在考研英语的备考中，真题是研苞们致胜的一大法宝。想要顺利夺取备考胜利，就要在平日的备考中多多钻研真题，下面都教授就带你来发掘一下真题中那些你未曾发现的精彩，以期能帮助考生取得理想成绩。

　　【2013真题】

　　The scores were then used in conjunction with an applicant’s score on the Graduate Management Admission Test , or GMAT，a standardized exam witch is marked our 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 before that , This might sound small , but to undo the effects of such a decrease a candidate would need 30 more GMAT points than would otherwise have been necessary。

　　以800分为满分进行打分：be marked out of 800 points

　　X和Y共同决定：X be used in conjunction with Y to make a decision

　　是否录取某人：whether to accept someone

　　平均减少0.075分：drop by an average of 0.075

　　消除X所带来的影响：undo the effects of X ( undo=to try to remove the bad effects of something you have done )

　　The scores were then used in conjunction with an applicant’s score on the Graduate Management Admission Test , or GMAT，a standardized exam witch is marked our of 800 points , to make a decision on whether to accept him or her。

　　【解析】or GMAT，a standardized exam witch is marked our of 800 points ，作为the Graduate Management Admission Test 的同位语，译为这些分数随后和GMAT(管理学研究生入学考试，以800分为满分进行打分的标准化考试)的分数，共同决定是否录取申请者。

　　【2013真题】

　　To test this idea , he turned to the university-admissions process . In theory , the success of an applicant should not depend on the few others chosen randomly for interview during the same day , but Dr. Simonsohn suspected the truth was otherwise。

　　He studied the result of 9,323 MBA interviews , conducted by 31 ad missions officers .The interviewers had rated applicants on a scale of one to five . This scale took numerous factors into consideration 。

　　大学录取过程：the university-admissions process

　　事实并非如此：the truth be otherwise

　　面试官进行面试：admissions officers conduct interviews

　　按照1-5的等级为申请者评级：rate applicants on a scale of one to five

　　考虑很多因素：take numerous factors into consideration

　　In theory , the success of an applicant should not depend on the few others chosen randomly for interview during the same day , but Dr. Simonsohn suspected the truth was otherwise。

　　结构提示：(chosen randomly for interview during the same day )作为后置定语修饰the few others 。译为理论上讲，申请者的成功不应取决于当天随机抽选参加面试的其他几名申请者，但是，Simonsohn 博士怀疑实施并非如此。

　　【2013真题】

　　People are, on the whole, poor at considering background information when making individual decisions. At first glance this might seem like a strength that grants the ability to make judgments which are unbiased by external factors. But Dr. Uri Simonsohn speculated that an inability to consider the big picture was leading decision-makers to be biased by the daily samples of information they were working with. For example , he theorised that a judge fearful of appearing too soft on crime might be more likely to send someone to prison if he had already sentenced five or six other defendants only to forced community service on that day。

　　总体来看：on the whole

　　赋予人们做某事的能力：grant the ability to do something

　　不受外界因素影响：be unbiased by external factors

　　考虑大局：consider the big picture

　　在犯罪面前表现得太心慈手软：appear too soft on crime

　　At first glance this might seem like a strength that grants the ability to make judgments which are unbiased by external factors。

　　结构提示作为a strength 的定语从句，作为the ability的后置定语。乍一看，好像是一种优势，它赋予了人们在不受外界因素影响的情况下做出判断的能力。

　　【2014真题】

　　Now , a new Web-based company has taken it a step further and developed the first “brain training program ”designed to actually help people improve and regain their mental sharpness。

　　The Web-based program allows you to systematically improve your memory and attention skills.The program keeps track of your progress and provides detailed feedback on your performance and improvement .Most importantly , it constantly modifies and enhances the games you play to build on the strengths you are modifies and enhances the games you play to build on the strengths you are developing -much like an effective exercise routine requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use。

　　X向前迈进一步：X take it a step further

　　恢复大脑的清晰度：regain the mental sharpness

　　追踪你的进度：keep track of your progress

　　对X的情况提供详细的反馈：provide detailed feedback on X

　　升级游戏：enhance the games

　　Now , a new Web-based company has taken it a step further and developed the first “brain training program ” (designed to actually help people improve and regain their mental sharpness)。

　　结构提示：(designed.。。)作为the first “brain training program”的后置定语。译为：现在，一个新的网络公司已经向前迈进了一步，开发了第一款“大脑训练程序”，设计来从实际上帮助人们改善和恢复他们大脑的清晰度