It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.
Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and mathematics need not be taught in detail(详细地), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of them take an interest in the world.
I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.
【小题1】People with little education usually .A．spend a long time in school B．have a good chance to get a jobC．spend the best years to choose jobsD．have fewer chances to get a good job【小题2】The earliest education was probably to .A．make a man lead a better lifeB．teach a man to write and thinkC．make people get a way of livingD．teach people to read good books【小题3】It is expected that educated people will be able to .A．accept education as a way of livingB．take an interest in the whole worldC．develop their abilities to make playsD．learn subjects like language and mathD
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(答案→)D
解析：好的教育为的是什么？过去人们单纯地理解为找好的工作，为了一种固定的生活方式。但这并不完全。教育面面俱到，为的是让人得到进步和提高。工作所需要的教育时间很短，但塑造一个人就要很长时间。所以有好的生活是接受教育的重要理由，但绝不是主要的理由。
【小题1】细节理解题。由第一段的In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. （换言之，他们更有可能选择好工作而接受教育程度几乎为零的就不行。）可知选D。
【小题2】细节理解题。第二段的开头说，一些人可能认为一个人应该用一生最最好的时间来接受教育以作为谋生的手段。这可能是教育的最早的理由之一。由此判断选C。
【小题3】 细节理解题。倒数第二段的结尾处Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of them take an interest in the world.意为：人们希望受过教育的人能听好的音乐、读好书、看剧，而且大多数人对这个世界很关心。由此判断选B。