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1、2014上外考研真题翻译硕士英语100分1.完形填空（15*2=30分）ThebestescalatortoopportunityintheUSiseducation.Butanewstudyunderscoresthattheescalatorisbroken.Weexpecteachgenerationtodobetter,but,currently,moreyoungAmericanmenhavelesseducation(29%)thantheirparentsthanhavemoreeducation(20%).Amongyou
2、ngAmericanswhoseparentsdidn’tgraduatefromhighschool,only5%makeitthroughcollegethemselves.Inotherrichcountries,thefigureis23%.TheUSisdevotingbillionsofdollarstocompetewithRussiamilitarily,butmaybeweshouldtrytocompeteeducationally.Russianowhasthelargestpercentageofadultswit
3、hauniversityeducationofanyindustrializedcountry—apositiononceheldbytheUS,althoughwe’replunginginthatroster.ThesefigurescomefromtheannualsurveyofeducationfromtheOrganizationforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment,orOECD,anditshouldbeashocktoAmericans.AbasicelementoftheAmerica
4、ndreamisequalaccesstoeducationasthelubricantofsocialandeconomicmobility.ButtheAmericandreamseemstohaveemigratedbecausemanycountriesdobetterthantheUSineducationalmobility,accordingtotheOECDstudy.Asrecentlyas2000,theUSstillrankedsecondintheshareofthepopulationwithacollegede
5、gree.Nowwehavedroppedtofifth.Among25-to-34-year-olds—aglimpseofhowwewillrankinthefuture—werank12th,whileonce-impoverishedSouthKoreatopsthelist.AnewPewsurveyfindsthatAmericansconsiderthegreatestthreattoourcountrytobethegrowinggapbetweentherichandpoor.Yetwehaveconstructedan
6、educationsystem,dependentonlocalpropertytaxes,thatprovidesgreatschoolsfortherichkidsinthesuburbswhoneedtheleasthelp,andbroken,dangerousschoolsforinner-citychildrenwhodesperatelyneedahelpinghand.Toooften,theUS’seducationsystemamplifiesnotopportunitybutinequality.MydadwasaW
7、orldWarIIrefugeewhofledUkraineandRomaniaandeventuallymadehiswaytoFrance.HespokeperfectFrench,andPariswouldhavebeenanaturalplacetosettle.ButhefeltthatFrancewasstratifiedandwouldofferlittleopportunitytoapennilessEasternEuropeanrefugee,oreventohischildrenagenerationlater,soh
8、esetoutfortheUS.Hedidn’tspeakEnglish,but,onarrivalin1951,heboughtacopyoftheSundayeditionofTheNew
