This developed, over time, into a tradition of playing a trick on someone on the first day of April. The tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the eighteenth century. It was later introduced to the American colonies of both the Britain and France. April Fools' Day thus developed into an international fun feast, so to speak, with different nationalities specializing in their own kind of humor at the expense of their friends and families.

　　24. According to an earlier calendar, New Year's Day in France was ________.

　　A. March 25th B. January 1st C. April 1st D. April 3rd

　　25. Which of the following first had the tradition of celebrating the April Fools' Day?

　　A. France. B. England. C. Scotland. D. America.

　　26. What was people's attitude towards the new calendar?

　　A. They accepted it happily. B. They refused it immediately.

　　B. Some recognized it. D. Some laughed at it.

　　27. The passage mainly tells us ________.

　　A. what the French did on April Fools' Day

　　B. how April Fools' Day came into being

　　C. when was the new calendar introduced

　　D. why some people were fooled in France

　　Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life.

　　In some modern countries, it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all whether rich or poor, clever or stupid, one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough: we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees; they refuse to do what they think "low" work; and in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful. But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor; we can live without education, but we die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we would get terrible diseases in our towns.

　　In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we are educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability, and secondly, that we realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that it is very bad to be ashamed of one's work. Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.

　　28. The writer of this passage thinks that ________.

　　A. free education for all probably leads to a perfect world

　　B. free education can solve all of the world's problems

　　C. free education won't help to solve social problems

　　D. all the social problems can't be solved by free education

　　29. The writer wants to prove that ________.

　　A. a farmer is more important than a professor

　　B. our society needs all kinds of jobs

　　C. our society needs free education for all

　　D. people with university degrees earn more money

　　30. According to the passage, ________.

　　A. work with hands is low work

　　B. work with hands is dirty and shameful

　　C. work with hands is the most important

　　D. we can't regard work with hands as low work

　　31. The purpose of education is ________.

　　A. to prepare children for their future life

　　B. to let everyone receive education

　　C. to choose a system of education

　　D. to prepare children for well-paid jobs

　　From self­driving cars to carebots for elderly people, rapid development in technology has long represented a possible threat to many jobs normally performed by people. But experts now believe that almost 50 percent of occupations existing today will be completely unnecessary by 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to change businesses.

　　"The next fifteen years will see a revolution in how we work, and a revolution will necessarily take place in how we plan and think about workplaces," said Peter Andrew, Director of Workplace Strategy for CBRE Asia Pacific.

A growing number of jobs in the future will require creative intelligence, social skills and the ability to use artificial intelligence.