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It is commonly believed that in the United States school is where people get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The 42 between schooling and education implied by this remark is important. Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education has no 43 . It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the 44 learning that takes place in school and the whole universe of informal leaning. The agents of education can 45 from a revered 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(n). 46 conversation with stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are 47 in education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school and one that should be an integral part of one's entire life. Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, 48 process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at 49 the same time, take assigned seats, use similar textbooks, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of governments, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the 50 being taught. For example, high-school students know that they are not likely to 51 out in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. A．formalized B．accurately C．figure D．stretch E．engaged F．similarity G．subject H．automatic I．chance J．range K．distinction L．divisional M．approximately N．bounds O．formal
【答案解析】上下文题。根据词性，此处填入名词。根据该段主题句叙述Education is much more open-ended“教育更加开放化”，以及后句It can take place anywhere“教育无处不在”，可以判断此句Education has no ______.在语义上承前启后，可推测该句意为“教育没有界限”。可锁定选项bounds。
【答案解析】词组固定搭配题。根据词性，此处填入动词原形。能跟from...to...搭配的动词原形只有range，且range from sth. to sth.是习惯用法，意为“涉及某物到某物的内容”，故选range。
问答题
【正确答案】I．chance
【答案解析】上下文题。根据词性，此处填入形容词。注意单词chance既可做名词“机会”，也可为形容词“偶然的”，根据上句education quite often produces surprises“教育时常能给人惊喜”，以及下句中的conversation with stranger“与陌生人的一次谈话”，可判断此处强调的是非学校教育的偶然性，让人惊喜的地方。句意大致为“与陌生人一次偶然的谈话让你明白自己对他人的宗教几乎一无所知”，故选chance。
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【正确答案】E．engaged
【答案解析】词组固定搭配题。根据词性，此处填入动词过去分词。be engaged in sth./doing sth.“忙于某事/做某事”是常用搭配。People are engaged in education from infancy on，意为“人们自幼便一直在接受教育”。故选engaged。
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【正确答案】A．formalized
【答案解析】词义辨析题。根据词性，此处填入形容词。应该从后面的定语从句来推断，whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next“即使环境不同，学校教育的常规模式也没有变化”，那么此处强调的应该是：学校教育是一成不变的固定化程序。故选formalized“定形的”，该词是动词formalize的过去分词形式，做形容词。
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【正确答案】M．approximately
【答案解析】词义辨析题。根据词性，此处填入副词。可选范围是“approximately(大约)，accurately(精确地)”，根据Throughout a country, children arrive at school at ______ the same time...“全国上下，孩子们______同时上学”，根据常识判断可排除accurately，不可能所有的孩子都精确地在同一时间上学，应该是“某个大致时间段”，故最符合题意的是approximately。