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2013年考研英语真题 Peopleare,onthewhole,pooratconsideringbackgroundinformationwhenmakingindividualdecisions.Atfirstglancethismightseemlikea strengththat1theabilitytomakejudgmentswhichareunbiasedby2factors.ButDr.UriSimonsohnspeculatedthataninabilitytoconsiderthe big3wasleadingdecision-makerstobebiasedbythedailysamplesof informationtheywereworkingwith.4,hetheorisedthatajudge5ofappearingtoosoft6crimemightbemorelikelytosendsomeonetoprison 7hehadalreadysentencedfiveorsixotherdefendantsonlytoprobationonthatday. To8thisidea,heturnedtotheuniversity-admissionsprocess.Intheory,the9ofanapplicantshouldnotdependonthefewothers10randomlyforinterviewduringthesameday,butDrSimonsohnsuspectedthetruthwas11. Hestudiedtheresultsof9,323MBAinterviews,12by31admissions officers.Theinterviewershad13applicantsonascaleofonetofive.Thisscale14numerousfactorsintoconsideration.Thescoreswere15usedinconjunctionwithanapplicantsscoreontheGraduateManagementAdmissionTest,orGMAT,astandardisedexamwhichis16outof800points,tomakeadecisiononwhethertoaccepthimorher. DrSimonsohnfoundifthescoreofthepreviouscandidateinadailyseriesofintervieweeswas0.75pointsormorehigherthanthatoftheone17that,thenthescoreforthenextapplicantwould18byanaverageof 0.075points.Thismightsoundsmall,butto19theeffectsofsuchadecreaseacandidatewouldneed30moreGMATpointsthanwouldotherwisehavebeen20. 1.[A]grant[B]submits[C]transmits[D]delivers 2.[A]minor[B]objective[C]crucial[D]external 3.[A]issue[B]vision[C]picture[D]moment 4.[A]Forexample[B]Onaverage[C]Inprinciple[D]Aboveall 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 8.[A]promote[B]emphasize[C]share[D]test 9.[A]decision[B]quality[C]status[D]success 10.[A]chosen[B]stupid[C]found[D]identified 11.[A]exceptional[B]defensible[C]replaceable[D]otherwise 12.[A]inspired[B]expressed[C]conducted[D]secured 13.[A]assigned[B]rated[C]matched[D]arranged 14.[A]put[B]got[C]gave[D]took 15.[A]instead[B]then[C]ever[D]rather 16.[A]selected[B]passed[C]marked[D]intr