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 getting 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 (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 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.
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 .
make a man lead a better life
teach a man to write and think
make people get a way of living
teach people to read good booksThe 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 .
accepted education as a way of living
take an interest in the world
develop their abilities to make plays
learn subjects like language and mathThe passage mainly tells us that .
education is mainly for improving a man
people can get education in a short time
people should be able to get better paying jobs
all subjects are so important for a way of living
| Lost: My new bike. It’s red. My name is Jimmy. Please call 678-42190. |
Found: Is this your ring? Please call Betty. Call # 892-02311. |
| Lost: My baseball. My name is Bruce. Please call 70852097. |
Found: Is this your backpack? Please call David. Phone # 291-20845. |
| A．Betty. | B．Jimmy. | C．Bruce. | D．Bruce |
| A．Yes, it is. | B．No, it isn’t. |
| C．No. It’s David’s. | D．No. It’s Jimmy’s. |
| A．Green. | B．White. | C．Red. | D． Yellow. |
| A．David. | B．Betty. | C．Jimmy. | D．Bruce |
| A．678-42190. | B．70852097. |
| C．291-20845. | D．70852079. |
Peter and I are good friends. Peter is an American boy. I am a Japanese girl. He is thirteen. I am twelve. We are in the same class，Class Two.
Peter has a nice clock. He likes it very much. He puts it on his desk. Every morning it wakes him up（叫醒他）. I have a new watch. It looks beautiful. I wear（戴）it every day. It tells(告知) me the time.
| A．sisters | B．teachers | C．friends | D．brothers |
| A．an English boy | B．a Japanese girl |
| C．an American boy | D．an English girl |
| A．a purple clock | B．an old watch |
| C．a new watch | D．a nice clock |
| A．wears his clock every day | B．puts his clock on his desk |
| C．wears his new watch every day | D．likes his new watch very much |
| A．in different classes | B．in the same row |
| C．in Class Two | D．in America |
Jenny：Look! Three people are over there. One is in the red car.
and the other two are behind the car. Who is that man?
Tim：Which man?
Jenny：The man in the red car.
Tim：Oh, that is my father.
Jenny：Who’s the other man?
Tim：He is my uncle.
Jenny：Is that woman your mother?
Tim：No, the woman behind the car is not my mother.
She is my English teacher. My mother is at home.
| A．One. | B．Five. | C．Three. | D．Six. |
| A．Tim’s teacher. | B．Jenny’s father. |
| C．Tim’s uncle. | D．Tim’s father. |
| A．In the car. | B．At home. |
| C．Behind the car. | D．At school. |
| A．Four. | B．Two | C．One | D．Three. |
| A．Tim’s mother | B．Tim’s teacher |
| C．Jenny’s teacher | D．their teacher |
“Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao ?” says Wang Lin, 28, a writer in Beijing. She spends lots of money on Taobao. It is well-known Taobao, China’s largest online shopping site, has become an important part of our life.
①A large number of Chinese Internet users like Wang have found the joy of online shopping. Most online shoppers are students or young workers. More women shop online than men. Clothing and home use products (产品) are the most popular online.
It is said that more than 250 billion yuan was spent on online shopping last year, 80% through Taobao. Taobao means ‘looking for treasure（财富）’ in Chinese. People can find almost everything they need on Taobao, from clothes to books, from candies to DVD players. 
You may question the safety online shopping. Wang Lin said, ‘It is very safe and convenient (便利).If you receive the products from the sellers and you aren’t ②them, the shop owner will not get the money. You can also get your money back if you want to return the product.’
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They say that people spent 250 billion yuan doing some shopping on the Internet last year.
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Have successful people ever felt sad? Do they have any “secrets” to success? The answers to these questions can be found in US president Barack Obama’s “back to school” speech. Here is an excerpt(摘录) from his speech.
I know that sometimes, you hope that you can be rich and successful without any hard work—that your ticket to success is through pop music or basketball or being a TV star, when chances come, you’re not going to be any of those things.
But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won’t love every subject you study. Not all the homework will seem rather important to your life ,but you should try your best. And you may not succeed at everything the first time you try.
That’s OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures (the opposite of success). JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book was turned down 12 times before it finally came out. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots (投篮) during his career. But he once said, “I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
These people succeeded because they understand that you can’t let your failures beat(打败) you—you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.
No one’s born being good at things. You become good at things through hard work.
Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness; it’s a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to tell when you don’t know something, and to learn something new.
And even when you’re struggling(奋斗), even when you’re discouraged (泄气), and you feel other people have given up on you.but you should remember, don’t ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.
| A．fewest | B．most | C．saddest | D．valuable |
| A．secrets to success. |
| B．being successful is easy. |
| C．your failures beat you. |
| D．Asking for help is a sign of weakness. |
| A．To compare these two famous persons. |
| B．To explain that the more failures he has, the more successful he is. |
| C．If you want to be successful, you should fail first. |
| D．To show that failure is the mother of success. |
| A．No one can be successful without working hard. |
| B．Failure can be good if you treat it in a right way. |
| C．Those who believe in themselves shouldn’t ask others for help. |
| D．One should try his best to make his dream come true. |
| A．One shouldn’t ask questions because it is a sign of strength. |
| B．One should believe in himself though he will face much difficulty. |
| C．One doesn’t have to work hard when he has failed several times. |
| D．One doesn’t have to ask for help because it is a sign of weakness. |