Questions36-45arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Ifitwereonlynecessarytodecidewhethertoteachelementarysciencetoeveryoneonamassbasisortofindindthegiftedfewandtakethemasfarastheycango,ourtaskwouldbefairlysimple.Thepublicschool36_________,however,hasnosuchchoice,forthejobmustbe37_________onatthesametime.Becausewedependso38_________uponscienceandtechnologyforourprogress,wemustproduce39_________inmanyfields.Becausewcliveinademocraticnation,whosecitizensmakethepoliciesforthenation,largenumbersofusmustbeeducatedtounderstand,tosupport,andwhennecessary,to40_________theworkofexperts.Thepublicschoolmusteducatebothproducarsandusersofscientificservices.
Ineducation,thereshouldbeagoodbalanceamongthebranchesofknowledgethatcontributetoeffectivethinkingandwisejudgment.Suchbalanceis41_________bytoomuchemphasisonanyonefield.Thisquestionofbalanceinvolvesnotonlytherelationofthenaturalsciences,thesocialsciences,andtheartsbutalsorelative42_________"amongthenaturalsciencestbemselves.
Similarly,wcmusthaveabalancebetweencurrentand43_________knowledge.Theattentionofthepublicis44_________drawntonewpossibilitiesinscientificfieldsandthediscoveryofnewknowledge;theseshouldnotbeallowedtoturnourattentionawayfromthesound,45_________materialsthatformthebasisofcoursesforbeginners.