20.[A]on the contrary    [B] by this means    [C]from the outset    [D]at that point

1.    A    2.    B    3.    D    4.    A    5.    C
6.    D    7.    B    8.    A    9.    C    10.    B
11.    D    12.    C    13.    C    14.    A    15.    D
16.    A    17.    B    18.    C    19.    B    20.    D

 
2013年考研英语（一）Cloze Test
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 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    .
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] 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] 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]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] 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
1.    [A]    2.    [D]    3.    [C]    4.    [A]    5.    [B]
6.    [B]    7.    [A]    8.    [D]    9.    [D]    10.    [A]
11.    [D]    12.    [C]    13.    [B]    14.    [D]    15.    [B]
16.    [C]    17.    [A]    18.    [C]    19.    [B]    20.    [C]

2013年考研英语（二）Cloze Test

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)

Given the advantages of electronic money, you might think that we would move quickly to the cashless society in which all payments are made electronically.    1    , a true cashless society is probably not around the corner. Indeed, predictions of such a society have been    2    for two decades but have not yet come to fruition. For example, Business Week predicted in 1975 that electronic means of payment “would soon revolutionize the very    3    of money itself,” only to    4    itself several years later. Why has the movement to a cashless society been so    5    in coming?
Although e-money might be more convenient and may be more efficient than a payments system based on paper, several factors work    6    the disappearance of the paper system. First, it is very    7    to set up the computer, card reader, and telecommunications networks necessary to make electronic money the    8    form of payment. Second, paper checks have the advantage that they    9    receipts, something that many consumers are unwilling to    10    . Third, the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of "float"-it takes several days    11    a check is cashed and funds are    12    from the issuer's account, which means that the writer of the check can earn interest on the funds in the meantime.    13    electronic payments are immediate, they eliminate the float for the consumer. Fourth, electronic means of payment    14     security and privacy concerns. We often hear media reports that an unauthorized hacker has been able to access a computer database and to alter information    15    there.