2018-2019版浙江高考英语大二轮复习专题一阅读理解提升练7

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1、阅读理解提升练(七)AHaveyoueverwonderedthatweparentsarethetruefightersinthecollege-admissionwars?Wearepushingourkidstogetgoodgrades,takeSATpreparatorycoursesandbuildrésuméssotheycangetintothecollegeofourfirstchoice.Inoureyes,adegreefromStanfordorPrincetonistheticketforlife.Weseeourkids’collegebackgrounda

2、ssomethingshowinghowwellorhowpoorlywe’veraisedthem.Butwedon’trealizeweareselfish.Wethinkmoreaboutourselvesthanthekids.It’struegettingintocollegehasgenerallybecometougherbecausethenumberofhighschoolgraduateshasgrown.Wesuffergreatanxiety;weworrytherewon’tbeenoughhonourstoshowoff.Fearfulparentsurge

3、theirchildrentoapplytomoreschoolsthanever.Weholdthebeliefthatgraduatesofbestuniversitiesmustenjoymoresuccessbecausetheygetabettereducation.Allthatisseeminglyacceptable—andmostlywrong.“Wehaven’tfoundanyconvincingevidencethataprestigiousuniversity(名牌大学)matters,”saysErnestT.PascarellaoftheUniversit

4、yofIowa,co-authorof“HowCollegeAffectsStudents”,an827-pagereportofhundredsofstudiesofthecollegeexperience.Accordingtosomestudies,graduatesofprestigiousuniversitiesdoearnmuchmoney.Buteventhisseemslikejustacoincidence.Kidscountmorethantheircolleges.GettingintoYalemaymeanintelligence,talentandambiti

5、on.Buttherearemanyotherthingsthatareequallyimportant.Thereason:somanysimilarpeoplegoelsewhere.Gettingintocollegeisn’tlife’sonlycompetition.Inthenextcompetition,theresultsmaychange.PrincetoneconomistsAlanKruegerstudiedadmissionstoonetopPhDprogramme.HighscoresontheGREhelpedexplainwhogotin;degreeso

6、fprestigiousuniversitiesdidn’t. So,parents,lightenup.Americaisacompetitivesociety;ourkidsneedtoadjusttothatbuttoomuchpushinesscanbedestructive.TheveryambitionweplaceonourchildrenmaygetsomeintoHarvardbutmayalsosetthemupfordisappointment.Theymayhavebeensoaccustomedtobeingontopthatanythinglessdisap

7、pointsthem.1.Parentsarethetruefightersinthecollege-admissionwars,probablybecause　　　. A.theymakemorepreparationsthantheirchildrenB.theyfocusontheresultsmorethantheirchildrenC.theydecidewhichuniversityfitstheirchildrenbestD.th