2015年考研英語二真題及答案(word打印版)

1、182015年碩士研究生入學(xué)統(tǒng)一考試年碩士研究生入學(xué)統(tǒng)一考試英語二真題及答案英語二真題及答案SectionIUseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestwd(s)feachnumberedblankmarkABCDonANSWERSHEET.(10points)Inourcontemparyculturetheprospectofcommunicatingwithev

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14、vefoundthatfirstgenerationcollegestudentsthosewhodonothaveaparentwithacollegedegreelagotherstudentsonarangeofeducationachievementfacts.Theirgradesarelowertheiroutratesarehigher.Butsincesuchstudentsaremostlikelytoadvancee

15、conomicallyiftheysucceedinhighereducationcollegesuniversitieshavepushedfdecadestorecruitmeofthem.Thishascreated“aparadox”inthatrecruitingfirstgenerationstudentsbutthenwatchingmanyofthemfailmeansthathighereducationhas“con

16、tinuedtoreproducewidenratherthanclose”abachievementgapbasedonsocialclassaccdingtothedepressingbeginningofapaperfthcominginthejournalPsychologicalScience.Butthearticleisactuallyquiteoptimisticasitoutlinesapotentialsolutio

17、ntothisproblemsuggestingthatanapproach(whichinvolvesaonehournexttonocostprogram)canclose63percentoftheachievementgap(measuredbysuchfactsasgrades)betweenfirstgenerationotherstudents.Theauthsofthepaperarefromdifferentunive

18、rsitiestheirfindingsarebasedonastudyinvolving147students(whocompletedtheproject)atanunnamedprivateuniversity.Firstgenerationwasdefinedasnothavingaparentwithafouryearcollegedegree.Mostofthefirstgenerationstudents(59.1perc

19、ent)wererecipientsofPellGrantsafederalgrantfundergraduateswithfinancialneedwhilethiswastrueonlyf8.6percentofthestudentswitatleastoneparentwithafouryeardegree.Theirthesisthatarelativelymodestinterventioncouldhaveabigimpac

20、twasbasedontheviewthatfirstgenerationstudentsmaybemostlackingnotinpotentialbutinpracticalknowledgeabouthowtodealwiththeissuesthatfacemostcollegestudents.Theycitepastresearchbyseveralauthstoshowthatthisisthegapthatmustben

21、arrowedtoclosetheachievementgap.Manyfirstgenerationstudents“struggletonavigatethedleclasscultureofhighereducationlearnthe‘rulesofthegame’takeadvantageofcollegeresources”theywrite.thisbecomesmeofaproblemwhencollagesdon’tt

22、alkabouttheclassadvantagedisadvantagesofdifferentgroupsofstudents.BecauseUScollegesuniversitiesseldomacknowledgehowsocialclasscanaffectstudents’educationalexperiencemanyfirstgenerationstudentslacksightaboutwhytheyarestru