Directions:-|||-Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,-|||-CorD.-|||-For years,studies have found that first-generation college students - those who-|||-do not have a parent with a college degree - lag other students on a range of-|||-education achievement fac Their grades are lower and their dropout rates are-|||-higher.But since such students are most likely to advance economically if they-|||-succeed in higher education,colleges and universities have pushed for decades to-|||-recruit more of them.This has created "a paradox"in that recruiting first-generation-|||-students,but then watching many of them fail,means that higher education has-|||-"continued to reproduce and widen,rather than close"an achievement gap based on-|||-social class, according to the depressing beginning of a paper forthcoming in the-|||-joumal Psychological Scie ce.-|||-But the article is actually quite optimistic,as it outlines a potential solution to-|||-this problem,suggesting that an approach (which involves a one-hour,next-to no-cost-|||-program) can close 63 percent of the achievement gap (measured by such factors as-|||-grades) between first gencration and other students.-|||-The authors of the paper are from different universiti and their findings are-|||-based on a study involving 147 students (who completed the project) at an unnamed-|||-private university. First gencration was defined as not having a parent with a-|||-four-year college degree.Most of the first-generation students (59.1 percent) were-|||-recipients of Pell Grants,a federal grant for undergraduates with financial need,while-|||-this was true only for 8.6 percent of the students with at least one parent with a-|||-four-year degree.-|||-Their thesis -that a relatively modest intervention could have a big impact--|||-was based on the view that first-generation students may be most lacking not in-|||-potential but in practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most-|||-college students.They cite past rescarch by several authors to show that this is the-|||-gap that must be narrowed to close the achievement gap.-|||-Many first-generation students"struggle to navigate the middle class culture of-|||-higher education, learn the`rules of the game,`and take advantage of college-|||-resources,"they write.And this becomes more of a problem when colleges don`t talk-|||-about the class advantages and disadvanta of different groups of students-|||-"Because US colleges and universities seldom acknowledge how social class can-|||-affect students` cducatio experiences,many first generation students lack insight-|||-about why they are struggling and do not understand how students like them`can-|||-improve."-|||-26.Recruiting more first-generation students has __-|||-[A] reduced their dropout rates-|||-[B] narrowed the achievement gap-|||-[C]missed its original purpose-|||-[D]depressed college students-|||-27.The authors of the research article are optimistic because __-|||-[A]their findings appeal to students-|||-[B]the recruiting rate has increased-|||-[C]the problem is solvable-|||-[D] their approach is costless-|||-28.The study suggests that most first-generation students __ _.-|||-[A]are from single-parent families-|||-[B]study at private universities-|||-[C]are in need of financial support-|||-[D] have failed their college-|||-29.The authors of the paper believe that first generation students __-|||-[A]may lack opportunities to apply for research projects-|||-[B] are inexperienced in handling their issues at college-|||-[C]can have a potential influence on other students-|||-[D]are actually indifferent to the achievement gap-|||-30.We mayinfer ficm thela