Have you ever wondered that we parents are the true fighters in the college-admission wars? We are pushing our kids to get good grades, take SAT preparatory courses and build resumes so they can get into the college of our first choice. In our eyes, a degree from Stanford or Princeton is the ticket for life. We see our kids’ college background as something showing how well or how poorly we’ve raised them. But we don’t realize we are selfish. We think more about ourselves than the kids.
It’s true getting into college has generally become tougher because the number of high school graduates has grown. We suffer great anxiety; we worry there won’t be enough honors to show off. Fearful parents urge their children to apply to more schools than ever. We hold the belief that graduates of best universities must enjoy more success because they get a better education. All that is seemingly acceptable—and mostly wrong.
“We haven’t found any convincing evidence that a prestigious university(名牌大学) matters,” says Ernest T. Pascarella of the University of Iowa, co-author of “How College Affects Students”, an 827-page report of hundreds of studies of the college experience.
According to some studies, graduates of prestigious universities do earn much money. But even this seems like just a coincidence.
Kids count more than their colleges. Getting into Yale may mean intelligence, talent and ambition. But there are many other things that are equally important. The reason: so many similar people go elsewhere. Getting into college isn’t life’s only competition. In the next competition, the results may change. Princeton economists Alan Krueger studied admissions to one top Ph. D. program. High scores on the GRE helped explain who got in; degrees of prestigious universities didn’t .
So, parents, lighten up. America is a competitive society; our kids need to adjust to that but too much pushiness can be destructive. The very ambition we place on our children may get some into Harvard but may also set them up for disappointment. They may have been so accustomed to being on top that anything less disappoints them.
32. Parents are the true fighters in the college-admission wars, probably because_____.
33. The writer believes that in the present USA .
34. What is the meaning behind the sentence “kids count more than their colleges”?
35. What does Krueger’s study suggest?
本题属于逻辑推理题，根据文章第一段“We are pushing our kids to get good grades, take SAT preparatory courses and build resumes so they can get into the college of our first choice.”可知，家长所做的都是为了孩子进入他们首选大学。选项A说家长准备比孩子更充分，不符合原文。选项C、D说法符合文意但不是家长是个真正战士的理由。所以选择B选择正确。
逻辑推理题。根据文章第一段“We are pushing our kids to get good grades, take SAT preparatory courses and build resumes so they can get into the college of our first choice.”可知，家长们积极推动孩子们去取得好成绩，上SAT预备课程， 写简历就是为了让孩子上我们首选的学校。所以家长们所做的都是为了最终结果，所以选B,选择正确。
根据细节没能理解深层含义。
本题属于逻辑推理题，根据文章第二段“It’s true getting into college has generally become tougher because the number of high school graduates has grown..”可知，因为高中毕业生的增加上大学变得越来越难了。而上好大学意味着好的前途，孩子们应该多申请学校以便进入顶级大学，这些是一些家长的想法，而根据“All that is seemingly acceptable—and mostly wrong.”可知，作者并不是这样认为的。所以选择C选择正确。
逻辑推理题。根据文章第二段“It’s true getting into college has generally become tougher because the number of high school graduates has grown.”可知，进入大学变得越来越难了因为高中毕业生的数量增加了。所以选C,选择正确。
没有理解清楚上下文。
本题属于主旨大意题，根据文章第五段“kids count more than their colleges”可知，学生自身能力更重要。所以选择D选择正确。
主旨大意题。根据文章第五段“kids count more than their colleges.”可知，孩子们本身能力比他们的大学更重要。后面论述了有些同等智力、才干和信心的同学并没有去顶级学校，是否进入顶级学校不是目的，而有些进入顶级大学的学生在之后的竞争中并不突出。所以选D,选择正确。
以点概全，没有整体把握整段大意。
本题属于逻辑推理题，根据文章第五段“High scores on the GRE helped explain who got in; degrees of prestigious universities didn’t.”可知，进入这个项目中的GRE高分生并不一定是名校生，也就是说进入名校并不能保证你以后的发展顺利，所以选择B选择正确。
逻辑推理题。根据文章第五段“High scores on the GRE helped explain who got in; degrees of prestigious universities didn’t .”可知，在GRE当中取得了高分数并不意味着他的学校等级也是名声显赫的。这意味着拥有了名校的学历并不能保证你的以后。所以选B,选择正确。
没有理解透彻句子意思。