Question

Imagine a boy from a small village in East Africa．He，from a very early age, has been looking after cattle．At twelve years old he knows more about cattle than most of you．However, he has never been to school．Has this boy ever had any education? 　　Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us．All the people who care about us－our parents, brothers, sisters, friends are our teachers．In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet, We start learning on the day we are born．Every day we have new experiences, like finding a bird's nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didn't like before．New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people． 　　Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as much as possible．As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are capable of doing．You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football．You find this out by doing these things．Just thinking about cooking doesn't tell you if you are good at it． 　　We learn so much just living from day to day．So why is school important?Of course you can learn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people who can' t do everything for themselves．At school, teachers help us to read and write．With their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways． (1) The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that ________． [　　] A． African children are very poor B． some children are unlucky C． education takes place in many ways D． schools are of great importance (2) In the eyes of the writer, ________． [　　] A． we have to learn from the people around us B． school is not important at all C． only the people caring for us can teach us D． education takes place everywhere (3) One can find out what he is good at by ________． [　　] A． the encouragement of people around B． the teachers he or she meets C． thinking of it when growing up D． trying and practicing it (4) How the writer looks at the role of school is that ________． [　　] A． school is not so important as our living places B． school enables us to understand the world in other ways C． school teaches us something useless at home D． school cannot prepare us for our daily lives (5) The passage tells us that ________． [　　] A． everyone gets education from the day he or she is born B． different education trains different classes of people C． school is absolutely necessary if one wants to understand the world D． everyone will find out what he or she is good at

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．D;3．D;4．B;5．A;
解析：

(1)	作者以the African boy为例阐述了教育的无时无处不在。
(3)	从第三段You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football．You find this out by doing these things．Just thinking about cooking doesn’t tell you if you are good at it．可知。
(4)	从最后一段At school, teachers help us to read and write．With their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways．可以了解到学校的作用。
(5)	从第二段We start learning on the day we are born．可知文章的主题。