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In the coming era of budget cuts to education, distance learning could become the norm. The temptation for those in charge o

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问题     In the coming era of budget cuts to education, distance learning could become the norm.
    The temptation for those in charge of education budgets to trade teachers for technology could be so strong that they ignore the disadvantages of distance learning. School facilities are expensive to build and maintain, and teachers are expensive to employ. Online classes do not require buildings and each class can host hundreds of people simultaneously, resulting in greater savings, thus increasing the temptation of distance education for those concerned more about budgets than learning. But moving away from a traditional classroom in which a living, breathing human being teaches and interacts with students daily would be a disaster. Physically attending school has hidden benefits: getting up every morning, interacting with peers, and building relationships with teachers are essential skills to cultivate in young people. Moreover, schools should be more than simple institutions of traditional learning. They are now places that provide meals. They are places where students receive counseling and other support.
    Those policy-makers are often fascinated by the latest technology in education and its potential to "transform" education overnight. But online education does not allow a teacher to keep a struggling student after class and offer help. Educational videos may deliver academic content, but they are unable to make eye contact or assess a student’s level of engagement. Distance education will never match the personal teaching in a traditional classroom. In their first 18 years of life, American children spend only 9% of their time in school. Yet teachers are expected to prepare them to be responsible citizens, cultivate their social skills, encourage successful time management, and enhance their capacity to flourish in an increasingly harsh labor market. Given these expectations, schools should not become permanently "remote".
    The power of the classroom is rooted in the humanity of the people gathered in the same place, at the same time. Personal teaching is about teachers showing students a higher path, and about young people going through the process together. Technology, no matter how advanced, should simply be a tool of a good teacher.
Why couldn’t technology replace a good teacher?
选项 A、It lacks humanity.
B、It is still immature.
C、It cannot track students’ growth.
D、It cannot cater to personal needs.
答案A
解析 推理判断题。定位段指出，课堂的力量根源于在同一地点、同一时间聚集在一起的人们的人性。技术无论多么先进，都应该只是一个好老师的工具。由此可见，技术不能取代一个好老师是因为技术缺少人性，A)中的humanity对应定位段第一句中的humanity，故答案为A)。文章没有提及技术还不成熟、无法跟踪学生的成长和满足个人需要的问题，故排除B)、C)、D)三项。
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