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SectionIUseofEnglish

Directions:

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblank

andmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)

Peopleare,onthewhole,pooratconsideringbackgroundinformation

whenmakingindividualdecisions.Atfirstglancethismightseemlike

astrengththat1theabilitytomakejudgmentswhichareunbiasedby2

factors.ButDr.UriSimonsohnspeculatedthataninabilitytoconsider

thebig3wasleadingdecision-makerstobebiasedbythedailysamles

ofinformationtheywereworkingwith.4,hetheorisedthatajudge5

ofapperaringtoosoft6crimemightbemorelikelytosendsomeoneto

prison7hehadalreadysentencedfiveorsixotherdefendantsonlyto

forcedcommunityserviceonthatday.

To8thisidea,heturnedtotheuniversity-admissionsprocess.In

theory,the9ofanapplicantshouldnotdependonthefewothers10

randomlyforinterviewduringthesameday,butDr.Simonsohosuspected

thetruthwas11.

Hestudiedtheresultsof9,323MBAinterviews12by31admissions

officers.Theinterviewershad13applicantsonascaleofonetofive.

Thisscale14numerousfactorsintoconsideration.Thescoreswere15used

inconjunctionwithanapplicant’sscoreontheGranduateManagent

AdimssionTest,orGMAT,astandardizedexamwhichis16outof800points,

tomakeadecisiononwhethertoaccepthimorher.

Dr.Simonsohofoundifthescoreofthepreviouscandidateinadaily

seriesofintervieweeswas0.75pointsormorehigherthanthatofthe

one17that,thenthescoreforthenextapplicantwould18byanaverage

of0.075points.Thismightsoundsmall,butto19theeffectsofsuch

adecreaseacandidatecouldneed30moreGMATpointsthanwouldotherwise

havebeen20.

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]Fore