2016考研英语阅读暑期训练：教育类（13）

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    2016考研英语阅读暑期训练：教育类（13）
    When I applied under Early Decision to the University of Pennsylvania four
years ago, I was motivated by two powerful emotions: ambition and fear. The
ambition was to fulfill my lifelong expectation of attending an Ivy League
school; the fear was that without the advantage offered by Early Decision, I
wouldn't make the cut. A Penn admissions officer told me that the previous year
they had accepted 45 percent of Early Decision applicants and just 29 percent of
total applicants. The implication was clear: applying under Early Decision
dramatically improves your chances of acceptance. At Brown University, my other
favorite, applying early did not confer any advantage. While Brown was my No. 1
choice, Penn was a close second, and I desperately wanted to make sure I got
into one of the two.
    I applied just before the Nov. 1 deadline, and six weeks later I got my
acceptance package. I was thrilled and relieved. While my friends spent winter
vacation finishing as many as 18 applications each, I relaxed. On a school trip
to France over spring break, I drank wine while everyone else struggled with
international calling cards to phone home and find out where they'd been
accepted. People cried about getting rejected, or began the difficult and
agonizing process of choosing between two or more schools. Strangely, none of
this made me feel better about having applied early. It made me feel worse. When
a lot of people from my class got into Brown, I wondered if I, too, could
have.
    Penn sent a discombobulating array of material to incoming freshmen over
the summer. As the pile of mail mounted, so did my concerns that I had made the
wrong choice. I had been to Penn only one day, in October of my senior year. I
realize now I did not know nearly enough about myself or the school. Picking
classes was far more arcane than I had expected (or than it would have been at a
smaller school). And when I got to the campus, I found that fraternities and
sororities were a more noticeable and obnoxious presence than the 30 percent
student membership had suggested to me.
    It wasn't long before I knew Penn was not right for me and I looked into
transferring. For me, it was about more than just changing schools. I wanted to
have the traditional application experience I'd missed out on during my first
go-round. The only school on my list that allowed transfers during the second
semester of freshman year was Wesleyan, so I waited out the whole year, then
applied to Yale, Brown and Wesleyan. I got into Wesleyan. The irony that I could
have gotten in sooner, without getting rejected by the other schools, was not
lost on me. But I know I made the right decision.
    To high-school seniors who want to avoid making the same mistake I did, my
advice is simple: don't apply under Early Decision unless you are absolutely
sure that the school is your first choice. And, just as important, don't let
your parents or college-guidance counselor persuade you to apply under Early
Decision. They may have their own agenda, or at least their own perception of
who you are and what you want. As I discovered, no one can really know what you
want better than yourself, and even you may need time to figure out what that
is.
    注(1)：本文选自Newsweek, 11/18/2002, p62
    注(2)：本文习题命题模仿对象2002年Text 3.
    　　1. The main reasons for the author to apply under Early Decision
are _______.
    [A]pride and ambition
    [B]dream and fear
    [C]easiness and effort-saving
    [D]trouble-saving and release
    　　2. It can be inferred from the text that the main advantage of
Early Decision is that ______.
    [A]you can graduate from the high school earlier
    [B]you don’t worry about the results
    [C]you needn’t take the entrance examination
    [D]you’re more likely to be accepted
    　　3. The description of the author’s feelings in Paragraph 2 shows
that _______.
    [A]he is satisfied with his choice
    [B]there are many advantages of being accepted earlier
    [C]less effort is needed under Early Decision
    [D]he is happy with and doubts about his decision
    4. We can draw a conclusion from the text that
________.
    [A]a full consideration is needed before applying
    [B]students should avoid the short cut
    [C]a quick decision will do you no good
    [D]the author shouldn’t apply under Early Decision
    5. From the text we can see that the writer seems
_________.
    [A]regretful
    [B]optimistic
    [C]gloomy
    [D]sensitive
    　　答案：BDDAA