Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You may __1__ they go to learn languages, P.E., history, science and all other __2__. But why do they learn these things? We send our children to school to prepare them for the time __3__ they will grow up and will begin to work for __4__. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life. But is that the __5__ reason why they go to school? There is more in education than just __6__ facts. We go to school above all to learn how to learn, so that then we have left school we can __7__ to learn. A man who really knows how to learn will always be successful, because whenever he has to do something new which he has never had to do __8__ he will rapidly teach himself how to do it __9__ the best way. The uneducated person, on the other hand, is __10__ unable to do something new, or does it badly. The purpose of school, therefore, is not to teach languages, math, geography, etc, but to teach pupils the way to learn. ( ) 1. A. speak B. tell C. say D. talk ( ) 2. A. matters B. subjects C. math D. physics ( ) 3. A. while B. when C. whichD. where ( ) 4. A. oneself B. they C. them D. themselves ( ) 5. A. onlyB. nearly C. lone D. alone ( ) 6. A. study B. studied C. learning D. learn ( ) 7. A. makeB. keep C. keep on D. go on ( ) 8. A. later B. ago C. then D. / ( ) 9. A. fromB. in C. with D. on ( ) 10. A. either B. neither C. otherD. nor 参考答案 1-5.CBBDA6-10.CDDBA
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