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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.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
选项 A、Neither teachers nor children can understand the modem methods.
B、Children must be understood and respected.
C、Children were made to learn passively under the old system.
D、Children are small adults and know what they need.
答案D
解析 本题是推理题。A选项“教师和学生都难以理解现代教育方法”和文章最后一句译文吻合。B选项“学生应受到理解和尊重”正是第一段现代心理学所提倡的。C选项“孩子在旧体制下只是被动地学习”恰当地概括了原文对旧体制特点的描述。D选项“孩子是年幼的成年人，知道他们需要什么”，第1段第4句说“孩子不止是年幼的成人，应该受到尊重”，因此D选项是对这句话的过度推断。
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