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【C1】______,【C2】______the jobs must be carried【C3】______at the same time. Because we depend so【C4】______upon science and technology for our【C5】______, we must produce specialists in many fields.【C6】______we live in a【C7】______nation, whose citizens make the policies for the nation, large numbers of us must be educated to understand, to uphold, and【C8】______necessary, to judge the work of【C9】______The public school must educate both producers and【C10】______of scientific services. In education, there should be a good balance【C11】______the branches of【C12】______that contribute to effective thinking and【C13】______judgment. Such balance is defeated by【C14】______much emphasis on any one field. This【C15】______of balance involves not only the【C16】______of the natural sciences, the social sciences and the arts but also relative emphasis among the natural sciences themselves. 【C17】______, we must have a balance between current and【C18】______knowledge. The attention of the public is continually drawn to new【C19】______in scientific fields and the discovery of new knowledge; these should not be allowed to turn our attention away from the sound, established materials that form the basis of【C20】______for beginners."
【答案解析】选项B表示“用户;使用者”。根据文章一致性,“users”与文第一句中的“a mass basis”形成呼应,且“users使用者”与文中的“producers生产者”形成一种搭配。而选项A“订购者;订阅者”,选项C“过路人;路人”,选项D“受害者;牺牲品”均不形成一致性,不符合题意。
单选题
【C11】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】选项D表示“在(三者或三者以上)……之间”。根据上下文,上文提到的“science and technology”、“in many fields”以及下文的“the branches of”可知应填入“among”。而选项A“amid在……中间,被……围绕”,选项B“between在(两者)……之间”,选项C“upon在……之上”均不符合题意。