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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 think of the latest technology in education?
选项 A、It may have potential disadvantages.
B、It may render many teachers jobless.
C、It may add to students’ financial burden.
D、It may revolutionize classroom teaching.
答案A
解析 推理判断题。定位段第二至四句指出，在线教育无法让老师在课后留下一个学习困难的学生，并提供帮助。教育视频可以传递学术内容，但无法与学生进行眼神交流，也无法评估学生的投入程度，远程教育永远无法与传统课堂上的个人教学相匹敌。由此可见，作者认为最新的教育技术也存在潜在的缺点和不足，故答案为A)。文中没有提到最新的教育技术会导致许多教师失业的问题，故排除B)。C)是由第二段中的education budgets和expensive设置的干扰，但文中是指整体的教育预算和学校设施的建造和维护成本高昂，没有提到学生个人的经济负担问题，故排除C)。第三段第一句提到，这些政策制定者经常被最新的教育技术及其在一夜之间“彻底改变”教育的潜力所吸引。但文章中的transform加了引号，暗示作者并不认为最新的教育技术可以在一夜之间彻底改变教育，故排除D)，另外，D)的表述与文章的主旨“远程教育技术无论多么先进，都无法取代传统课堂”相悖，也可由此排除。
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