2013年考研英语一真题

Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and markA,B,C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)People are,on the whole,poor at considering background information whenmaking individual decisions.At first glance this might seem like a strength that1 the ability to make judgments which are unbiased by 2 factors.But DrUri Simonsohn speculated that an inability to consider the big 3 was leadingdecision-makers to be biased by the daily samples of information they were workingwith.4,he theorised that a judge 5 of appearing too soft 6 crimemight be more likely to send someone to prison 7 he had already sentenced fiveor 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 forinterview during the same day,but Dr Simonsohn suspected the truth was 11.He studied the results of 9,323 MBA interviews 12 by 31 admissionsofficers.The interviewers had 13 applicants on a scale of one to five.Thisscale 14 numerous factors into consideration.The scores were 15 used inconjunction with an applicant's score on the Graduate Management Admission Test,orGMAT,a standardised exam which is 16 out of 800 points,to make a decisionon whether to accept him or her.Dr Simonsohn found if the score of the previous candidate in a daily series ofinterviewees was 0.75 points or more higher than that of the one 17 that,thenthe score for the next applicant would 18 by an average of 0.075 points.Thismight sound small,but to 19 the effects of such a decrease a candidate wouldneed 30 more GMAT points than would otherwise have been 20.2本资料由阁宝店铺：光速考研工作室整理汇编如需题型分类版试题可进店获取