3 . For many years we have talked about education in a changing society but have done little to educate for uncertainty. Perhaps the best insurance we can offer for this uncertainty is the presence of a good mind. To develop a good mind the student must learn how to learn and develop a taste for learning. The world of tomorrow needs flexible individuals, intelligently mobile individuals, individuals who can land on their feet when their jobs become technologically outdated, and individuals who can deal with the unexpected.

To educate for flexibility we must distinguish between training and education. To train is to emphasize immediate goals to neglect (忽视) the long-term growth. To educate, however, is to foster (培养) limitless growth to develop the good mind.

An inevitable element in education for flexibility is an attitude favorable to change. This is hard to develop. It requires faith in oneself and in the future. Then, what can the school and college do to build an attitude more favorable to change? Certainly they can and must develop the self-confidence of students, and build them up with repeated success instead of constant failure. Schools and colleges can help students admire what is admirable and provide continuing guidance in how to become a real person having faith in the future and having a good mind of his own.

To meet the striking social changes of the future, continuing education is a necessity. As Native Americans noted, you should keep on learning as long as you're ignorant. The flexibly educated person knows that today's fact may be tomorrow's misconception. So we should raise awareness of lifelong learning.

The test of a modern society capable of meeting change with accelerated (加速的) evolution instead of revolution does not lie in asking, “Is everybody learning?” To be learning is not only a condition for survival; it is also the basis for being richly alive.

5 . Childhood should be full of friends, play, and happiness. But when children are_________ and without their peer(同龄) group, they may _________ a helping hand to get back on track. That’s why schools in India are teaching _________.

Actually, it is important to _______kids to be resilient (有弹力的). They needed a(n) _________that could teach students to identify emotions and ways to release them.

The happiness course was _______started by the Indian government in 2018. It _______ mental health, well-being. It also encouraged_______ peer interactions for elementary school children. The course included storytelling and teamwork activities.

“The happiness course is a(n)_______, and schools should welcome it. The objectives include developing self-awareness, mindfulness(正念减压法), critical thinking, and helping children ________ life skills to deal with stress,” said Shikha Banerjee, the principal of the Seth Anandram Jaipuria School in Kanpur.

“Mindfulness(正念减压法) is the cornerstone(基石) of the happiness course and its biggest ______________ is that every day 1.6 million children in Delhi start their studies in school with mindfulness. It has been________ as a turning point in the lives of students studying in Delhi schools and has relieved (缓解) children from stress and __________ their focus in studies,” deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said during the Mindful Education Awards 2021 program.

The award is good to recognize the efforts of schools in creating a mentally and ________healthy environment for the development of ________ through teaching mindfulness.

6 . Physical education, or PE, isn’t required for all high school students. In some schools, it isn’t offered for some different reasons. But should high school students have physical education? The answer is certainly “yes”.

Today many people don’t do sports. But as is known to all, doing sports is essential for an adult. Teaching teens the significance of a healthy lifestyle and making fitness plans now can help teens make exercise their priority as an adult.

High school isn’t that easy. Many students are under a lot of stress. Stress can be harmful to a student’s studies and life. Doing sports can help them deal with stress better, helping them live a happier life at school.

The American Heart Association says that 10 million kids and teens suffer from obesity. Teens should get 60 minutes of physical activity per day to control their weight and to help their bones get stronger. The increase in activities that don’t get teens to move around, such as computer games, means many teens don’t get their required exercise. PE classes act as a public health measureto encourage physical activities and help teens have healthy weights.

Not doing sports increases teens’ hazard of developing many diseases. An active lifestyle offers a good way of protection from these health problems. As much as 75 percent of health-care spending goes toward treating medical conditions that can be prevented by lifestyle changes, according to the American College of Sports Medicine.

According to the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition(PCFSN), students who performed five hours of physical activities each week improved their academic performance. Students from programs with no physical activity, who used the extra time for classroom study, did not perform better on tests than those who gave up some study time in support of physical education.

7 . Humanities departments (人文院系) in America are once again being cut down. Earlier this month, the State University of New York (SUNY) Stony Brook announced a plan to abandon several of the college’s wel;-known departments for budgetary(预算的) reasons. The University of Pittsburgh has cut its German and classics.     1     In th UK, Middlesex University decided to gradually get rid of philosophy department. In June 2015, the Japanese minister of edcuation sent a letter to the presidents of the national universities of Japan, suggesting they close their graduate and undergraduate departments in the humanities and social sciences and focus on something more practical.

    2    . Essays explain why we need these subjects,and what their loss will mean. These areas of learning provide us with the ability to think critically and independently; to tolerate ambiguity (模棱两可); to see both sides of an issue; to look beneath the surface of what we are being told; to appreciate the ways in which language can help us understand one another more clearly and profoundly(显著地).     3     Studying the classics and philosophy teaches students where we come from, and how our modes of reasoning have evolved over time. Learning foreign languages, and about other cultures, enables students to understand how other societies resemble (相似) or differ from our own.

I don’t believe that the humanities can make you a decent person.     4    . The humanities teach us about those who have gone before us; a foreign language brings us closer to those with whom we share the planet. The humanities can touch those aspects of consciousness (意识) that we call intellect and heart.     5    .

“Education” is generally defined as the process of learning and acquiring information. Formal learning in schools or universities     1     (be) one of the most common types, though self-teaching and so-called “life experiences” can also qualify. Communities around the world place     2     high value on educating people of all ages,     3     formally or informally. It is widely believed that constant exposure       4       new ideas and skills makes people better workers, thinkers, and societal contributors.

Most people associate education with schools and classrooms     5     trained teachers present information to students. Classroom learning generally starts when a child is     6    (relative) young. The purpose of most classroom learning is not to prepare a child for a specific job, but rather     7    (help) him or her develop critical     8     (reason) and thinking skills. Reading, writing, and math are very common lessons for young learners. As students progress in     9     (they) schooling, they often come into contact with more challenging subjects like writing, history, and advanced sciences.

Exposing students to new ideas and essential facts is only part of most educational goals. Also, students     10    (expect) to retain most, if not all, of the information that they learn in school. Teachers and professors commonly use exams and graded assignments to assess learning.