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①The scores were then used in conjunction with an applicant"s score on the Graduate Management Admission Test，or GMAT，a standardized exam which is marked out of 800 points，to make a decision on whether to accept him or her.②Dr 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，then the score for the next applicant would drop by an average of 0.075 points.③This 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.[选自方法派精选资料]
识别与记忆
请快速把以下搭配背三遍。
1.以800分为满分进行打分：be marked out of 800 points
2.X和Y共同决定：X be used in conjunction with Y to make a decision
3.是否录取某人：whether to accept someone
4.平均减少0.075分：drop by an average of 0.075 points
5.消除X所带来的影响：undo the effects of X
解词
mark[ma:k]v.做记号;给……打分
conjunction[kn"dkn]n.连接;联合
drop[drp]v.落下;减少
undo[n"du:]v.撤销;消除
参考译文
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①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。
②西蒙逊博士发现，同一天中，如果一系列参加面试者中有一位的分数比前一位高出0.75分或更多，那么下一位面试者的分数就会平均减少0.075分。
③也许这听起来微乎其微，但是要消除降分所带来的影响，申请者则要在GMAT中多考30分，而这本是不必要的。
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