阅读理解。
We send our children to school to prepare them for the time when they will be big and will have to
work for themselves. They learn their own language so that they will be able to tell others clearly what they
want and what they know, and understand what others tell them. They learn foreign languages in order to
be able to understand the people from other countries and make themselves understood. They learn
history to know
something about human beings they meet every day. What they learn at school is, of
course, quite useful, but is that the only reason (原因) why they go to school?
No. There is more in education than just learning facts. We go to school, above all, to learn how to
learn, so that when we have left school, we can continue to learn. A man who really knows how to learn
will always be successful, because whenever he has to do something new, he will quickly teach himself
how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person, on the other hand, is either unable 
to do something
new, or does it badly. So the purpose (目的) of school is not just to teach the students these useful 
subjects but teach the way to learn.
1. Children are sent to school because _____.
A. they can grow fast at school
B. they have to work for themselves at the moment
C. the parents have to prepare them for their future
D. they are able to learn facts
2
. Why do they learn languages?Because they will _____.
A. make friends with 
others
B. be able to speak to and hear others clearly
C. be able to understand others
D. make themselves understood
3. The sentence"There is more in education than just learning facts"means _____.
A. learning facts isn't the only thing in education
B. there are more facts to learn in education
C. education is just learning facts
D. learning facts is more important in education
4. What does an educated person do when he meets something new? He will _____.
A. try his best to do it
B. quickly find the best way out
C. be unable to do it well?
D. know how to learn
5. The main idea of the text is that
_____.
A. children must go to school
B. the subjects at school are useful
C. parents should send their children to school
D. children should be taught not only to learn but how to learn
