2015年考研英語二試題及答案

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15、orecruitmeofthem.Thishascreated“aparadox”inthatrecruitingfirstgenerationstudentsbutthenwatchingmanyofthemfailmeansthathighereducationhas“continuedtoreproducewidenratherthanclose”achievementgapbasedonsocialclassaccdingtot

16、hedepressingbeginningofapaperfthcominginthejournalPsychologicalSciense.Butthearticleisactuallyquiteoptimisticasitoutlinesapotentialsolutiontothisproblemsuggestingthatanapproach(whichinvolvesaonehournexttonocostprogram)ca

17、nclose63percentoftheachievementgap(measuredbysuchfactsasgrades)betweenfirstgenerationotherstudents.Theauthsofthepaperarefromdifferentuniversitiestheirfindinsarebasedonastudyinvolving147students(whocompletedtheproject)ata

18、nunnamedprivateuniversityFirstgenerationwasdefinedasnothavingaparentwithafouryearcollegedegreeMostofthefirstgenerationstudents(59.1percent)wererecipientsofPellGrants，afederalgrantfundergraduateswithfinancialneed，whilethi

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22、iversitiesseldomacknowledgehowsocialclasscanaffectstudents’educationalexperience，manyfirstgenerationstudentslacksightaboutwhytheyarestrugglingdonotundersthowstudents’likethemcanimprove26.Recruitingmefirstgenerationstuden

23、tshas[A]reducedtheirdropoutrates[B]narrowedtheachievementgao[C]misseditsiginalpurpose[D]depressedcollegestudents27Theauthoftheresearcharticleareoptimisticbecause[A]theproblemissolvable[B]theirapproachiscostless[qtherecru