Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 43.

It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.

Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be an integral part of one's entire life.

Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subject being taught. For example, high school students know that they are not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.

The passage supports which of the following conclusions?

A. Without formal education, people would remain ignorant

B. Education systems need to be radically reformed

C. Going to school is only part of how people become educated

D. Education involves many years of professional training

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án A

Giải thích: Bài đọc nói về giáo dục trên hai khía cạnh: đi học ở trường và đi học ở trong cuộc sống. Do đó, có thể hiểu rằng việc học ở trường chỉ là một phần của giáo dục.

Phương án A. Going to school is only part of how people become educated = Đi học chỉ là một phần của cách mọi người được giáo dục, là phương án chính xác nhất.

          B. Without formal education, people would remain ignorant = Không có giáo dục chính thức, người ta sẽ vẫn không biết gì.

          C. Education systems need to be radically reformed = hệ thống giáo dục cần phải được cải cách triệt để

          D. Education involves many years of professional training = Giáo dục liên quan đến nhiều năm đào tạo chuyên nghiệp.