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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
