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2013年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语一真题及答案（育明教育）

Section I Use of English

Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered

blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

People are, on the whole, poor at considering background information when

making individual decisions. At first glance this might seem like a strength that

1 the ability to make judgments which are unbiased by 2 factors. But Dr. Uri

Simonsohn speculated that an inability to consider the big 3 was leading

decision-makers to be biased by the daily samples of information they were

working with. 4 , he theorised that a judge 5 of appearing too soft 6 crime might

be more likely to send someone to prison 7 he had already sentenced five or six

other defendants only to forced community service on that day.

To 8 this idea, he turned to the university-admissions process. In theory, the 9

of an applicant should not depend on the few others 10 randomly for interview

during the same day, but Dr. Simonsohn suspected the truth was 11 .

He studied the results of 9,323 MBA interviews 12 by 31 admissions officers.

The interviewers had 13 applicants on a scale of one to five. This scale 14

numerous factors into consideration. The scores were 15 used in conjunction

with an applicant‘s score on the Graduate Management Admission Test, or

GMAT, a standardized exam which is 16 out of 800 points, to make a decision on

whether to accept him or her.

Dr. Simonsohn found if the score of the previous candidate in a daily series of

interviewees was 0.75 points or more higher than that of the one 17 that, then

the score for the next applicant would 18 by an average of 0.075 points. This

might sound small, but to 19 the effects of such a decrease a candidate could

need 30 more GMAT points than would otherwise have been 20 .

1. [A]grants [B]submits [C]transmits [D]delivers

2. [A]minor [B]objective [C]crucial [D] external

3. [A]issue [B]vision [C]picture [D]external

4. [A] For example [B] On average [C]In principle [D]Above all

5. [A]fond [B]fearful [C]capable [D] thoughtless

6. [A] in [B] on [C]to [D] for

7. [A] if [B] until [C] though [D] unless