中學語文敎材的選择,除了語文的標準以外,還有思想的標準。所謂思想標準,就是要求所選的敎材中貫注着科學的唯物主義的世界觀,貫注着愛人民、愛祖國、愛科學、愛勞動、愛護公共財物的精神。這個標準,說起來好像很简單,做起來就不那麼容易。首先要考慮的問題是學生接受的能力。初中學生,年齡一般在十三四歲至十七八歲之間,還在少年時代,一般的社會常識不够豐富,除了老解放區的部分學生之外,政治鬥爭的經驗大概都很少。但是我們在新出版的書籍及報章雜誌士所看到的文章,絕大部分是爲成年人寫的。成年人讀物中的材料,思想上 The choice of secondary school Chinese language materials, in addition to language standards, there are standards of thinking. The so-called ideological standard requires that selected materials should be permeated with a scientific and materialistic worldview that focuses on the spirit of loving the people, loving the motherland, loving science, loving labor and protecting public property. This standard, it sounds like a very simple, it is not so easy to do. The first question to consider is the ability of students to accept. Junior middle school students, aged between 13 and 17, are still in their infancy. Their general social common sense is not rich enough. Apart from some of the students in the old Liberated Areas, the experience of political struggle is probably scarce. But most of the articles we read in newly published books and newspaper magazines are written for adults. Materials in adult readings, ideologically