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  3. The question of what children learn, and how they should learn it, is continually being debated and re-debated. Nobody dares any

The question of what children learn, and how they should learn it, is continually being debated and re-debated. Nobody dares any

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问题     The question of what children learn, and how they should learn it, is continually being debated and re-debated. Nobody dares any longer to defend the old system, the learning of lessons parrot-fashion, the grammar-with-a-whip system, which was good enough for our grandparents. The theories of modem psychology have stepped into argue that we must understand the needs of children. Children are not just small adults, they are children who must be respected as such.
    Well, you may say, this is as it should be a good idea. But think further, what happens? "Education" becomes the responsibility not of teachers but of psychologists. What happens then? Teachers worry too much about the psychological implications of their lessons, and forget about the subjects themselves. If a child dislikes a lesson, the teacher feels that it is his fault, not the child’s. So teachers worry whether history is relevant to modem young children. And do they dare to recount stories about violent battles? Or will this make the children themselves violent? Can they tell their classes about children of different races, or will this encourage racial hatred? Why teaching children to write grammatical sentences? Verbal expression is better Sums? Arithmetic? No: real-life mathematical situations are more understandable.
    You see, you can go too far. Influenced by educational theories, who have nothing better to do than write book about their ideas, teachers leave their teacher-training colleges filled with grand, psychological ideas about children and their needs. They make elaborate, sophisticated preparations and try out their modem standard on the long-suffering children. Since one modem method rapidly replaces another, the floor kids will have had a good bellyful by the time they leave school. Frequently the modem methods are so sophisticated that they fail to be understood by the teachers, let alone the children.
Why is verbal expression better than grammatical sentences?
选项 A、Because verbs are more useful.
B、Because talking freely without sentences is a better form of expression.
C、Because formal grammar rules might cause unnatural expression.
D、Because educational theorists encourage to teach children verbal expression.
答案C
解析 本题是推理题。A选项“因为动词更有用”是对verbal expression的曲解。B选项“因为不用句子自由地谈话是一种更好的表达形式。”是对第2段倒数第3句的过度推断。D选项“因为教育理论家提倡教授口语化表达”，文中并没有提到，第2段主要讲述了现代教育方法，结合原文所说的“口语化表达更好”，可以推断出C选项“使用正式的语法规则可能会导致表达不自然。”
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