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1、苍南县高考英语阅读理解模拟试题命题比赛第1组材料：AEducationisnotanend,butameanstoanend.Inotherwords,wedonoteducatechildrenonlyforthepurposeofeducatingthem.Ourpurposeistofitthemforlife.Insomemodemcountriesithasforsometimebeenfashionabletothinkthatbyfreeeducationforall—onecansolvealltheproblemsofso
2、cietyandbuildaperfectnation.Butwecanalreadyseethatfreeeducationforallisnotenough;wefindinsuchcountriesafarlargernumberofpeoplewithuniversitydegree;theyrefusetodowhattheythink“low”work;and,infact,workwithhandsisthoughttobedirtyandshamefulinsuchcountries.Butwehaveonlytothink
3、amomenttounderstandthattheworkofacompletelyuneducatedfarmerisfarmoreimportantthanthatofaprofessor;wecanlivewithouteducation,butwedieifwehavenofood.Ifnoonecleanedourstreetsandtooktherubbishawayfromourhouses,weshouldgetterriblediseasesinourtowns…Infact,whenwesaythatallofusmu
4、stbeeducatedtofitusforlife,itmeansthatwemustbeeducatedinsuchawaythat,firstly,eachofuscandowhateverworksuitedtohisbrainsandabilityand,secondly,thatwecanrealizethatalljobsarenecessarytosociety,andthatisverybadtobeashamedofone’swork.Onlysuchatypeofeducationcanbeconsideredvalu
5、abletosociety.B SaifAzar,a14-year-oldvideogamefan,saidanewtitlecalled"Re-Mission"helpedarmhimwiththeknowledgeofhowtofightcancerafterhewasdiagnosedwithHodgkin'slymphomain2003. "Itwasperfect,actually.Ithelpedmeunderstandthethingsthatweregoingoninmybody,"saidAzar,whostartedp
6、layingthegameaspartofaclinicalstudyandcontinuesplayingtodayashewrapsuphistreatments. Roxxi,themaincharacterin"Re-Mission,"isagutsy,fully-armed"Nanobot"whoseeksoutanddestroyscancercellsthroughoutthebody. HopeLab,thegame'smaker,saidtheresultsfromitsscientificstudyinvolving
7、375teenandyoungadultsat34medicalcentersintheUnitedStates,CanadaandAustraliashowedthatyoungpeoplewhoplayed"Re-Mission"weremorelikelytosticktotheirmedicationregimensthanthosewhodidnot. PaloAlto,California-baseHopeLabisanonprofitorganizationthathelpsyoungpeopledealwithchroni
8、cillnesses.Itwasfoundedin2001byboardchairPamelaOmidyar,wifeofeBayInc.founderandChairmanPi
