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Section ⅠUse of English
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)
People are, on the whole, poor at considering background information
when making individual decisions. At first glance this might seem like a
strength that 1 the ability to make judgments which are
unbiased by 2 factors. But Dr. Uri Simonsohn 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 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
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 a scale 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, 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 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 a candidate
would need 30 more GMAT points than would otherwise have been 20 .
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] moment
4. [A] For example [B] On average [C] In principle [D] Above all
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]studied [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] introduced
17. [A] before [B] after [C] above [D] below
18. [A] jump [B] float
[C] drop [D] fluctuate
19. [A] achieve [B] undo [C]
maintain [D] disregard
20. [A] promising [B] possible [C]
necessary [D] helpful
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