完形填空（共20小题）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的选项。
Nowadays 1 children go to school 2 few of them have ever asked themselves 3 they go there. Some children think that they go to school just to learn their mother tongue, English and other foreign languages, history, science,4and a few other 5 . But why do they learn these things? Are these the only things they should learn at school?
Actually children go to school to 6 themselves for the time when they will be grown up and will have to 7 themselves. They learn their own language 8 they will be able to 9 with people in foreign countries, make friends with them and learn 10 about their culture and history. They learn mathematics in order to be able to measure the things around them and calculate sums. 11 helps them understand something about the world around them and history teaches them about the past and people. Nearly everything they study at school has some use 12 in their 13 , but there is one more 14 reason why children go to school.
It is more important to receive education than just learning 15 .We go to school 16 to learn how to learn. Learning is not just for school but for life. So even after we have left school, we have to continue to learn. A man who 17 knows how to learn will always be 18 because whenever he is faced with a completely new task or problem, he will teach himself how to deal with it in the best way. 19 , children do not go to school just to learn languages, mathematics, geography, etc. They go to school to 20 how to learn.
21. A. some B. most C. few D. all
22. A. but B. so C. and D. because
23. A. how B. when C. why D. that
24. A. cooking B. sowing C. playing D. geography
25. A. subjects B. skills C. languages D. games
26. A. make B. prepare C. teach D. study
27. A. teach B. support C. live D. work
28. A. and B. in order to C. so as to D. so that
29. A. communicate B. work C. talk D. study
30. A. everything B. anything C. something D. nothing
31. A. Foreign languages B. Mathematics C. History D. Geography
32. A. practical B. special C. different D. importance
33. A. work B. lives C. study D. communication
34. A. difficult B. unusual C. important D. kind
35. A. foreign languages B. science C. mathematics D. facts
36. A. above all B. at all C. in all D. for all
37. A. doesn't B. never C. really D. may
38. A. unsuccessful B. calm C. successful D. useful
39. A. Although B. But C. However D. Therefore
40. A. begin B. work C. live D. learn
