B

　　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 —whether rich or poor， clever or stupid —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 degrees; 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.

　　( )55. The writer of the passage thinks that .

　　A. education can settle most of the world‘s problems

　　B. free education for all probably leads to a perfect world

　　C. free education won‘t help to solve social problems

　　D. all the social problems can‘t be solved by education

　　( )56. The writer wants prove that .

　　A. our society needs all kinds of jobs

　　B. our society needs free education for all

　　C. a farmer is more important than a professor

　　D. people with university degree refuse to do what they think “low” work

　　( )57. According to the passage .

　　A. work with hands is dirty and shameful

　　B. work with hands is low work

　　C. work with hands is the most important

　　D. we can‘t regard work with hands as low work

　　( )58. The purpose of education is .

　　A. to choose a system of education

　　B. to prepare children mainly for their future work

　　C. to let everyone receive education fit for him

　　D. to build a perfect world

　　C

　　Your name is made up of at least two names. Everyone has a first and last name. How many people do you know who are named William or Mary or John or Joy? How could you keep them all straight if they didn‘t have last names?

　　But there was a time in England when there were no last names. Your father might have been William， and your mother， Mary， William‘s wife.

　　Your name might have been Fred， son of William. What if another William moved into the town? Let‘s say he was a tailor， He might have been called William the tailor to keep people from confusing the two Williams. The name would then have become William Taylor， and his whole family would have the last name Taylor， That is how family names came to be.

　　There are many ways in which families were named. People were named for their jobs， where they lived， or how they looked. Some people even took the names of things that they thought were beautiful. Other people took such names as Prince or King， because they admired these people. Names were also given because of the father‘s name as in Anderson， Johnson， or Richardson. There were many ways that people got their last names. Can you imagine having to choose your own?

　　( )59. According to the text， we can tell that .

　　A. there was a time in England when there were no first names

　　B. there was a time in England when there were no last names

　　C. there was a time in England when people were all named William

　　D. there was a time in France when people had no names

　　( )60. If George was a blacksmith， his whole family would .

　　A. have the last name Smith B. have the last name Taylor

　　C. have the last name George D. have the last name William

　　( )61. In the first paragraph， the sentence “How could you keep them all

　　straight…“ means .

　　A. how can you possibly stop them from seeing each other

　　B. how can you possibly tell them from one another

　　C. how can you possibly make them live as good citizens

　　D. how can you possibly teach them to be honest

　　( )62. From what the writer says， we may conclude that .

　　A. Richard is the son of Richardson

　　B. people like their names made up of two parts better than three

　　C. there were many ways in which people got their first names

　　D. there were many ways in which people got their last names

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