Passage Two
If it were only necessary to decide whether to teach elementary science to everyone on a mass basis or find the gifted few and take them as far as they can go, our task would be fairly simple. The public school system, 1 ,has no such choices, for the jobs must be 2 at the same time. Because we depend so 3 upon science and technology for our progress, we must produce specialists in many fields. Because we live in a democratic nation, whose citizens make the policies for the nation, large numbers of us must be 4 to understand, to support, and when necessary, to criticize the work of experts. The public school must educate 5 the producers and users of scientific services.
In education, there should be a good balance between the branches of knowledge that 6 effective thinking and wise judgement. Such balance is defeated by too much emphasis on 7 one field.
Similarly, we must keep a balance between current and classical knowledge. The attention of the public is continually 8 new possibilities in scientific fields and the 9 of new knowledge; these should not be allowed to turn our attention 10 from the sound, established materials that from the base of courses for beginners.
1.［A］ therefore ［B］ moreover ［C］ however ［D］ although
2.［A］ made out ［B］ carried on ［C］ put aside ［D］ taken over
3.［A］ strongly ［B］ keenly ［C］ intensively ［D］ heavily
4.［A］ nursed ［B］ developed ［C］ educated ［D］ informed
5.［A］ both ［B］ all ［C］ most ［D］ only
6.［A］ attribute to［B］ contribute to［C］ introduce to ［D］ incline to
7.［A］ either ［B］ the ［C］ some ［D］ any
8.［A］ drawn to ［B］ derived from ［C］ absorbed in ［D］ fed with
9.［A］ discovery ［B］ invention ［C］ recovery ［D］ exposure
10.［A］ out ［B］ off ［C］ down ［D］ away
