完形填空 There was a time when parents who wanted an educational present for their children would buy a typewriter, a globe or an encyclopedia set. Now those【C1】______seem hopelessly old-fashioned: this Christmas, there were a lot of personal computers under the tree. Convinced that computers are the key to success, parents are also frantically insisting that children【C2】______taught to use them in school as early as possible. The problem for schools is that when it 【C3】______computers, parents don't always know best. Many schools are yielding to parental impatience and are purchasing hardware【C4】______sound educational planning so they can say, " OK, we've moved into the computer age. " Teachers found themselves caught in the middle of the problem—between parent pressure and wise educational decisions. Educators do not even agree【C5】______how computers should be used. A lot of money is going for computerized educational materials【C6】______research has shown can be taught just as well with pencil and paper. Even those who believe that all children should have access to computers, warn of potential【C7】______to the very young. The temptation remains strong largely because young children【C8】______so well to computers. First graders have been seen willing to work for two hours on math skills. Some have an attention span of 20 minutes. Not every school can afford to go into computing, and that creates【C9】______another problem: a division between the haves and have-nots. Very few parents are agitating for computer instruction in poor school districts,【C10】______there may be barely enough money to pay the reading teacher.