语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分)
第一节完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分．满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education.  1     , it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The  2       between schooling and education suggested by this is important.
Education is  3     , compared with schooling. Education knows no edges. It can take place  4       , whether in the school or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the   5      learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class.  6      the experience of schooling can be known in advance, education quite often produces surprises. A chance talk with a   7      may lead to a person to discover how    8       he knows of another country. People obtain education from   9      on. Education, then, is a very  10       and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long    11       the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.
Schooling, on the other hand, is a  12      experience, whose style changes  13    from one way to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at the same time, take    14    seats, use similar textbooks, do homework, and    15    , and so on. Schooling has usually been limited by the edges of the subjects being taught. 
1. A. Then                  B. However        C. Thus                    D. Therefore
2. A. difference           B. importance      C. use                        D. problem
3. A. unexpected         B. endless              C. countless                D. simple
4. A. anywhere         B. anywhere else    C. somewhere             D. somewhere else
5. A. part-time            B. public            C. standard              D. strict
6. A. If                         B. Because             C. So                         D. Though
7. A. neighbour          B. friend             C. foreigner                    D. teacher
8. A. wonderful               B. well                  C. greatly                 D. little
9. A. babies              B. grown-ups               C. women                  D. men
10. A. long                 B. broad             C. narrow                  D. short
11. A. that                B. when                C. after                   D. before
12. A. basic                B. strict              C. final                   D. irregular
13. A. unusually            B. differently         C. little                   D .frequently
14. A. large               B. new                C. fixed                 D. small
15. A take exams          B. hold exams       C. mark papers            D. read papers