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题干：Inthecollege-admissionswars,weparentsarethetruefights.Wearepushingourkidstogetgoodgrades,takeSATpreparatorycoursesandbuildresumessotheycangetintothecollegeofourfirstchoice.I’vetwicebeentothewars，andasIsurveythebattlefield，somethingdifferentishappening.Weseeourkids'collegebackgroundasaprizedemonstratinghowwellwe’veraisedthem.Butwecan’tacknowledgethatourobsession(痴迷）ismoreaboutusthanthem.Sowe’vecontrivedvariousjustificationsthatturnouttobehalf-truths，prejudicesormyths.Itactuallydoesn’tmattermuchwhetherAaronandNicolegotoStanford.Wehaveafull-blownprestigepanic；weworrythattherewon’tbeenoughprizestogoaround.Fearfulparentsurgetheirchildrentoapplytomoreschoolsthanever.Underlyingthehysteria(歇斯底里)isthebeliefthatscarceelitedegreesmustbehighlyvaluable.Theirgraduatesmustenjoymoresuccessbecausetheygetabettereducationanddevelopbettercontacts.Allthatisplausibleandmostlywrong.Wehaven’tfoundanyconvincingevidencethatselectivityorprestigematters.Selectiveschoolsdon’tsystematicallyemploybetterinstructionalapproachesthanlessselectiveschools.Ontwomeasures-professors，feedbackandthenumberofessayexams-selectiveschoolsdoslightlyworse.Bysomestudies,selectiveschoolsdoenhancetheirgraduates'lifetimeearnings.Thegainisreckonedat2%-4%forevery100-pointincreaseinaschool’saverageSATscores.Buteventhisadvantageisprobablyastatisticalfluke(偶然).Awell-knownstudyexaminedstudentswhogotintoHighlyselectiveschoolsandthenwentelsewhere.Theyearnedjustasmuchasgraduatesfromhigher-statusschools.Kidscountmorethantheircolleges.GettingintoYalemaysignifyintelligence,talentandambition.Butit’snottheonlyindicatorand,paradoxically,itssignificanceisdeclining.Thereason：somanysimilarpeoplegoelsewhere.Gettingintocollegeisnotlife'sonlycompetition.Old-boynetworksarebreakingdown.PrincetoneconomistAlanKruegerstudiedadmissionstoonetopPh.D.program.HighscoresontheGREhelpedexplainwhogotin；degreesofprestigiousuniversitiesdidn't.So,parents,lightenup.thestakeshavebeenvastlyexaggerated.Uptoapoint,wecanrationalizeourpushiness.Americaisacompetitivesociety.Ourkidsneedtoadjusttothat，buttoomuchpushinesscanbedestructive.TheveryambitionweimposeonourchildrenmaygetsomeintoHarvardbutmayalsosetthemupfordisappointment.Onestudyfoundthat,otherthingsbeingequal,graduatesofhighlyselectiveschoolsexperiencedmorejobdissatisfaction.Theymayhavebeensoconditionedtobeingontopthatanythinglessdisappoints.
题目：Why do parents urge their children to apply to more school than ever? - A 、They want to increase their children chances of entering a prestigious college.
- B 、They hope their children can enter a university that offers attractive scholarships.
- C 、Their children will have a wider choice of which college to go to.
- D 、Elite universities now enroll fewer student than they used to.
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推断题。问的是家长为什么催促孩子们申请更多的学校。具体细节定位到文章第二段第-、二句，家长们担心没有足够的奖项可以提供。这个奖项不是字面的意思, 而是指家长们把孩子的大学教育背景视为一个奖项，用来展示自己培养的结果。可以理解家长们催促孩子申请更多的大学的真正原因在于增加上名校的机会。故选Α选项。
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- A 、Their material pursuits have gone far ahead of their earnings.
- B 、Their purchasing power has dropped markedly with inflation.
- C 、The distribution of wealth is uneven between the rich and the poor.
- D 、Health care and educational cost have somehow gone out of control.
- 8 【阅读理解A】Why do Americans feel humiliated?
- A 、Their economy is plunging.
- B 、Their currency has slumped.
- C 、They can’t afford trips to Europe.
- D 、They have lost half of their assets.
- 9 【阅读理解A】Why does the author say that parents are the true fighters in the college-admissions wars?
- A 、They have the final say in which university their children are to attend.
- B 、They know best which universities are most suitable for their children.
- C 、They have to carry out intensive surveys of colleges before children make an application.
- D 、They care more about which college their children go to than the children themselves.
- 10 【阅读理解A】What do American parents expect their children to acquire in school?
- A 、The habit of thinking independently.
- B 、Profound knowledge of the world.
- C 、Practical abilities for future career.
- D 、The confidence in intellectual pursuits.
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