It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important. Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no limits. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or in the job, whether in a kitchen or in a theatre. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agents of education can range from a respected grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from infancy (婴儿期) on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong (一生的) process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be an integral (基本的) part of one's entire life. Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned (指定的) seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are words or an understanding of the working of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subject being taught. For example, high school students know that they are not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.
单选题
Which of the following is true according to the author?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题是“根据作者，以下哪个正确?”第二段提到“It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning”。所以选项“教育是正式的也可是非正式的”符合题意。
单选题
Education is different from schooling in that______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题是“教育与上学不同在于…”。第二段第一句“Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling”，“教育比上学更开放而且无所不包”，与答案一致。
单选题
When does education begin?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题是“教育何时开始”。第二段末尾提到“。People are engaged in education from infancy on”，“人们从婴儿期就接受教育”。所以最合适的选项是“在上学之前”。
单选题
The fact that children arrive at school at about the same time shows that______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题是“孩子们在大约同一时间到达学校的事实说明…”。第三段开始说“Scalloping，on the other hance，is a specific，formalized process，whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next”。因此选项“学校沿用差不多相同的模式”符合题意。
单选题
What is the author's attitude toward schooling?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题说“作者对于学校教育持什么态度?”从句意来看，问题涉及文章主旨，利用问题句中的核心词schooling作为答案线索，查找答案相关句“Whereas schooling has a certain practicability，education quite often precludes surprises”，我们发现作者只是指出学校教育和广义教育的差异，指出了学校教育存在的局限性“There are definite con(lotions surrounding the formalized process of schooling”，并没有对学校教育持否定态度，因此作者对学校教育持一种中立的态度。