife, his three children, his mother and his dog.
Now, you have read about my friends and their cars. Do you agree with my grandfather? Maybe you have a car. Does it say something about you?The writer’s grandfather thinks ___.
| A．a person has the same kind of car as himself (herself) |
| B．different people have cars of the same kind |
| C．poor people have large cars |
| D．artists have black cars |
Mrs. Bates has an old car ___.
| A．because she is poor |
| B．because she is rich |
| C．because she likes old cars |
| D．and the passage doesn’t tell us why |
Though Uncle Joe has a very small car, ___.
| A．he has a dog |
| B．he has a large family |
| C．he has no children |
| D．he has few members in his family |
The writer’s friend Mike paints ___.
| A．pictures in black |
| B．colorful pictures |
| C．colorless pictures |
| D．pictures with only a few colors |
The writer thinks ___.
| A．his grandfather’s idea about cars is right |
| B．cars are often the same as their drivers in many ways |
| C．artists shouldn’t drive black cars |
| D．a car doesn’t say anything about its owner |