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1、2015真题回忆翻硕基础完型30TheAmericandreamisleavingAmericaThebestescalatortoopportunityintheUSiseducation.Butanewstudyunderscoresthattheescalatorisbroken.Weexpecteachgenerationtodobetter,(1),currently,moreyoungAmericanmenhavelesseducation(29%)thantheirparents(2)havemoreed
2、ucation(20%).AmongyoungAmericanswhoseparentsdidn’tgraduatefromhighschool,only5%makeit(3)collegethemselves.Inotherrichcountries,thefigureis23%.TheUSisdevotingbillionsofdollarstocompetewithRussiamilitarily,but(4)weshouldtrytocompeteeducationally.Russianowhasthelar
3、gestpercentageofadultswithauniversityeducationofanyindustrialized(5)—apositiononceheldbytheUS,althoughwe’replunginginthatroster.These(6)comefromtheannualsurveyofeducationfromtheOrganizationforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment,orOECD,anditshouldbeashocktoAmerican
4、s.AbasicelementoftheAmericandreamis(7)accesstoeducationasthelubricantofsocialandeconomicmobility.ButtheAmericandreamseemstohave(8)becausemanycountriesdobetterthantheUSineducationalmobility,accordingtotheOECDstudy.As(9)as2000,theUSstillrankedsecondintheshareofthe
5、populationwithacollegedegree.Nowwehavedroppedtofifth.Among25-to-34-year-olds—a(10)ofhowwewillrankinthefuture—werank12th,whileonce-impoverishedSouthKoreatopsthelist.AnewPewsurveyfindsthatAmericansconsiderthe(11)threattoourcountrytobethegrowinggapbetweentherichand
6、poor.Yetwehaveconstructedaneducationsystem,(12)onlocalpropertytaxes,thatprovidesgreatschoolsfortherichkidsinthesuburbswhoneedtheleasthelp,andbroken,dangerousschoolsforinner-citychildrenwhodesperatelyneedahelping(13).Toooften,theUS’seducationsystemamplifiesnotopp
7、ortunitybutinequality.MydadwasaWorldWarIIrefugeewhofledUkraineandRomaniaandeventually(14)hiswaytoFrance.HespokeperfectFrench,andPariswouldhavebeenanaturalplacetosettle.ButhefeltthatFrancewasstratifiedandwouldofferlittleopportunitytoa………..(15)EasternEuropeanrefug
8、ee,oreventohischildrenagenerationlater,sohesetoutfortheUS.Hedidn’tspeakEnglish,but,onarrivalin1951,heboughtacopyoftheSundayeditionofTheNewYorkTimesandbegantoteachhims