[单项选择]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 (1) , for the jobs must be carried (2) at the same time. Because we depend so (3) upon science and technology for our (4) , we must produce specialists in many fields. Because we live in a (5) nation, whose citizens make the policies for the nation, large numbers of us must be (6) to understand, to uphold, and (7) necessary, to judge the work of (8) . The public school must educate both producers and (9) of scientific services.
In education, there should be a good balance (10) the branches of knowledge that (11) to effective thinking and wise judgment. Such balance is defeated by (12) much emphasis on any one fiel
A. forbidden
B. assigned
C. agreed
D. allowed

[填空题]If it were only necessary to decide whether to teach elementary science to everyone on
a mess basis or to find the gifted few and take them as far as they can go, our task would be (1) ______
fairly simple. The public school system, moreover, has no such choice, for the two jobs (2) ______
must be carried on at the same time. Because we depend so heavily upon science and
technology for our progress, we must produce specialists in many fields. Because we live (3) ______
in a democratic nation, whose citizens make the policies for the country, large numbers of (4) ______
us must be educated to understand, to support, and when necessary, to judge the work of
experts. The public school must educate for both producers and users of scientific ser (5) ______
vices. In education there should be a good balance among the branches of knowledge that
attribute to effective thinking and wise judgment. Such balance is defeated by too much