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

 

Edison often said, “1 will discover what the world needs, then I will try to invent it.”  It is true that he did more than any other man of his time in inventing things. He made more than one thousand inventions in his life and all these have changed our way of living. Edison was one of the greatest inventors in the world. When Edison died in 1931, someone said people should turn off all the lights in their homes, streets and factories for several minutes in honor of this great man. Of course it was impossible to do so. And this shows what Edison's inventions mean to people's life.
【小题1】All the things Edison invented were _________ people needed at that time.

A．what

B．that

C．then

D．which

【小题2】Edison _________in inventing new things.

A．took all his time	B．paid all his money
C．spent his most time	D．spent his most money

【小题3】Edison had _________ inventions in all his life.

A．thousands of	B．over one thousand
C．only one thousand	D．less than a thousand

【小题4】Edison was dead for nearly _______ years.

A．fifty

B．severity-six

C．sixty

D．eighty

【小题5】It was __________ to turn off all the lights in honor of the greatest inventor.

A．possible

B．not true

C．nice

D．important

Edison often said, “1 will discover what the world needs, then I will try to invent it.”  It is true that he did more than any other man of his time in inventing things. He made more than one thousand inventions in his life and all these have changed our way of living. Edison was one of the greatest inventors in the world. When Edison died in 1931, someone said people should turn off all the lights in their homes, streets and factories for several minutes in honor of this great man. Of course it was impossible to do so. And this shows what Edison's inventions mean to people's life.

1.All the things Edison invented were _________ people needed at that time.

A．what

B．that

C．then

D．which

2.Edison _________in inventing new things.

A．took all his time	B．paid all his money
C．spent his most time	D．spent his most money

3.Edison had _________ inventions in all his life.

A．thousands of	B．over one thousand
C．only one thousand	D．less than a thousand

4.Edison was dead for nearly _______ years.

A．fifty

B．severity-six

C．sixty

D．eighty

5.It was __________ to turn off all the lights in honor of the greatest inventor.

A．possible

B．not true

C．nice

D．important

 

An American writer, Mr Green once(曾经) said, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” It is true that everybody talks about the weather. Many people begin their talks by saying, “Isn’t it a nice day?” “Do you think it will rain?” “I think it’s going to snow.”
Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But sometimes they don’t agree with each other. One man may say, “Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.” Another man will say, “No, it’s going to be fine tomorrow.”
People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it’s going to rain, and he doesn’t look for anything else. When friends have a picnic, they hope the weather is going to be fine and they can sit eating their lunch under the blue sky.
Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says. But he doesn’t always tell us what we want, and sometimes he makes a mistake. Still, he is right most of the time.
【小题1】People often begin their talk by ______.

A．saying hello to each other	B．Drinking tea
C．Looking for good weather	D．saying something about the weather

【小题2】People sometimes have different ideas about ______.

A．what the weather is going to be like	B．what we should do about the weather
C．how to begin a talk	D．how to have fine weather

【小题3】 ______, they always hope the weather is going to be fine.

A．When people talk about weather	B．When people stay at home
C．When the farmers need water	D．When people have a picnic

【小题4】According to the passage, which is NOT RIGHT?

A．Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says.

B．People often look for the weather they want.

C．The weatherman never makes a mistake.

D．Many people begin their talks by talking about the weather.

【小题5】What is the best title for the passage?

A．Weather Report	B．Story About a Weatherman
C．About Weather	D．How to Begin a Talk

阅读理解。(10’)

Mrs. Brown’s old grandfather lived with her and her husband. Every morning he went for a walk in the park and came home at half past twelve for his lunch .

But one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs. Brown’s house at twelve o’clock, and two policemen helped Mrs. Brown to get out . One of them said to Mrs. Brown . “ The poor old man lost his way in the park and phoned to us for help , so we sent a car to bring him home . “ Mrs. Brown was very surprised , but she thanked the policemen and they left .

“ But , grandfather , ”she then said “ you have been to that park nearly every day for twenty years . How did you lose your way there ?”

The old man smiled , closed one eye and said , “ I didn’t quite lose my way , I just got tired and I didn’t want to walk home !”

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1.The old man lived _______

A．by himself

B．with his grandfather

C．with his grandson

D．with his granddaughter and her husband

2.The old man _____ in the park in the morning every day .

A．went fishing

B．went for a walk

C．did some reading

D．asked a policeman for help

3. The old man went to the park for a walk __________.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

A．in the morning                         B．in the afternoon

C．at half past twelve                       D．twice a day

4. The old man had been to the park every day for ______ .

A．twelve years                           B．twenty weeks

C．twelve months                         D．twenty years

5. It is true that the old man ______

A．was too tired to walk home

B．lost his way home

C．lost his way to the park

D．liked to telephone the policemen .