Sciences po test

Question 1

redress

Answer 1

réparer

Question 2

synonyme

Answer 2

byword

Question 3

traitement de pref./de faveur

Answer 3

preferential treatment

Question 4

alumni

Answer 4

anciens élèves

Question 5

scholarship

Answer 5

bourse d’étude

Question 6

discrimination positive

Answer 6

affirmative action

Question 7

avantage patrimonial

Answer 7

legacy preferences

Question 8

politiques de recrutement

Answer 8

admission policies

Question 9

empêché

Answer 9

barred

Question 10

Extreme sud

Answer 10

Deep South

Question 11

desegregation

Answer 11

désegregation

Question 12

battu avec bec et ongles

Answer 12

has been fought tooth and nails

Question 13

opposants reactionnaires

Answer 13

die hard opponents

Question 14

Governor Wallace of Alabama

Answer 14

(lycée qui a introduit cette premiere affirmative action)

Question 15

reconnu pour

Answer 15

credited with

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encourager

Answer 16

fostering

Question 17

flagrant

Answer 17

blatant

Question 18

inequities

Answer 18

inequities

Question 19

avantage certain

Answer 19

a clear advantage

Question 20

left out

Answer 20

exclu/oublié/délaissé

Question 21

futurs étudiants

Answer 21

prospective students

Question 22

ont longtemps critiqué

Answer 22

have long challenged

Question 23

sous prétexte

Answer 23

on the grounds

Question 24

the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Answer 24

the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Question 25

dispositions/clauses

Answer 25

provisions

Question 26

Civil Right Act of 1964

Answer 26

Civil Right Act of 1964

Question 27

have been slowly gaining acceptance

Answer 27

ont mis du temps à être accepté

Question 28

changer/révoquer

Answer 28

to reverse

Question 29

enseignement supérieur

Answer 29

higher education

Question 30

bequille

Answer 30

crutch

Question 31

large éventail

Answer 31

wide array

Question 32

soutien scolaire

Answer 32

extra tutoring

Question 33

cours préparatoires

Answer 33

SAT-preparatory courses

Question 34

frais de scolarité

Answer 34

tuition fees

Question 35

classes populaires

Answer 35

lower social backgrounds

Question 36

un net désavantage

Answer 36

distinct disadvantage

Question 37

puissance/capital financier

Answer 37

financial muscle

Question 38

income based preferences

Answer 38

des avantages basés sur le revenu

Question 39

faire preuve d’aptitudes scolaires

Answer 39

demonstrate academic ability

Question 40

deep-pocketed endowment funds

Answer 40

fonds de dotation importants

Question 41

needy and brightest

Answer 41

nécessiteux et les brilliants

Question 42

garantir/assurer

Answer 42

ensure

Question 43

regardless of race

Answer 43

regardless of race

Question 44

écarter/rejeter

Answer 44

rule out

Question 45

endetté

Answer 45

saddled with debt

Question 46

familles aisées

Answer 46

well-of families

Question 47

beneficiaires

Answer 47

beneficiaries

Question 48

discrimination positive fondé sur la race

Answer 48

race-based affirmative action

Question 49

n’ont pas forcément besoin d’aide

Answer 49

hardly need a boost

Question 50

poll (synonyme)

Answer 50

survey

Question 51

préférences d’admission

Answer 51

admission preferences

Question 52

majoritairement/massivement

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overwhelmingly

Question 53

se passer de qqchose

Answer 53

to dispense with

Question 54

inscription

Answer 54

enrollment

Question 55

dans l’ensemble

Answer 55

on the whole

Question 56

maintenir

Answer 56

to maintain

Question 57

au-dessus de la moy

Answer 57

above national average

Question 58

la course est de rigueur

Answer 58

race still matters

Question 59

agents (responsables) de recrutement de la fac

Answer 59

college admission officiers

Question 60

attention particulière

Answer 60

due consideration

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destiné à

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intended to

Question 62

suréprésentant

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predominantly