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It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go

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问题     It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get an education.(1)______, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The(2)______ between schooling and education implied by this(3)______ is important.
    Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education(4)______ no bounds. It can (5)______ 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 (6)______ learning. The agents of education can(7)______ from a revered grandparent to the people debating politics(8)______ the radio, from a child to a distinguished scientist. (9)______ schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may (10)______ a person to discover how (11)______ is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from(12)______ on. Education, then, is a very broad, (13)______ term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts (14)______ the start of school and one that should be a(n)(15)______ part of one’s entire life.
    Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process,(16)______ general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take (17)______ seats, are taught by an adult, use(18)______ textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are(19)______, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the(20)______ being taught. [br] (12)
选项 A、adulthood
B、juvenile
C、manhood
D、infancy
答案 D
解析 语义线索题。下文提到教育是一项终身活动，故可推出人们早在婴儿期就开始接受教育了，因此D项infancy“婴儿期，幼年早期”正确。adulthood“成人期”；juvenile“青少年”；manhood“(男子的)成年，成人”。
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