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  3. When English as a foreign language is taught to children at the primary and early secondary levels of education, it is generally

When English as a foreign language is taught to children at the primary and early secondary levels of education, it is generally

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问题     When English as a foreign language is taught to children at the primary and early secondary levels of education, it is generally taught with a general educational aim in mind—that is, it is regarded as a "good thing" for them to learn a foreign language as a part of a broad education. There is usually, however, no immediate and specific requirement for such children to make use of the language in any communicative situation. The purpose of learning the language is essentially a "deferred" purpose, deferred till the tertiary(第三的)level of education, normally at university, where, it is agreed, a knowledge of English would be helpful in their academic studies. Immediate aims of learning English are defined by the requirements of examinations. Inevitably what is taught to primary and secondary level children is not a communicative knowledge of English language use, but a knowledge of how the rules of English operate.
    The language system is taught by means of systematic audio-lingual drill and exercise techniques based on habit formation theory of learning and structural description of English. This may be an effective manner of teaching English usage, but it is less certain that an understanding of how these rules are related to language in use for communicative purposes is an automatic result of this instruction.
    What the thousands of children succeed in learning in this way is what is necessary in order to pass examinations. Whether such examinations accurately reflect the uses to which English will be put at the tertiary level is another matter altogether. Adults, on the other hand, unless they are learning a foreign language for "pleasure" at evening institutes, as a "cultural" and social experience, are generally highly conscious of the use to which they intend to put it. That use is frequently associated with an academic or professional requirement: without a knowledge of the foreign language, their development in their chosen sphere of work could be restricted or at least adversely affected.
According to the author, the current examination system______.
选项 A、reflects the students’ future needs
B、does not offer students opportunities to show their knowledge of English
C、does not enable students to use English for communication
D、prepares students for their future academic requirements
答案C
解析 事实细节题。由第一段前两句可知，目前中小学阶段的英语教学是基于通才教育这样的目标，而并不考查英语交际，故选C)。A)与第三段第二句提的意思不符；B)在文中未提及；由第一段可知，D)是在中小学开设英语课的目的，而非考试目的。
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