2024—2025学年河南省许昌市鄢陵县职业教育中心（升学班）高一上学期期中考试英语试卷.docVIP

2024—2025学年河南省许昌市鄢陵县职业教育中心（升学班）高一上学期期中考试英语试卷

一、阅读理解

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Haveyoueveraskedyourselfwhychildrengotoschool?YouprobablysaythattheygotolearntheirownlanguageandEnglish,mathematics,geography(地理),history,scienceandalltheothersubjects.

Wesendourchildrentoschooltopreparethemforthetimewhentheygrowupandhavetoworkforthemselves.Theylearntheirownlanguagesothattheyknowandunderstandwhatotherstellthem.TheylearnEnglishinordertobeabletobenefitfromwhatpeopleinwesterncountrieshavewrittenandsaid,andinordertomakepeoplefromothercountriesunderstandwhattheythemselvesmean.Theylearnmathematicsinordertobeabletomeasureandcountthingsintheirdailylife,geographyinordertoknowsomethingabouttheworldaroundthem,andhistorytoknowsomethingaboutthehumanbeingstheymeeteveryday.Nearlyeverythingtheystudyatschoolhassomepracticaluseintheirlife,butisthattheonlyreasonwhytheygotoschool?

No.Thereismoreineducationthanjustlearningfacts.Wegotoschoolabovealltolearnhowtolearnsothatwecancontinuetolearnwhenwehaveleftschool.Amanwhoreallyknowshowtolearnwillalwaysbesuccessful,becausewheneverhehastodoit,hedoesitinthebestway.Theuneducatedperson,ontheotherhand,eitherisunabletodosomethingnewordoesitbadly.Thepurposeofschool,therefore,isnotjusttoteachlanguages,mathematics,geography,etc.,buttoteachstudentsthewaytolearn.

1.Inordertomakeotherpeoplefromforeigncountriesunderstandyou,youshouldlearn________.

A．modernscience

B．foreignlanguages

C．geography

D．history

2.Nearlyallthesubjectstheylearnatschoolhave________.

A．nouseintheirfuturelife

B．littleuseintheirfuturelife

C．nothingtodowiththeirdailylife

D．somepracticaluseintheirlife

3.Apersonwillsurelybesuccessfulifhereallyknows_____