第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） Learning is natural. It begins th

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
Learning is natural. It begins the minute we are born. Our  36   teachers are our families. __37    home we learn to speak and to  38  and feed ourselves. We learn these and other skills by  39__ our parents.
Then we go to school. A teacher tells us  40   to learn. Many teachers teach us, and we pass many  41  .Then people say we are  42 .
Are we really educated? Let’s think about the real meaning of  43  . Knowing facts does not mean being able to solve problems. Solving problems  44   creativity, not just a good  45  . Some people who don’t know many facts are good at solving problems.
Henry Ford is a good  46  . He went to school at the age of 15. Later, when his company could not build cars  47  , he solved the problem. He thought of the assembly line (装配线). Today the answer seems  48  . Yet think of the many university graduates who have   49  solved such a problem.
What does a good teacher do? Does he give students facts to 50  ? NO! A good teacher shows how to find answers. He shows us to the  51   of knowledge so we can learn to think for ourselves. When we are  52  , we know where to go.
True learning combines（联系） intake with output. We take information  53   our brains. Then we use it. Think of a computer, it stores a lot of  54   but it can’t think. It only  55    commands. A person who only remembers facts hasn’t really learned. Learning takes place only when a person can use what he knows.
36. A. first               B. good                C. normal             D. second
37. A. On                B. To                 C. At                    D. With
38. A. dress              B. wear                C. put on              D. have on
39. A. asking                B. exercise            C. listening           D. following
40. A. who                   B. that                  C. when                D. what
41. A. stations            B. exams              C. people              D. pencils
42. A. educated          B. students            C. suffered            D. controlled
43. A. absorbing            B. taking              C. learning            D. growing
44. A. is                       B. requires            C. brings              D. gets
45. A. memory         B. word                 C. thing            D. condition
46. A. teacher           B. learner             C. example           D. driver
47. A. enough quickly    B. fast enough       C. enough fast        D. enough rapidly
48. A. simple                B. ordinary           C. good               D. special
49. A. never                  B. seldom             C. almost              D. ever
50. A. need              B. follow              C. learn                D. remember
51. A. plenty                 B. pile                  C. much                      D. stream(溪流)
52. A. hungry           B. thirsty              C. cold                 D. sleeping
53. A. into               B. for                   C. of                   D. about
54. A. words                 B. languages          C. fact              D. information
55. A. obeys                 B. gives                 C. passes               D. gets