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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.
It can be inferred from the passage that the author ______.
选项 A、hasn’t formed his own opinion on the problem
B、defend the old system which was good enough for our grandparents
C、think that we should treat the modem methods calmly and not overcorrect the old system
D、accept the theories of modem psychology totally
答案C
解析 本题是观点态度题。考查作者的观点。A选项“对问题还没有形成自己的观点”显然不符合文章的内容。B选项“维护对我们祖辈来说最佳的旧体制”与第1段第2句话相互矛盾。D选项“全盘接受现代心理学理论”，结合第2段、第3段的内容可以看出，作者对现代教育办法是否定和质疑的。C选项“认为应该冷静对待现代教育方法，对旧体制不要矫枉过正”准确地描述了作者的观点，overcorrect正是You see，you can go too far的同义表述。
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