完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41─60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Nowadays 41 children go to school 42 few of them have ever asked themselves 43 they go there. Some children think that they go to school just to learn their mother tongue, English and other foreign languages, history, science, 44 and a few other 45 . But why do they learn these things? Are these the only things they should learn at school?
Actually children go to school to 46 themselves for the time when they will be grown up and will have to 47 themselves. They learn their own language 48 they will be able to 49 with people in foreign countries, make friends with them and learn 50 about their culture and history. They learn mathematics in order to be able to measure the things around them and calculate sums. 51 helps them understand something about the world around them and history teaches them about the past and people. Nearly everything they study at school has some use 52 in their 53 , but there is one more 54 reason why children go to school.
It is more important to receive education than just learning 55 .We go to school 56 to learn how to learn. Learning is not just for school but for life. So even after we have left school, we have to continue to learn. A man who 57 knows how to learn will always be 58 because whenever he is faced with a pletely new task or problem, he will teach himself how to deal with it in the best way. 59 , children do not go to school just to learn languages, mathematics, geography, etc. They go to school to 60 how to learn.
【小题1】A．someB．mostC．fewD．all【小题2】A．butB．soC．andD．because【小题3】A．howB．whenC．whyD．that【小题4】A．cookingB．sowingC．playingD．geography【小题5】A．subjectsB．skillsC．languagesD．games【小题6】A．makeB．prepareC．teachD．study【小题7】A．teachB．supportC．liveD．work【小题8】A．andB．in order toC．so as toD．so that【小题9】A．municateB．workC．talkD．study【小题10】A．everythingB．anythingC．somethingD．nothing【小题11】A．Foreign languagesB．MathematicsC．HistoryD．Geography【小题12】A．practicalB．specialC．differentD．importance【小题13】A．workB．livesC．studyD．munication【小题14】A．difficultB．unusualC．importantD．kind【小题15】A．foreign languagesB．scienceC．mathematicsD．facts【小题16】A．above allB．at allC．in allD．for all【小题17】A．doesn’tB．neverC．reallyD．may【小题18】A．unsuccessfulB．calmC．successfulD．useful【小题19】A．AlthoughB．ButC．HoweverD．Therefore【小题20】A．beginB．workC．liveD．learnB
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(答案→)B
解析：
【小题1】B 与后面的few形成对比，应该是“大部分”即most。
【小题1】A 是转折关系，“大部分孩子都上学，但很少有孩子问过为什么上学这个问题。”
【小题1】C 根据句意选“why”,为什么上学。
【小题1】D 四个选项只有D是学科，故选D。
【小题1】A 与and并列，指“其他学科”，故选A。
【小题1】B 能与for构成搭配的只有B，prepare sb. for sth.“为……做准备”。
【小题1】B support themselves“独立自主地生活”，support本身意为“供养，支持”。
【小题1】D 学习母语是为了……，表示目的且跟从句的只有so that。
【小题1】A 与某人交流：municate with sb.
【小题1】C 学习“一些”有关文化和历史的东西。肯定句用something。
【小题1】D 了解我们周围的世界的学科即地理geography。
【小题1】A 在学校学的东西在生活中会有一些实际的（practical）用途。
【小题1】B 根据句意选B，“在我们的生活中”。
【小题1】C 修饰“原因，理由”的形容词，C. important更合适。
【小题1】D 学习“事实”，用facts。
【小题1】A above all最重要的是 at all根本 in all总共 for all尽管，虽然；上学最重要的是学习如何学习。故选A。
【小题1】C “真正”知道如何学习的人会……，故选C。
【小题1】C 生活中知道如何处理事情，所以总是会“成功”，即C。
【小题1】D “因此，学生上学不仅仅是学习文化知识，……”therefore是“因此，所以”的意思。
【小题1】D “学习”如何学习，选D。