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2013 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 2013 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 年全全国国硕硕士士研研究究生生入入学学统统一一考考试试 英语（一）试题 英语（一）试题 英英语语（（一一））试试题题 Section I Use of English Section I Use of English SSeeccttiioonn II UUssee ooff EEnngglliisshh 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) Peopleare,onthewhole,pooratconsideringbackgroundinformationwhenmaking individualdecisions.Atfirstglancethismightseemlikeastrengththat 1 the abilitytomakejudgmentswhichareunbiasedby 2 factors.ButDr.UriSimonsohn 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 probation 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 . Hestudiedtheresultsof9,323MBAinterviews, 12 by31admissionsofficers. The interviewers had 13 applicants on a scale of one to five. This scale 14 numerous factorsinto consideration. The scores were 15 used in conjunction with an applicants score on the Graduate Management Admission Test, or GMAT, a standardised 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 thescoreforthenextapplicantwould 18 byanaverageof0.075point