Education is not an end, but a means（手段)to an en...

Education is not an end, but a means(手段)to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is for life. In some modern countries, it has 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, they refuse to do what they think "low" work. In fact, work with 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 would die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and moved the rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our towns. 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 work suited to his brains and ability and, secondly, that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that is very bad to be ashamed of one’s work. Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society. The author of this passage thinks that __________ A. education can settle all of the world's problems

B. free education won't help to solve social problems

C. free education for all probably leads to a perfect world

D. all the social problems can't be solved by education

The author wants to prove that __________A.our society needs all kinds of jobs

B.our society needs free education for all

C.a farmer is more important than a professor

D.People with university degrees refuse to do what they think "low" work

The purpose of education is __________A.to choose the system of education

B.to prepare children mainly for their future work

C.to build a perfect world

D.to let everyone receive education fit for him

The passage mainly tells us about __________of education.A.the means

B.the system

C.the value

D.the type

One can learn from the passage __________A.work with hands is dirty and shameful

B.work with hands is low work

C.work with hands is the most important

D.we can't regard work with hands as low work