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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 have already seen that free education for all is not enough; we find in some 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 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 fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated in certain ways．Firstly each of us can do whatever work suited to our brains and ability．Secondly, we should realize that all jobs are necessary to society．It is very bad to be shamed of one’s work．Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society．
小题1:What would be the best title for the text?A．The Means of Education．B．The System of Education．C．The Value of Education．D．The Type of Education．小题2:From the second paragraph of the passage we know that ________．A．work with hands is low work because it is dirty and shameful．B．the work of the completely uneducated is the most important．C．education is no more important than food in order to live．D．we shouldn’t think of work with hands as low work．小题3:What kind of educational system is valuable to society?A．A large number of people can go to university．B．Everyone can solve all the problems of society．C．All the people can get free education．D．Everyone must be educated differently to fit them for society．小题4:What can be inferred from the passage?A．Our society needs all kinds of jobs．B．Free education for all is enough．C．A farmer is more important than a professor．D．People with university degrees shouldn’t do low work．