| Education is one of the key words of
our time. A man, without an education, many of us believe, is an unfortunate
victim of unfortunate circumstances deprived of one of the greatest
twentieth-century opportunities. Convinced of the importance of education,
modern states "invest" in institutions of learning to get back "interest" in the
form of a large group of enlightened young men and women who are potential
leaders. Education, with its cycles of instruction so carefully worked out, is
punctuated by textbooks--those purchasable wells of wisdom--what would
civilization be like without its benefits So much is certain: that we would have doctors and preachers, lawyers and defendants, marriages and births; but our spiritual outlook would be different. We would lay less stress on "facts and figures" and more on a good memory, on applied A. pleasure. B. returns. C. share. D. knowledge. [单项选择]
I got a job teaching special education at a school in Coachella, California, a desert town about 170 miles from home. It was no (1) job. Street gangs (2) around the school after dark."Be careful," Dad warned me during one of my frequent weekend (3) home. He was concerned about my living (4) , but I needed to be on my own.One evening, I stayed after school to rearrange my classroom. (5) , I turned out the light and closed the door. Then I (6) toward the gate. It was (7) ! I looked around. Everyone had gone home.After (8) all the exits, I found just enough (9) to squeeze under a gate in the back of the school. Then I walked toward my car, parked in a field behind the building.Suddenly I heard voices. I (10) around and saw at least eight boys following me. (11) my pace, I reached into my shoulder bag to get my key. I (12) all over the inside of my handbag. But the key wasn’t (13) ! Dear Lord, please help me, I prayed (14) . Suddenly, my fingers touched a loose key in 我来回答: 提交
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