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2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语一试题详解Section Ⅰ Use of English　　Directions: Read the following text. Choose the b

2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语一试题详解 Section ⅠUse of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, Cor Don 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 1the ability to make judgments which are unbiased by 2 factors. But Dr. Uri Simonsohn speculated that an inability to consider the big 3was leading decision-makers to be biased by the daily samples of information they were working with. 4, he theorised that ajudge 5of appearing too soft 6crime might be more likely to send someone to prison 7he had already sentenced five or six other defendants only to probation on that day。 To 8this idea, he turned to the university-admissions process. In theory, the 9of 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 ascale 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, astandardised exam which is 16 out of 800 points, to make adecision on whether to accept him or her。 Dr Simonsohn found if the score of the previous candidate in adaily 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 acandidate would need 30 more GMAT points than would otherwise have been 20 。 1.[A] grant [B] submits [C] transmits [D] delivers