Passage Three
Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them; our purpose is to prepare them for life. As soon as we realize this fact, we will understand that it is very important to choose a system of education which will really prepare children for life. It is not enough just to choose the first system of education one finds, or to continue with one’s old system of enducation without examining it to see whether it is in fact suitable or not.
In many modern countries it has for some time 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 than there are jobs for them to fill. Because of their degrees, they ref
A. the same work as
B. less important work than
C. more work than
D. as important work as
Most people who travel long distance complain of jet-lag. Jet-lag makes business travelers less productive and more prone (21) making mistakes. It is actually caused by (22) of your "body clock" a small cluster of brain cells that controls the timing of biological (23) . The body clock is designed for a (24) rhythm of daylight and darkness, so that it is thrown out of balance when it (25) daylight and darkness at the "wrong" times in a new time zone. The (26) of jet-lag often persist for days (27) the internal body clock slowly adjusts to the new time zone.
Now a new anti-jet-lag system is (28) that is based on proven (29) pioneering scientific research. Dr. Martin Moore-Ede had (30) a practical strategy to adjust the body clock much sooner to the new time zone (31) controlled exposure to bright light. The time zone shift is easy to accomplish and eliminates (32) of the
A. mode
B. style
C. norm
D. pattern
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