It is commonly believed 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 difference between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.

Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no limits. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in the kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in school and the whole universe of informal learning. The agent (doer) of education can vary from respected grandparents to the people arguing about politics on the radio, from a child to a famous 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 receive 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 a

 

necessary 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 about the same time, take the assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The pieces of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of governments, have been limited by the subjects 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 society or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are clear and undoubted conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.

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

In the passage, the expression "children interrupt their education to go to school" mostly implies that ..........

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• The word "misinterpret" is closest in meaning to ............

• When taking the university entrance exams, ..............

• The word "triggered" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ...........

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• The word "odd" is closest in meaning to ........

• Where in the passage is the name of Pippin’s hometown mentioned?

• The word “accelerated” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ______.

• It may be inferred from the passage that Pippin .............

• Green algae is generally found .............

• What is the main idea of this passage?

• According to the passage, writing ...............

• Which of the following statements does the author support most?

• The word "absorb" in the passage 2 is closest in meaning to_________.

• The phrase “academic responsibilities” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to .............

• The word “elegant” is closest in meaning to ...........

• Why does the author mention a dog’s bark?

• According to the passage, what does a constricted and harsh voice indicate?

• According to the passage, to learn new information, low-achieving students do NOT .............

• When is the wedding ceremony completed?

• According to paragraph 1, which of the following is NOT true?

• The expression “is based on” in the first paragraph could be best replaced by ..............