If it were only necessary to decide whether to teach elementary science to everyone on a mass basis or to find the gifted few an

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问题     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 【B1】______, 【B2】______ the jobs must be carried 【B3】______ at the same time. Because we depend so 【B4】______ upon science and technology for our【B5】______, we must produce specialists in many fields.【B6】______we live in a 【B7】______ nation, whose citizens make the policies for the nation, large numbers of us must be educated to understand, to uphold, and 【B8】______ necessary, to judge the work of 【B9】______. The public school must educate both producers and【B10】______of scientific services.
    In education, there should be a good balance 【B11】______ the branches of【B12】______that contribute to effective thinking and【B13】______judgment. Such balance is defeated by【B14】______much emphasis on any one field. This【B15】______of balance involves not only the【B16】______of the natural sciences, the social sciences and the arts but also relative emphasis among the natural sciences themselves.
    【B17】______, we must have a balance between current and【B18】______knowledge. The attention of the public is continually drawn to new【B19】______in scientific fields and the discovery of new knowledge; these should not be allowed to turn our attention away from the sound, established materials that form the basis of【B20】______for beginners.
【B7】

选项 A、prosperous
B、democratic
C、literate
D、thriving

答案B

解析 考查形容词辨析。空格处所在句意为:因为我们生活在一个______的国家,公民为其制定政策…。B.democratic意为“民主的,民主主义的,民主政体的”,符合文意,为正确答案。prosperous“繁荣的,富裕的,兴旺的”;literate“受过教育的,有学识的”;thriving“兴隆的,兴旺的,繁荣的”,均不符合题意。
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