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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.
What does the author say teachers are expected to do?
选项 A、Enhance students’ leadership capacity.
B、Elevate students to managerial positions.
C、Enable students to adapt to the changes in life.
D、Prepare students to be competitive in the future.
答案D
解析 推理判断题。定位句提到，教师被期望将学生培养成负责任的公民，培养他们的社交技能，鼓励他们成功地管理时间，并增强他们在日益严峻的劳动力市场中蓬勃发展的能力。由此可见，教师应当培养学生在未来的竞争力，故答案为D)。由定位句可知，教师被期望将学生培养成负责任的公民，培养他们的社交技能，鼓励他们成功地管理时间，并未提到教师应该提高学生的领导能力，也未提及教师要将学生提升到管理职位，A)和B)是对定位句意思的曲解，均可排除。C)是根据定位句中的increasingly harsh设置的干扰项，干扰性较强，考生容易误选，但要记住阅读理解是根据原文内容的合理推断，文章并未提及让学生适应生活的变化的问题，只是说学生需要为日益严峻的竞争力市场做好准备，故排除C)。
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