阅读下面短文，请从短文后所给各题的4个选项（A，B，C，D）中选出1个最佳选项。
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(开放的) and all-inclusive (包罗万象的)than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or in the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor (拖拉机)。 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 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.
1. Which of the following is true according to the author?
A. School is the place where people get informal education.
B. Education means schooling.
C. Education can be both formal and informal.
D. Going to school is the only way to receive education.
2. Education is different from schooling in that___________.
A. the former is predictable while the latter is not
B. the former is specific while the latter is not
C. the former is a formalized process while the latter is not
D. the former is more open-ended and all-inclusive than the latter
3. When does education begin?
A. Before one enters school. B. After one enters school.
C. After one graduates from college. D. After one retires from work.
4. The fact that children arrive at school at abort the same time shows that______.
A. schooling imposes a lot of strain on the students
B. schooling has a clear boundary
C. schooling follows more or less the same pattern
D. schooling includes different aspects of learning
5. What is the author’s attitude toward schooling?
A. Positive. B. Negative. C. Neutral. D. Supportive.
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