单选题 According to the author, which of the following statements is true?

A、 Phonics approach regards whole-word method as unimportant.
B、 The whole-word approach emphasizes decoding.
C、 In phonics approach, it is necessary and logical to employ decoding.
D、 Phonics is superior because it stresses the meaning of words thus the vast majority of most common words can be learned.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[分析] 从第二段中综合 whole-word 阅读方法的特点：强凋单词的意思、没有 decoding；由此即可知B、D是错的；文章的最后一句话，作者指出 Phonics does not devalue the importance of thinking about the meaning of words and sentences，即 Phonics 教学法并没有贬低思考词语及句子的含义的重要性，所以A也是不对的。