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Many people go to school for an education.They learn languages，history，geography，physics，chemistry and mathematics.Others go to school to learn a skill so that they can make a living.School education is very important and useful.Yet no one can learn everything they want to know.The teacher's job is to show his students how to learn.He teaches them how to read and how to think.So，much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to memorize some facts or a formula(公式)．It is usually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in mathematics.But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a maths problem.Great scientists，such as Einstein，Newton and Galileo didn't get anything from school.But they were all so successful.They invented so many things for mankind.
The reason for their success is that they knew how to study.They read books that were not taught at school.They worked hard all their lives，wasting not a single moment.They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments.
Above all，they knew how to use their brains.
【语篇解读】 文章讲述了教育的本质不是教学生记忆事实，而是让他们学会如何学习，如何思考，并举了很多科学家的例子来说明这个道理。
1．Many people go to school for an education.But some others go to school for ________．
A．enjoying themselves
B．learning subjects
C．learning a skill
D．making a living
C [细节理解题。根据第一段第三句“Others go to school to learn a skill so that they can make a living.”可知C项正确。]
2．A teacher's job is mainly to train his students to master the ability of ________．
A．learning by themselves
B．making a living
C．reading and thinking
D．studying all the subjects
A [推理判断题。根据第一段最后三句“The teacher's job is to show his students how to learn.He teaches them how to read and how to think.So，much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.”可知，教师的工作主要是培养学生自主学习的能力。故A项正确。]
3．Using a formula in working out a maths problem is ________ memorizing it.
A．much easier than
B．more difficult than
C．as easy as
D．as difficult as
B [细节理解题。根据第二段第二、三句“It is usually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in mathematics.But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a maths problem.”可知，用公式解决数学问题比记忆公式更困难，故B项正确。]
4．The scientists were successful because ________．
A．they read books that were not taught at school
B．they worked all their lives
C．they wasted not a single moment
D．they knew how to use their brains
D [细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“Above all，they knew how to use their brains.”可知，科学家们之所以成功是因为他们知道如何使用大脑。故D项正确。]
