第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
Learning is natural. It begins the minute we are born. Our 36 teachers are our families. __37 home we learn to speak and to 38 and feed ourselves. We learn these and other skills by 39__ our parents.
Then we go to school. A teacher tells us 40 to learn. Many teachers teach us, and we pass many 41 .Then people say we are 42 .
Are we really educated? Let’s think about the real meaning of 43 . Knowing facts does not mean being able to solve problems. Solving problems 44 creativity, not just a good 45 . Some people who don’t know many facts are good at solving problems.
Henry Ford is a good 46 . He went to school at the age of 15. Later, when his company could not build cars 47 , he solved the problem. He thought of the assembly line (装配线). Today the answer seems 48 . Yet think of the many university graduates who have 49 solved such a problem.
What does a good teacher do? Does he give students facts to 50 ? NO! A good teacher shows how to find answers. He shows us to the 51 of knowledge so we can learn to think for ourselves. When we are 52 , we know where to go.
True learning combines（联系） intake with output. We take information 53 our brains. Then we use it. Think of a computer, it stores a lot of 54 but it can’t think. It only 55 commands. A person who only remembers facts hasn’t really learned. Learning takes place only when a person can use what he knows.
36. A. first B. good C. normal D. second
37. A. On B. To C. At D. With
38. A. dress B. wear C. put on D. have on
39. A. asking B. exercise C. listening D. following
40. A. who B. that C. when D. what
41. A. stations B. exams C. people D. pencils
42. A. educated B. students C. suffered D. controlled
43. A. absorbing B. taking C. learning D. growing
44. A. is B. requires C. brings D. gets
45. A. memory B. word C. thing D. condition
46. A. teacher B. learner C. example D. driver
47. A. enough quickly B. fast enough C. enough fast D. enough rapidly
48. A. simple B. ordinary C. good D. special
49. A. never B. seldom C. almost D. ever
50. A. need B. follow C. learn D. remember
51. A. plenty B. pile C. much D. stream(溪流)
52. A. hungry B. thirsty C. cold D. sleeping
53. A. into B. for C. of D. about
54. A. words B. languages C. fact D. information
55. A. obeys B. gives C. passes D. gets
