考研复习英语阅读理解 精讲100篇
2024 UNIT TEN
TEXT ONE
When Princeton, the University of Virginia, and Harvard announced last fall that they would drop their early admissions options because they gave an unfair advantage to affluent students, many college counselors held their breath. Would early decision go the way of kegs in dormitories? Not for now, at least. Early admission is still going strong at many colleges and universities, including many top-tier schools.
Early decision in particular--in which a student commits to a first-choice
institution--is often touted as a plus for both schools and students. Colleges can lock up half of their class before January, and acceptance rates are typically higher than under regular admission. The major drawback of early decision is that it leaves students who are in the market for the best financial aid package out in the cold. By applying early, you must enroll if accepted, so comparing awards with those of other schools is out of the question. Schools like that, of course, because it helps their bottom line. But there is a possible end run: Ask if a school will release you from your obligation should its aid package fall short. In some cases, a school will roll you into the regular admission pool, allowing for comparison shopping come springtime.
While some schools admit almost the same percentage of applicants during early and regular admission, many favor the early pool. Johns Hopkins University took 44 percent from its early round and 24 percent from the regular pool. Early birds at
Hopkins make up a third of this fall's freshman class.Nonetheless, college counselors have seen borderline students get a boost by applying early decision. \legacies, athletes, or an underrepresented minority, early decision may be the only hook that some students have,\New Trier Township High School in Winnetka, Ill. But you need to be realistic. \school is out of your reach, it's out of reach whether you apply early decision, early action, or regular admission,\Bound in Quincy, Mass. \
Advantage or not, applying early decision makes sense only if you're convinced that a school is a good fit for you. Erin Murray decided to apply to Dartmouth early despite the advice of her college counselor and others. They wanted her to beef up her transcript after she had spent a semester of high school in Italy. But the teenager from Cheyenne, Wyo., wisely played up her experience abroad (her 4.0 GPA and top-notch board scores didn't hurt, either) and was accepted. \number of schools,\walking across the greens. It was a gut reaction.\
If you lack the same certainty but clinching a slot before New Year's is appealing, consider other early admissions plans. Early action is a nonbinding alternative that allows you to apply by November 1 and hear back before the regular application deadline. Some highly selective schools require that you submit only one early action application--called single-choice early action--meaning you can't apply early elsewhere. Another option is to apply early to rolling admissions, where an application that arrives in the fall may stand out more than one that arrives with most of the others in January. 1. Which one of the following statements is NOT true of early decision? [A] Early decision is a common strategy adopted by universities to secure high rate of student enrollment.
[B] Early decision begins to be
abandoned by top American universities. [C] Early decision is a special treatment for rich students, athletes and minorities. [D] Early decision will still be in practice for a fairly long time.
2. The major disadvantage of early decision is that_____
[A] students can enjoy a less attractive the financial aid package if he chooses early decision.
[B] it excludes students who are from lower social class or poor family background.
[C] it does not allow students to choose the other better schools.
[D] it excludes students who want to have comparison shopping.
3. What Sarah Wilburn wants to suggest students is that_____
[A] early decision is not so advantageous as people think.
[B] students should not regard early decision as the sole way to college. [C] students should evaluate themselves objectively before making early decision. [D] students should not limit themselves in early decision.
4.Wyo applied to Dartmouth because_____
[A] she was quite confident due to her rich experience of studying abroad. [B] the university’s beautiful lawn aroused her affection.
[C] she found Dartmouth the only one that fit her after researching a bunch of universities.
[D] her 4.0 GPA and top-notch board scores were not so ideal.
5. The following options can be adopted by students lacking certainty of which school to apply to except_____ [A] applying to early action. [B] applying to rolling admissions. [C] applying to early decision. [D] applying single-choice early action.
文章剖析：
这篇文章主要讲述了美国的提前择校制度。文章第一段由美国几所大学宣布要取消择校制度来引出择校制度话题；第二段讲述提前择校的优劣；第三段讲述美国对于提前择校的态度；第四段讲述提前择校适合的学生；第五段将不选择提前择校的学生可以考虑的其他方法。
词汇注释： affluent adj. 富裕的
keg n. 小桶
tout v. 吹捧 drawback n. 缺点
play up 加油, 开始奏乐 notch n. 槽口, 凹口, 得分 难句突破：
(1) When Princeton, the University of Virginia, and Harvard announced last fall that they would drop their early admissions options because they gave an unfair advantage to affluent students, many college counselors held their breath. [主体句式] When…, many college counselors …
[结构分析]
这是一个简单句，前面是由when引导的时间状语从句，结构比较复杂；该从句有一个由because引导的原因状语从句，that引导的是宾语从句。
[句子译文] 普林斯顿大学、弗吉尼亚大学和哈佛大学去年秋天宣布将取消提前入学选择，因为这是给富裕学生的一种不公平的优待，许多大学顾问都紧张了起来。
(2) The major drawback of early decision is that it leaves students who are in the market for the best financial aid package out in the cold. [主体句式] The major drawback is that it leaves students out in the cold.
[结构分析]
这是一个简单句，that引导的是表语从句；who引导的定语从句用来修饰前面的students.
[句子译文] 提前入学的主要缺点是让那些寻找最好的经济资助的学生们暴露在了冷风中。 题目分析：
1. Which one of the following
1.
statements is NOT true of early decision?
[A] Early decision is a common strategy adopted by universities to secure high rate of student enrollment. [B] Early decision begins to be abandoned by top American universities.
[C] Early decision is a special
treatment for rich students, athletes, and minorities.
[D] Early decision will still be in practice for a fairly long time. [答案 ]C
[难度系数] ☆☆☆
关于提前择校，下列哪个陈述是错误的？
[A] 提前择校是各个大学广泛采用的做
法，目的在于保证学生的入学率。 [B] 美国顶级大学开始放弃提前择校的做法。
[C]提前择校是给与富有学生、运动员和少数民族的特殊待遇。
[D] 提前择校还会实行很长一段时间。
[分析]
细节题。选项A，第二段提到学校欢迎提前择校是因为可以保证其底线，也就是入学率，因此该选项的说法是正确的。选项B，文章一开头就指出一些顶尖大学开始提出要放弃提前择校的做法，因此B选项的表述符合文章的意思；C，文章第三段提到了提前择校对富有学生、运动员和少数民族这三类人的好处，但是文章也指出这种做法也是为了保证学校的入学率，不是完全为了这三种人设立的特殊待遇，因此，该陈述有问题；D，从第一段可以看出，提前择校不会马上取消、而且在一些学校愈演愈烈，因此该表述也与文章相符。因此，C选项为正确答案。
2. The major disadvantage of early decision is that_____
[A] students can enjoy a less attractive the financial aid package if he chooses early decision.
[B] it exclude students who are from lower social class or poor family background. [C] it does not allow students to choose the other better schools.
[D] it excludes students who want to have comparison shopping. [答案]D
[难度系数] ☆☆☆
提前择校的主要缺点在于2. _____ [A]如果选择了提前择校，学生能够得到的资助计划就不那么吸引人。 [B]将那些来自社会底层和贫穷家庭的学生排除在外。
[C]不允许学生选择其他更好的学校。
[D]将那些想要比较资助优厚与否的学生排除在外。
2024考研复习英语阅读理解精读100篇(解剖麻雀难句解析启迪思路)UNIT 10
