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 and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take place 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 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 little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education in infancy. 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 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 communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.
The word “they”. in paragraph 3 refers______.
A. slices of reality
B. similar textbooks
C. boundaries
D. seats
Đáp án A
Từ “they” ở đoạn 3 đề cập tới______.
A. những lát cắt của thực tế.
B. những cuốn sách giáo khoa giống nhau.
C. những giới hạn.
D. những chỗ ngồi.
Đọc lên câu trước và toàn bộ câu có chứa “they”: “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 subjects being taught”- (Trong một quốc gia, trẻ em tới trường cùng với bạn bè đồng trang lứa, ngồi vào chỗ đã được chỉ định, sử dụng sách giáo khoa giống nhau, làm bài tập về nhà, làm bài kiểm tra và vân vân những công việc khác. Những lát cắt của thực tế cuộc sống là để học, cho dù chúng có là những con chữ cơ bản hay thuộc tầm hiểu biết về sự vận hành của bộ máy chính phủ, luôn luôn bị hạn chế bởi giới hạn của các môn học được giảng dạy).
=> They chính là chỉ The slices of reality.