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In the 1997 general-election campaign，“Education，Education” was Tony Blair's pet phrase Times change quickly. Education is going rapidly out of fashion. “Learning” （ to be exacts “lifelong learning”） is New labour's new buzzword (时髦语）.The shift from education， to “learning” reflects more than a change of language. It stems from both educational research and left-wing ideas. During the 1980s, British educationalists got some new American ideas. One was the notion that traditional examinations do not lest the full range of people's abilities. Another was the belief that skills are not necessarily learned from teachers in a conventional classroom. People can pick them up in all sorts of ways.
All the echoed left-wing ideas that traditional teaching methods were not sufficiently adaptable the needs of individual learners. Advocates of lifelong learning argue that it merely describes what has changed in education in the past decade. And there are hundreds of schemes in which pupils learn outside the classroom.
Until now education has been changing from below. In the next few weeks the government will help from above. One of its main projects for lifelong learning is about to begin its first pilot programmes. With funding of $44 million in its first year， it will coordinate a new network of “learning centres” throughout the country. Traditional institutions, such as schools and colleges will provide training at some non-traditional places of learning, such as supermarkets pubs, and churches. The theory is that in such places students will feel more at ease, and therefore will be better motivated, than in a classroom. The new schemes allow consumers of education to exercise complete choice over where, what and when they learn. In the rest of state-run education sector, the government still seems to be committed to restricting choices as much as possible. If these programmes succeed, they could improve the skills of Ritain's workforce.
According to the writer， the shift from “education” to “learning”________ .
文章第一段提到了 “The shift from education， to “learning” reflects more than a change of language ” 从教育到学习的转变反应地不仅仅是语言的变化。故选C。
All the following statements are true EXCEPT that________.
文章第一段最后一句提到了“学生不一定要从课堂上学习技能，他们可以通过多种途径进行学习”。故 B 正确。文章最后一段提到了 “The new schemes...If these programmes succeed, they could improve the skills of Britain's workforce”如果这些项目成功，就会提高英国工人的技能。故 C 正确。文章第二段提到了 “ All the echoed left-wing ideas that traditional teaching methods were not sufficiently adaptable the needs of individual learners”左翼认为传统的教学方法不能充分满足每个学习者的需要。故 D 正确。根据文章第一段倒数第 二句提到的 “ Another was the belief that skills are not necessarily learned from teachers in a conventional classroom” 大家普遍认同“不一定必须在传统的课上从老师那里学习到技能”。由此可知学生在传统课上并没有更好地受到激励。故选A。
It can be inferred from the passage that the new projects________.
文章最后一段提到了 “The new schemes allow consumers of education to exercise complete choice over where，what and when they learn” 这些新方案将会允许教育的消费者享有完全的选择权，使其自由决定学习的时间和地点。故选 D 。
In the second paragraph, the writer suggests that________.
定位到文章第二段可知“学生并不一定要通过传统上课的方式，跟着老师学习技能，能够学习的途径是多种多样的”。故选A。
According to this passage, the New Larbour's government________.
文章最后一段提到了 “With funding of $44 million in its first year, it will coordinate a new network of ‘learning centres’ throughout the country” 在第一年资金达4400万的情况下，将会促成整个国家范围内形成“学习中心” 网络。故选 B。