Education is not an end but a means to an end. In other words we do not educate children

问题补充：

Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life.

In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all — one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degree; they refuse to do what they think “low” work; and, in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries. But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor; we can live without education, but we die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our towns…

In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability and, secondly, that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that is very bad to be ashamed of one’s work. Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.

【小题1】The writer of the passage thinks that .A．education can settle most of the world’s problemsB．free education for all probably leads to a perfect worldC．free education won’t help to solve problemsD．all the social problems can’t be solved by education【小题2】The writer wants to prove that .A．our society needs all kinds of jobsB．our society needs free education for allC．a farmer is more important than a professorD．work with hands is the most important【小题3】The purpose of education is .A．to choose officials for the countryB．to prepare children mainly for their future workC．to let everyone receive education fit for himD．to build a perfect world【小题4】The passage tells us about of the education.A．the meansB．the systemC．the valueD．the typeD

答案：

(答案→)D

解析：文章告诉我们各种工作都很重要，教育是让每个人都能找打适合自己的工作，让自己为以后的工作做好准备。

【小题1】推理题。根据第2 段内容可知文章是为了反驳免费教育能解决一切这个观点的。尤其是第3行we can already see that free education for all is not enough。

【小题2】推理题。根据第2段最后三行可知在我们的社会中很多工作都是很重要的。我们的社会需要这样的工作。

【小题3】推理题。文章告诉我们各种工作都很重要，教育是让每个人都能找打适合自己的工作，让自己为以后的工作做好准备。故B正确。

【小题4】推理题。解析同上。