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Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them: our purpose is to fit them for life. As soon as we realize this fact, we will understand that it is very important to choose a system of education which will really prepare children for life. It is not enough just to choose the first system of education one finds; or to continue with one"s old system of education without examining it to see whether it is in fact suitable or not.
In many modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that, by free education for all--whether rich or poor, clever or stupid--one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough: we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees than there are jobs for them to fill. Because of their degrees, they refuse to do what they think "low" work; and, in fact, work with the hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries.
But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor: we can live without education, but we die if we have no food.
In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever job is suited to his brain and ability and, secondly, that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that it is very bad to be ashamed of one"s work, or to scorn someone else"s. Only such a type of education can be called valuable to society.
单选题Did you ever have someone"s name on the tip of your tongue and yet you were unable to recall it?
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this happens again, do not
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to recall it. Do something
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for a couple of minutes
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the name may come into your head. The name is there, since you have met
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person and learned his name. It
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has to be dug out. The initial effort to recall
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the mind for operation, but it is the subconscious (下意识的)
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that go to work to dig up a
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memory. Forcing yourself to recall
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never helps because it doesn"t
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your memory; it only tightens it. Students find the preparatory method helpful
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examinations. They read over the questions
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trying to answer any of them.
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they answer first the ones
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which they are most confident. Meanwhile, deeper mental activities in the subconscious mind are taking
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; work is being done on the
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difficult question. By the time the easier questions are answered, answers
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the more difficult ones will usually begin to
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into consciousness. It is often
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a question of waiting for recall to come to the memory.
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单选题This manual is divided into five chapters which explain problems met in using the MP3.
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单选题"Hi there. How"s it going?"
"Oh, fine. Fine. How about this weather, huh?"
"Well, I guess we can always use the rain."
What"s that? This story? Oh, just a little look at small talk. You know, those seemingly meaningless conversations you have dozens of times a day. Maybe you"re waiting for the elevator.
Or in a line at the bank. It all seems pretty trivial. Idle chatter about traffic doesn"t do much more than fill the air with empty words that are quickly forgotten. But you should know that small talk actually has a big place in our lives.
Pat Oliver, assistant professor on arts, says that, "Left unchecked, small talk can be an invasion, It"s so powerful. It does something to you." "Every morning after spending an hour and a half on the freeway I start the day with small talk with my secretary," Oliver says, "If I don"t make small connection with another person, I can"t work."
What causes it? As a rule, you"re either trying to force something into your life, or you"re using conversation as an invisible force field to keep them out. You can be wanting to connect with another person, and small talk is your introduction to more meaningful conversation.
The way people use small talk is usually determined by where they happen to be at the time.
Take the elevator, for instance. Now there"s prime territory. Nobody knows anyone and there"s no reason to start a conversation, but invariably, someone does. Making conversation in such peaceful social settings, according to Oliver, "can confirm your territory. It"s a way of feeling liked and accepted."
The topics of small talk don"t matter. In fact, you don"t want anything more taxing than the weather or the traffic. It"s non-threatening talk in a threatening situation. However, the rules change quickly when you"re with lots of people doing lots of talking.
Let"s say you"re at a party. Now it"s time to use small talk as a way of making others feel more comfortable around you, so you don"t look silly standing by the food table alone all night.
单选题In order to expose corruption, they have decided to set up a special team to ______ the company"s accounts.
单选题 To control weather over large areas of the world
would seem, at this time, to be impossible. However, man has been highly
successful in his attempts to {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}the
weather {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}a very small scale. He has
{{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}microclimates inside and outside
homes and offices. Micro means small, and microclimate refers
to the climate conditions {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}a small
area. There are many things that might cause the climate in a small area to be
different from the {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}climate of the
region in which it is located. {{U}} {{U}} 6
{{/U}} {{/U}}, within cities there might be smaller areas where the climate is
different. The microclimate in the yard of one home may be {{U}} {{U}}
7 {{/U}} {{/U}}different from {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}}
{{/U}}in the yard across the street. It is the {{U}} {{U}} 9
{{/U}} {{/U}}of trees and their position in a yard that {{U}} {{U}}
10 {{/U}} {{/U}}the microclimate. One could probably name many other
things that {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}change the microclimate
of a yard. Heaters and air-conditioners now in houses and
automobiles are good examples of the methods man uses to control
microclimates. A completely air-conditioned house is one {{U}}
{{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}the microclimate can be controlled to suit
man's comfort. High-altitude flying and recent developments in
space flight {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}situations which
require complete control of microclimates. Before passenger planes can fly in
the air of the stratosphere (同 温层) the cabins have to be pressurized. This must
be done {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}passengers can obtain the
oxygen they need. {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}airplane cabins in
the stratosphere, air from the outside can be pumped into the cabin.
In space,{{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}, there is no air.
Astronauts have to take their air with them. Ways have been developed by which
this air can be safely used over and over. In space, astronauts also have to be
protected {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}harmful radiations which
do not reach the earth {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}the
atmosphere screens them out. The principal problem that has to be solved
{{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}man can exist in space is {{U}}
{{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}of providing a microclimate in which he can
survive.
单选题I can't find the book ______.
A. nowhere
B. everywhere
C. anywhere
D. somewhere
单选题Please let me sit down; I"m ______.
单选题There was nothing they could do ______ for the result.
单选题Tom didn't go to the Great Wall with us last Sunday because he ______
there three times.
A. was
B. had been
C. has been
D. were
单选题You go red with anger, white when afraid, and blue if you are not happy. You can always find a color for what you feel.
But colors can be more than that. They can have a very strong effect upon us. Many people know that people feel colder in a blue room than in a red one. Also, our favorite color or colors can tell something about ourselves. Here are some examples.
Blue is the color of quiet seas and clear skies. If you like blue best, it shows you are quiet and like to be with friends. Yellow is the color of brightness and light. But if this is your favorite color, then you always feel you need a change. You want to have a bright new future. If green is your favorite color, you are strong-minded. You do not wish to change, but you certainly wish to be a success, and what is more, you want other people to know you.
Brown is the combination of yellow and red. If you like brown, it shows you like to take things easy and you enjoy all the good things of your home.
单选题Don’t take what he said too ________; he is merely asking about the possibility of further investment in this part of the country.
单选题I was ______ the chance of going to university when my parents" business collapsed and they lost everything they owned.
单选题Why ______ did you take the dog into the churchyard?
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单选题Several weeks went by before Mary noticed that her clothes seemed loose, and she realized that she ________.
单选题His children are well-behaved, ______ those of his sister"s are very naughty.
单选题During the summer holiday season it is difficult to find a(n)______ room in the hotels here.