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Many people go to school for an education. They learn languages, history, politics, 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 from school. A teacher, no matter how much he
knows, can not teach his students 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. It
is actually 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 math problem. Great scientists before us didn't get everything from school. Their
teachers only showed them the way. Edison didn't even finish primary 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 would ask many questions as they read. They did thousands of
experiments. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. Above all, they knew how to use
their brain.
1. People go to school to _______. [ ]
A. learn several subjects
B. make a living
C. get an education
D. learn from teachers
2. According to the passage, the most important thing a teacher should do is _______. [ ]
A. to teacher his students everything he knows
B. to know everything
C. to teach the students how to think
D. to teach the students how to study by themselves
3. To work out a math problem, you need to know ________. [ ]
A. only a certain formula
B. more than one formula
C. some facts
D. the method to solve it
4. Why were many scientists so successful? [ ]
A. They received good education.
B. They were very clever.
C. They knew how to learn.
D. They learned lots of facts and formulas.
5. How did great scientists study? [ ]
A. They read a lot of books and asked many questions while reading.
B. They did thousands of experiments.
C. They always worked hard and never wasted time.
D. All of the above.
