Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and mathematics need not be taught in detail (详细地), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.

Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all take an interest in the world.

I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.

56. People with little education usually ________.

A. spend a long time in school     B. have a good chance to get a job

C. spend the best years to choose jobs   D. have fewer chances to get a good job

57. The earliest education was probably to _______.

A. make a man lead a better life     B. teach a man to write and think

C. make people get a way of living    D. teach people to read good books

58. The underlined word “well-rounded” in the pass age means“________”in Chinese.

A. 圆满的    B. 崭新的   C. 公平的   D. 全面的

59. It is expected that educated people will be able to ________.

A. accept education as a way of living

B. take an interest in the whole world

C. develop their abilities to make plays

D. learn subjects like language and math

60. The passage mainly tells us that ________.

A. education should make a man improve

B. people can get education in a short time

C. people should be able to get better paying jobs

D. all subjects are so important for a way of living

C

Every year thousands of people get hurt or die when they are crossing the road. Most of these people are old people and children. Old people often get hurt or die because they can’t see or hear very well. Children often get hurt or die because they are not careful. They forget to look and listen before they cross the road.

How can we lower traffic accidents?First，(64)all of us must obey the traffic rules. For the drivers，they shouldn’t drive too fast. If they drive too fast，it will be very difficult to stop the cars in a very short time. For the pedestrians (行人)，first，they must be careful when they are walking on the road. When we walk across the road，we must try to walk underpasses (地下通道) or footbridges (步行桥). We must walk the crosswalk. (65)We must stop and look both ways before crossing the road. Look left first，next look right，then look left again. Only when we are sure that the road is clear can we cross it. The right way to cross the road is to walk quic kly. It’s not safe to run. If people run across the road，they may fall down. Second，try to help children，old people or the blind people to cross the road. Third，never play in the street.

任务1：根据短文内容回答下列各问题。

61. Who are most easily hurt while crossing the road?(Please answer within 10 words. )

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62. How many solutions (解决办法) are mentioned in order to lower traffic accidents?(Please answer within 5 words. )

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63. What shouldn’t drivers do in your opinion?(Please answer within 20 words. )

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任务2：将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。

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Ⅳ.补全对话(每小题2分，满分10分)

A. Who’s broken it?      B. That’s great!

C. I’m afraid he can’t.      D. What’s the matter?

E. He’s good at mending tables and chairs.

Sam: Don’t sit on the chair!

Alice:   66

Sam: Look! One of its legs is broken. It’s dangerous to sit on it.

Alice: Thank you for telling me.    67

Sam: I don’t know.

Alice: Let’s tell our teacher about it. Maybe he can mend it.

Sam:   68   But I can mend it myself.

Alice: Yourself?Have you learned to mend a chair?

Sam: Yes. My father is a worker.   69   And he’s taught me how to do that.

Alice:   70   May I help you with it?

Sam: Certainly. Let’s begin.