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1、2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section Use of EnglishDirections: 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 deci
2、sions. 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
3、, 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 no
4、t 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 consi
5、deration. 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 se
6、ries 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 2
7、0 . 1.A grant B submits C transmits D delivers 2.A minor Bobjective C crucial D external 3.A issue B vision C picture D moment 4.A For exampleB On averageC In principleD Above all 5.A fond Bfearful C capable D thoughtless 6.A in B on C to D for 7.A ifBuntil C though D unless 8.A promoteBemphasizeC s
8、hare D test 9.A decision B quality C statusD success 10.A chosen Bstupid Cfound D identified 11.A exceptional B defensibleC replaceable D otherwise 12.A inspired Bexpressed C conducted D secured 13.A assigned Brated C matched D arranged 14.A put Bgot CgaveD took 15.Ainstead Bthen C ever D rather 16.
9、AselectedBpassed C marked D introduced 17.AbeforeB afterC aboveD below 18.A jumpB float C drop D fluctuate 19.Aachieve BundoC maintain Ddisregard 20. A promising B possible C necessaryD helpful Section Reading Comprehension Part A Directions：Read the following four texts. Answer the questions after
10、each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points) Text 1In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada ,Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesnt affect her, Priestly explains how the deep
11、blue color of the assistants sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to departments stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment. This top-down conception of the fashion business couldnt be more out of date or at odds with the feverish would described
12、in Overdressed, Eliazabeth Clines three-year indictment of “fast fashion”. In the last decade or so ,advances in technology have allowed mass-market labels such as Zara ,H&M, and Uniqlo to react to trends more quickly and anticipate demand more precisely. Quicker turnarounds mean less wasted invento
13、ry, more frequent release, and more profit. These labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposable-meant to last only a wash or two, although they dont advertise that and to renew their wardrobe every few weeks. By offering on-trend items at dirt-cheap prices, Cline argues, th
14、ese brands have hijacked fashion cycles, shaking an industry long accustomed to a seasonal pace. The victims of this revolution , of course ,are not limited to designers. For H&M to offer a $5.95 knit miniskirt in all its 2,300-pius stores around the world, it must rely on low-wage overseas labor, o
15、rder in volumes that strain natural resources, and use massive amounts of harmful chemicals. Overdressed is the fashion worlds answer to consumer-activist bestsellers like Michael Pollans The Omnivores Dilemma. “Mass-produced clothing, like fast food, fills a hunger and need, yet is non-durable and wasteful,” Cline argues. Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a ye
