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  3. If it were only necessary to decide whether to teach elementary science to everyone on a mass basis or to find the gifted few an

If it were only necessary to decide whether to teach elementary science to everyone on a mass basis or to find the gifted few an

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问题     If it were only necessary to decide whether to teach elementary science to everyone on a mass basis or to find the gifted few and take them as far as they can go, our task would be fairly simple. The public school system, however, has no such choice, for the jobs must be carried on at the same time. Because we depend heavily upon science and technology for our progress, we must produce specialists in many fields. Because we live in a democratic nation, whose citizens make the policies for the nation, large numbers of us must be educated to understand, to support, and when necessary, to judge the work of experts. The public school must educate both producers and users of scientific services.
    In education, there should be a good balance among the branches of knowledge that contribute to effective thinking and wise judgment. Such a balance is defeated by too much emphasis on any other field. This question of balance involves not only the relation of the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the arts but also relative emphasis among the natural sciences themselves.
    Similarly, we must have a balance between current and classical knowledge. The attention of the public is continually drawn to the discovery of new knowledge; it should not be allowed to turn our attention away from the sound, established materials that form the basis of courses for beginners.
According to the author, the balance among the branches of knowledge is very necessary because such a balance______ (  )
选项 A、would benefit the growth of gifted students
B、would ensure the students’ grasp of new knowledge
C、involves both the natural sciences and the social sciences
D、facilitates the training of effective reasoning and wise decision-making
答案D
解析 细节题。从第二段的第1句话“…there should be good balance…”可以看出，effective reasoning和effective thinking相对应，wisedecision—making和wise judgment相对应。
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