Education is notan end, but a means to an end. In other words, (31)____.Our purpose is to fitthem for life. Life is varied; so is education. As soon as we realize the fact,we will understand that it is very important to choose a proper system ofeducation.
In somecountries with advanced industries, they have free education for all.Under thissystem, people, (32)____, clever or foolish, have chance to be educated atuniversities or colleges. They have for some time thought, by free educationfor all, they can solve all the problems of a society and build a perfect nation.But we can already see that(33)____.We find in such countries a far largernumber of people with university degrees than there are jobs for them tofill.As a result of their degrees, (34)____.In fact, to work with one's handsis thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries.
But we have onlyto think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmeris as important as that of a professor. We can live without education,(35)____.If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from ourhouses, we should get terrible diseases in our towns. If there were no servicepeople, because everyone was ashamed to do such work,(36)____
On the otherhand, if all the farmers were completely uneducated, (37)____.As the populationgrows larger and larger in the modern world, we would die(38)____.
In fact, when wesay all of us must be educated to fit ourselves for life, (39)____: firstly, torealize that everyone can do whatever job is suited to his brain and ability;secondly, to understand that all jobs are necessary to society and(40)____;thirdly,to master all the necessary know-how to do one's job well.Only such educationcan be called valuable to society.
(FromThe Value of Education)
[A] the professors would have to waste muchof their time doing housework
[B] it is true that we could live withouteducation
[C] no matter whether they are rich or poor
[D] if we did not have enough food
[E] they refuse to do what they think is"low"work
[F] their production would remain low
[G] we do not educate children only for theaim of educating them
[H] but we should die if none of us grewcrops
[I]we should send kids to school
[J] free education for all is not enough
[K] it means that all must be educated
[L] that it is bad to be ashamed of one'sown work or to look down upon someone else's
请选择恰当选项填空
31.G
32.C
33.J
34.E
35.H
36.A
37.F
38.D
39.K
40.L
