第1题
来源:大陆
话题分类:Community Service 属性:大范围重点预测
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标题:Selling snacks during movie screening
原因1:Students will enjoy watching movies more if they can eat some snacks.
原因2:The club can raise money by selling snacks.
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态度:不同意
原因一:Eating will be annoying and noisy. Crunching will be a great distraction since it is a small room.
原因二:It is not financially beneficial for the clubs. That is because only small number of students will go to watch the movies on campus. They cannot sell much. And this little money is not worth the effort the club needs to take.
第2题
来源:大陆
话题分类:School Arrangement 属性:大范围重点预测
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标题:Notice on policy change in room transfer requirements
变化:将原来的学期初接受调换寝室请求改为开学5周后。
原因1:学生中心学期初的事务太多。
原因2:给已经确定寝室的学生一个好的环境。
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态度:赞成
原因1:学期初的时间应该留给工作人员处理higher priority 的事务。
原因2:总会有很多move-in and move out, 很干扰学习,而学期初的学业表现很重要。
第3题
来源:大陆
话题分类:Business 属性:大范围重点预测
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标题:Nudge Marketing
定义:To gently push customers toward buying a product by using indirect cue or signal.
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例子:A grocery store wants to persuade customers to buy more fresh vegetables. They first put up a big poster to meet their end. However, their customers didn’t respond. Then they spare a section in their carts and put it in green color so as to remind customers eat more vegetables. The customers turned out to fill it up with more vegetables and the grocery store made a bigger profit.
第4题
来源:大陆
话题分类:Psychology 属性:大范围重点预测
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标题:consensus bias
定义:People will think that the rest of the world will think and behave like themselves.
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例子:experiment: ask some students if they’re willing to go into a crowded but quiet library, and sit sown ,starting to talk to themselves loudly, could be any topic, silly ones, like maybe talk about ice cream. Some students said they r willing to do so, others refused immediately. Then the next question is “what do you think others will do?” The student who said yes will also think other students will say yes, and students who refused to do so also consider other students will refuse this silly action.
第5题
来源:大陆
话题分类:Psychology 属性:大范围重点预测
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标题:Constrained Risks
定义:人们喜欢享受那些看似真实的危险,因为他们直到这些危险不会对他们造成伤害,他们只是喜欢体验刺激的感觉。
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例子: 教授提到了辛辣食物,特别是Chilly Pepper。教授说人们喜欢吃辛辣的食物,尽管他们的舌头会有灼热感,会感到很痛苦,但是他们直到这些感觉都会过去,不是真的。因此他们很享受。教授还说,一个最新的调查显示,那些喜欢吃辛辣食物的人们,当食物越为辛辣,他们越是感到刺激。