It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. I

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 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.

1. 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

2. The earliest education was probably to _______.

A. make a man lead a better life             B. teach a man to write and think

C. make people get a way of living         D. teach people to read good books

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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 better paying jobs

D. all subjects are so important for a way of living

1. D  根据文章第一段第二句话“In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t.”可知选D。

2. C  根据文章第二段第一句话“Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living.（有些人也许认为一个人应该把他一生中最好的岁月用来获取教育只是为了一种生存的方式。）”可推知此题选C。

3. D  该单词所在的句子是第三段的主题句，而该单词是该主题句的关键词。由本段的内容可知，教育的目的是从各个方面提高人的素质，由此可推知该单词的意思是“全面的”，故选D。

4. B  根据文章第三段的最后一句话“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.”可知，受教育的人都期望能够听好音乐，读好书，观看戏曲，而最重要的是对整个世界充满兴趣，故选B。其他选项都片面。

5. A  根据文章第三段的第一句话“Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man.”可知，教育是全面的，它主要是为了提高人的整体素质。故选A。