题目内容
【题目】American fathers ______ more than twice the amount of time with their children than they used to in years past, due to a sweeping new trend called "unemployment".
A.were spendingB.spentC.are spendingD.have spent
【答案】C
【解析】
考查时态。句意：美国的父亲们用在陪他们孩子身上的时间比之过去的几年多了两倍，因为一个刚刚兴起的名字“失业”。根据句意较之“ used to in years past”可见当前这种状态正在发生着，故选择现在进行式，答案为C。
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Many of today's young people have a difficult time seeing any moral dimension to their actions. There are a number of reasons why that’s true, but none more important than a failed system of education that avoids teaching children the traditional moral values that bind Americans together as a society and a culture. That failed approach, called 'decision-making', was introduced in schools 25 years ago. It tells children to decide for themselves what is right and what is wrong. It replaced 'character education', which didn't ask children to reinvent the moral wheel, but encouraged them to practice habits of courage, justice and self- control.
Decision-making curriculums pose ethical dilemmas to students, leaving them with the impression that all morality is problematic and that all questions of right and wrong are based on people's own ideas. Youngsters are forced to question values and virtues they've never acquired in the first place. The assumption behind this method is that students will arrive at good moral conclusions if they are given the chance. But the actual result is moral confusion.
This kind of confusion further encouraged by values-education programs that are little more than courses in self-worth. These programs are based on the questionable assumption that a child who feels good about himself or herself won't want to do anything wrong. But it is just as reasonable to make an opposite assumption: namely, that a child who always believes in and accepts himself will conclude that he or she can't do anything bad.
It is time to throw 'decision-making' and 'none-judgementalism' into the rubbish heap of failed policies, and return to a proved method. Character education provides a much more realistic approach to moral formation. It is built on an understanding that we learn morality not by debating it, but by practicing it.
Children Must Be Taught to Distinguish Right from Wrong
Problem | Many young people find it 【1】 to see their actions in a moral way. |
Reason | Replacing character education, the decision-making approach does not teach children 【2】 morality but emphasizes subjective judgment on right and wrong. |
Consequences | ● 【3】 decision-making curriculums were meant to give students the chance to 【4】good moral conclusions by themselves, they make students 【5】 confused, due to the 【6】 of criteria on what's right and wrong. ● Values-education programs 【7】 students' moral confusion. Those with self-acceptance will make the assumption that they can't do anything wrong. ● Public education based on decision-making approach, which 【8】 to guide youngsters on the right track, fuels the explosion of serious 【9】 problems. |
Solution | An immediate shift back to character education is needed. Moral formation can be achieved by means of 【10】. |