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In the coming era of budget cuts to education, distance learning could become the norm. The temptation for those in charge o

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问题     In the coming era of budget cuts to education, distance learning could become the norm.
    The temptation for those in charge of education budgets to trade teachers for technology could be so strong that they ignore the disadvantages of distance learning. School facilities are expensive to build and maintain, and teachers are expensive to employ. Online classes do not require buildings and each class can host hundreds of people simultaneously, resulting in greater savings, thus increasing the temptation of distance education for those concerned more about budgets than learning. But moving away from a traditional classroom in which a living, breathing human being teaches and interacts with students daily would be a disaster. Physically attending school has hidden benefits: getting up every morning, interacting with peers, and building relationships with teachers are essential skills to cultivate in young people. Moreover, schools should be more than simple institutions of traditional learning. They are now places that provide meals. They are places where students receive counseling and other support.
    Those policy-makers are often fascinated by the latest technology in education and its potential to "transform" education overnight. But online education does not allow a teacher to keep a struggling student after class and offer help. Educational videos may deliver academic content, but they are unable to make eye contact or assess a student’s level of engagement. Distance education will never match the personal teaching in a traditional classroom. In their first 18 years of life, American children spend only 9% of their time in school. Yet teachers are expected to prepare them to be responsible citizens, cultivate their social skills, encourage successful time management, and enhance their capacity to flourish in an increasingly harsh labor market. Given these expectations, schools should not become permanently "remote".
    The power of the classroom is rooted in the humanity of the people gathered in the same place, at the same time. Personal teaching is about teachers showing students a higher path, and about young people going through the process together. Technology, no matter how advanced, should simply be a tool of a good teacher.
What does the author say is one possible benefit of students attending school physically?
选项 A、Developing the habit of getting up early.
B、Eating nutritionally well-balanced meals.
C、Growing into living and breathing human beings.
D、Cultivating relationships with peers and teachers.
答案D
解析 细节辨认题。定位句提到，去学校上课有潜在的好处：每天早上起床、与同龄人互动、和老师建立关系，由此可知，去学校上课能培养与同龄人和老师的关系，故答案为D)。定位句提到，去学校上课的一个潜在好处是可以让学生每天早上起床，并不能由此推出去学校上课可以让学生养成早起的习惯，A)是过度推断，故排除。第二段倒数第二句提到，学校现在是提供饭食的地方，但没有说学生去学校上课可以吃到营养均衡的食物，B)的表述错误，故排除。第二段第四句提到，在传统课堂中，有活生生的、会呼吸的人每天教学并与学生互动，但不能由此推出学生去学校上课的好处是可以成长为活生生的人，故排除C)。
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